My thoughts on Mayweather VS Cotto; hats off to both Miguel and Floyd! Great fight

I think Cotto spent a lot of energy figuring Floyd for the first three rds. After Cotto reached some succes is when he was able to relax a bit. Personally, I want to see a Floyd vs Cotto 2. I think that Cotto made somewhat of a blue print and that a second fight will perhaps give him an edge. All he needs to do is to move his head a little so he doesn't get touched by Floyd's right hand and work on a uppercut defense and that's it... I honestly feel that Miguel has a much better chance... His stamina was a lot better this time but trying to figure out Floyd's defense during the first few rds really cost him on that department. Awsome fight!!! I feel very proud of Miguel tonight.

 

The first 3 rounds were all Mayweather. Cotto was getting sharp shot. Look back at the broadcast, his families faces said it all. Mayweather for some reason (which I didn't like) made it more of a fight than he needed to. When he kept his movement, it was fairly easy.

 

Holy **** i love floyd. But this fight was ****ing close! Me and my mate were aww at how bad may looked.. Getting tagged alot, seemed really lathargic dodent seem to pop half of hes punches... Pacquiao actually has a chancw against may now id say..

Cotto looked AMAZING!!!

 

Great Fight

 

great fight all around. way closer than the judges had it! that said, styles make fights as well as that weight, and cotto was the right person to beat mayweather, if it's at 154 and nothing lower. hats off to both men, as well as to canelo and mosley. great fight card all the way through!

 

Cotto blocked so many of Floyds punches hes in the hospital pissing blood. Another brilliant analysis

 

Cotto showed he had stamina, although that it was not enough. He showed he was conditioned greatly and that he had an immense heart. What a performance, great resilience.

I thought Cotto showed his best moments when he initiated and pressed Floyd. Floyd is best in the center of the ring, and best when he's initiating. Floyd is so defensively-oriented that while he is great counter-puncher; he's not an active counter-puncher. Not in the same way a younger Floyd was. I thought Cotto did solid body-work, he jabbed to the body well. I do think he should have jabbed more. He could have doubled that jab to get Mayweather reacting and then focused on backing straight up. Mayweather can not block or avoid everything.

I do not agree with your assessment of the first 3 rounds. I thought Cotto may have won the 2nd round, but that Cotto won the 1st and 3rd and had a large amount of success when Cotto was in the center. Only the 6th did Cotto show that he could be successful boxing and moving and reducing Floyd's output. While Cotto's guard was fairly effective against Floyd's right hands, and forced Floyd to loop shots more I wish Cotto moved his head a little more. At least to avoid that right hand that he got hit with a bit too ofte.

I knew he would get the better of these moments as naturally is the most offensively oriented pressure fighter, and the fact that he gets a lower center of gravity and really digs to the body. It's just suited toward his style. Floyd can't work as much when he's trying to catch and slip punches. I wished he showed more dimensions to his in-fighting though. I wished he shifted to his right and tried attacking with his left hook down the middle where Floyd's defensive is most vulnerable and most easily penetrated. Cotto was smart enough to realize that Floyd was more hittable up the middle and did well to attack in this fashion at times.

Personally, I think the fight showed Floyd's Ring IQ are slightly overestimated (Judah faltered as Floyd mentioned in the post-fight, Oscar tired and couldn't get in position to throw his jab. Floyd didn't nullify it with the counter right hand). It also showed that he's not a high volume fighter that's capable of being out-worked. Cotto did a great job getting Floyd in vulnerable situations, Floyd did seem eager to fight on the ropes more often than he probably needed to.

Overall both fighters showed heart. Floyd is a master technical-boxer with some grit. Cotto immensely impressed me. What heart and resilience. That 8th round was insanely exciting. I thought Cotto spent his tank largely winning that round. If Cotto had better stamina it would have made for a really interesting fight.

 

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Great fight indeed. Cotto muscling out Floyd and getting rounds because of that was I think made it a candidate for the fight of the year. Good defense by Floyd, and his right hands pouring over cotto's defense was shockingly accurate.,

 

pedro diaz deserves his props

 

When was the last time a major fight was this good.

 

My biggest issues was that he wasn't going to work when he should've when he had Mayweather pinned and those scorecards being so wide. I stopped worrying so much about cards as I already KNEW that wouldn't give it to him regardless. But overall, the lack of work on the ropes towards the halfway mark was the downfall of what was looking to be a VERY effective way to beat Mayweather.

Some interesting things to look at was, according to Compubox, Mayweater's accuracy dropped SIGNIFICANTLY and Cotto was actually one of the few fighters EVER to land more than 20% of his total punches...BUT...another interesting point to make is that this fight had one of the highest volume of shots thrown from Mayweather in roughly 4 or 5 years. He's definitely trying to become a more offensive fighter.

Overall though, just seeing Mayweather look like just another guy in there, have a busted ass nose and going through a tough tough fight...I couldn't be more proud and happier with Miguel. The only thing I would've loved to see was an interview. But...**** it. What I got said it all.