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

Floyd knows how to roll/slip the right hand over the top really well. Yes, Mosley caught him with it unexpectedly, but as the fight went on, he found a way to rolled/slipped most of Mosley's right hand over the top punches. He did the same thing against Oscar. Keep in mind that both Oscar and Mosley have much longer reach than Cotto, and Floyd knows how to fight tall efficiently well for a small guy.

 

Miguel is gonna switch south paw and hit Mayweather with a straight left. Oh god.

 

You know....I read many posts in this forum suggesting Cotto to work at Floyd's body mainly. Do they think that it's gonna be easy to hit Floyd at his abdomen? If it were easy, Mosley, who's one of the best body punchers, would have done that. Anyway, another thing that Cotto needs to be worreid about is Floyd's elbows. He uses his elbows very well to frustrate his oponents. I have already shown this in one of my threads here a few days ago. Just take a look at it if you would.

 

He's done it before(Quintana), dont know what is so strange or funny about it, he is a lefty.

 

Yep...main reason I highlight Quintana is because he was having trouble until he switched and actually stopped Quintana.

 

Quintana isn't Floyd. You do know that right. That switching to southpaw would be the worst thing Cotto could do considering it would take away his only offensive weapon which his left hook and leave him even more open for the straight right.


Brilliant gamplan switch to an uncomfortable stance against an Atg.:-(

 

67 inch reach Cotto is gonna out jab outbox smother Switch southpaw fight off the back foot all in one fight to beat Floyd.

Methinks some of you need to join us in the real world where Floys has lost a few rounds in as many years and a shot Mayorga landed 50% of his power punches on Cotto.

May 5th can't wait

 

Rounds 1 to 6 = Constantly work the body, 2 or 3 punch combos, will no doubt slow Floyd down a little bit
Rounds 7 - 9 = Switch it up now and start attacking up top therefore slowly opening him up downstairs
Round 10 - 12 = Maintain the pressure up top and hopefully connect a left hook to the body and cash out.

Does two things, gives him a chance for the late K.O and also in terms of style plays to his favor which can help him be considered the pressure fighter and earn the points in the score cards.

Thats going to be his game plan.

 

Nobody is comparing Quintana to Floyd, it was simply an indication that Cotto has switched stances before, thus him doing it against Floyd is not unlikely. Both stances are susceptible to different attacks, but if you are of the belief that Floyd will have an answer for everything Miguel does, then this is not the thread for you.

 

doubt it.

 

Bogotzo says cottos right hand is better based on fighting the dregs of the super welterweight division. Yet his right hand against pacquiai who is a magnet for a goid right was horrific. Take what he says with a grain gents.

 

Floyd is definitely going to have a similar fight game plan as he did when he fought JMM and Oscar. I think he respect fighters with good timing, and he's more hesitant and use more constant movement against them more so than he does against other opponents. I want Cotto to bring the best out of him and force him to move when he doesn't want to, make him punch when he doesn't want to, ect.