Miguel Cotto:Not the Man who will beat Mayweather....

Cotto's footspeed isnt as good as Hatton's, so he wont be able to close the gap as well.

And I dont care who you are, you are not going to beat Mayweather from the outside.

Hatton lacked the inside fighting skills to capitalize on the closed gap. Cotto, while more technically sound, doesnt throw as many punches albeit they are more powerful, and will not close the gap as well.

Ricky has better head movement, and Cotto will be a sitting target for Mayweather.

Castillo had the best chance at 135, because he had better outside boxing skills than Hatton, technical skills that rivaled Cotto's, and the footspeed to close the distance.

 

In my opinion DLH lacked the ability to force the action. I know many fans feel PBF was the one lacking the ability to stay in the pocket with DLH but Hoya did not help the process either. DLH has never really been a good ring cutter as he is really more of a boxer in its true essence, Even when throwing flurries Hoya lacked the proper foundation behind putting together powerful body/head shots. When Hoya stopped his opposition he did it by first hurting them with his patented left then he would put together some half ass (but effective) flurries left, right, left, right similar to his triumph of Vargas. Cotto's approach is much less blatant, his pressure comes behind a well schooled jab to distract he conserves his energy rather than waste uwanted movement trying catch up to you. Cotto will sometimes stop attack and just go on the defensive to lure a fighter in then attack.

 

Close the gap as fast?

Hatton couldn't get inside because he didn't throw the jab and didn't take angles. It's not about who has the fastest feet, unless you're Baldomir.

Cotto has better defense AND head movement than Ricky, and Ricky goes inside the wrong way, with his head straight up, and his hands not blocking his face in the traditional stance.

And Cotto is extremelly explosive with his jab and at closing the gap.

Did you watch the Mosley fight?

Oh, and BTW, Castillo is nowhere near the boxer that Cotto is in both pressure fighting and movement of feet.

 

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Maybe, but is Mayweather his myth buster?

 

I think you're being sarcastic, but if you're not, go ahead and slap yourself.

atsch

Just to be sure, you better do it anyway.

atsch

 

Go ahead and ban yourself.

 

Actually Cotto and Hatton's resume are quite similar though Hatton has PBF on his. Other than that being that boxing has been part of my life for as long as I can remember Cotto is just head and shoulders about Hatton in terms of skill and technique.

I have an even better question for you if Cotto is a myth then what does that make all his defeated opposition?

 

Miguel is a good fighter but he doesn't possess the skills, speed or talent to beat Floyd. Cotto barely got by Shane who is past his prime but still dangerous and a threat to anyone at 147. Problem is....that was a clear indication of where Cotto ranks in terms of his "Level". He's ELITE, but he's not better than Floyd. Shane and DLH are not better than floyd and the 3 mentioned are the very best at 154-147. Now.....there are young and hungry fighters that have a chance to upset floyd.....but only if they have the name PAUL WILLIAMS. It's not that Paul is so incredibly skilled, fast or powerful....it's his physical demensions that would be nothing that floyd has every experienced and to top it all off the kind of Pressure Paul puts forth is very aggressive and intelligent. I'd still pick Floyd in his prime but wouldn't be surprised about an upset at the hands of Paul.

 

You have some good points....but at the end of the day both Hatton and Cotto are not better fighters overall when compared to Floyd....not many are.

The HUGE problem is Cotto's best weapon is his arsenal to the body....Hatton's best weapon as well. As you saw this past Saturday and in Cotto's fight with Shane that if you take away that weapon they are so successful with, it ends up being either a VERY, VERY difficult night as was the case for Cotto against shane or a complete shut out as was the case for Hatton against Floyd.

Floyd would shut Cotto's body attack down that is for sure and Cotto isn't fast, nor is he a high pressure kind of fighter. I think Hatton was a stiffer challend than Cotto would be, not that hatton is better than cotto or vise versa. Just the styles compliement floyd whereas floyd's style is all wrong for Cotto.