Miguel Cotto vs. Yuri Foreman.

Slip, how much difference do you think Manny Steward will make for Cotto?

I haven't seen much of Foreman, only his fights against a disinterested Santos. Will need to check more footage out.

 

I need to see how Foreman does under pressure, Santos basically followed him around getting punched all night. I can see Foreman keeping away from Cotto for the first half of the fight then as he gets tired Cotto is going to break him.

Not sure how Manny will do with Cotto, i think Cotto will be one of them fighters who on fight night will go back to his old ways.

 

I like Foreman's chances in the fight. He is quite a lot taller than Cotto but he's not slow either. He's a good distance fighter and I could see him frustrating Cotto and drawing errors out of him. You'd be looking for Cotto to come on strong late in the fight and put the inexperienced fighter under pressure but Cotto hasn't looked to have that in his locker recently, has he? He's been on the backfoot.

 

Don't!

He is a boring ****er. There's no way Cotto loses this one, unless he's short, which I don't think he is.

 

Haha, sorry, "shot".

His fight with Thompson was just horrible. One of the worst fights I've ever seen, no question.

If you call that boxing, I call you blind

 

Either way I think the winner of Williams/Cintron fights the winner of this one.

 

I'm not sure Cotto has the frame for 154, he's not all that big at welter - possibly (as highlighted above) because he's been training himself and hasn't had a conditioner on board.

If Foreman can have success with the jab I like his chances here, Cotto tries to box too much rather than applying the pressure game that was really successful, body punching etc.

Cotto is probably a slight favourite.

 

Foreman in a scrappy fight.

He's quite sneaky, makes up for his lack of power with the nut and making himself an awkward proposition. I fancy he'll cut Cotto, and win a 115-113 on all 3 cards kinda fight. Miguel edging the early rounds, having some success late on with movement, but I just think Foreman will outhustle him.

Foreman doesn't sustain pressure long enough to exploit Cotto's main weaknesses, so see Miguel lasting the 12. Taking my Cotto Ecko t-shirt to Thailand so I am obviously a fan! Just feel he's on the way out and whilst only decent, I can see Foreman winning.

 

I know which half of the draw I fancy!!!

 

BB: I agree that Cotto was much better when sustaining pressure, but he obviously knows he can't sustain it at te higher weight, as staying in the pocket too long has been been the start of the slippery slope in both his losses, hence why he shyed away even from a negative, non-punching Clottey, and just flicked the jab and tried to move.

His skin seems real bad nowadays too.

Maybe he'll be able to do it against te less busy, less dangerous Foreman? But I see Steward making Cotto less aggressive, although Steward will no doubt tell Cotto to step it up if he feels it'll get him somewhere.

 

Foreman might be less busy than Pacquiao but then most people are. Compared to most people he has quite a high work-rate so Cotto is going to find it tough later on. He seems to have no stamina for some reason, it just evaporated.

 

Flea, I've not really thought about to much but if Manny makes Cotto less aggressive then, along with Cottos liking for breathers and "taking walks", it could end up cost him decisions.