My thoughts on how Cotto can use the tools at his disposal to beat Mayweather

Slow guy jabbing at a fighter who can throw straight rights faster than said jab is not a recipe for success. The idea Cotto switching between orthodox and southpaw in front of Mayweather is comical. Your also mistaken about Cotto being more destructive or stronger. Come fight night Floyd will be stronger, he will be faster, he will be more coordinated, he will be the puncher, more skilled, and pretty much more of everything. The fact that Cotto will be at a disadvantage in every possible way is why most people think Floyd should be an overwhelming favorite.

Cotto has fresher legs and will need to stay away and use them. His legs and stamina are the only bright sides I can find at this point.

 

This thread makes it pretty obvious who the fan boy is.

 

i always thought that

 

A fanboy seems to be anyone who thinks Mayweather has most of the advantages in this fight.

Imo, Mayweather's 5 inch reach advantage and superior conditioning will be key in this fight. Cotto isn't as slow as some people have said, but his head movement isn't great. I see him eating an awful lot of straight right hands in this fight. Of course Cotto will lands jabs, but enough to stop Mayweather landing his right? Nope. And eventually Cotto will be disinclined to throw as many jabs which will lead to him trying to get close and land power shots.

For me the Hatton fight showed how good Mayweather is on the inside against shorter fighters with shorter arms, and with his upper body movement he should be able to cope with Cotto there aswell.

I still think that is Cotto's best chance though. Get on the inside and throw a lot of left hooks to the body like he used to. If he tries to turn this into a chess match he will be thoroughly outboxed unless he is able to hurt Mayweather early on to the extent that Floyd never fully recovers.

 

One thing Cotto must do, is train with intensity. At speed. He looked to have some speed and snap back in his punches for the Margarito fight, in the 24/7 you saw Pedro Diaz making Cotto work hard in the gym. Simple excercises like throwing two small balls around while Cotto walked him down, or even something as trivial like throwing at full speed when hitting the bag or mitts, has a major effect on a fighters speed.

Joe Santiago and even Manny Steward seemed to allow Cotto to hit mitts in slow motion, which IMO had a detrimental effect on his timing and punching speed, Santiago was not a Boxing trainer period, and I think Steward was focusing on making Cotto's technique perfect.

Cotto must be fully tuned and focused for this fight, if he's off the pace then he'll get busted up.

 

:deal :hi:

 

Imo, Mayweather's straight right hand is the best punch in boxing. Decent power, but incredible timing and accuracy. Sure Cotto can circle away from it, but his only chance is to jab a lot and then follow up with lots of left hooks to the body...unfortunately Cotto doesn't have the stamina to keep up the necessary workrate to win 7+ rounds imo.

 

People keep repeating this whole stamina issue thing with Cotto. He has only gassed from being under a ton of pressure and having to move constantly. In every other fight he's been in, his stamina has been fine. Floyd is not a pressure fighter with high volume. He fights at a steady pace and prefers it, much like Cotto.

 

Whatever you say boss. I'm far from a hater in pointing out why Cotto has little to no chance in this fight. most people feel this way and thats why Floyd is a 7 to 1 favorite. I feel my critiques of your original post are valid.

 

Cotto runs out of gas in late rounds. He will be ko.

 

Delusions of grandeur...