Cotto via late stoppage. It's amazing, but no matter how many times DLH loses, the DLH faithful will always believe he can win. I can respect that, but I strongly disagree. There's a reason DLH is still the biggest draw in boxing, bar none. :smoke
Oscar loses again if this fight happens. Oscar just can't go more than 8 or so rounds without getting tired no matter how hard he trains. (Oscar not being able to beat the elite fighters really gets to you doesn't it Cuchucain ). Cotto: Improves in every fight Oscar: Oscar is going the other way. Cotto: Cotto's strength is his brutal body attack. Oscar: Oscars weak in the belly and Cottos body attack will wear him down. Cotto: Can go a full 12. Oscar: Tired after 8 and cotto's body attaxk will drop that down to 5 or 6. Oh yeah, Cuchi will be there waving his little Oscar flag. And when Oscar wilts from those brutal body shots the tears will flow. When Cottos hand is raised in victory you will see Cuchucain slowly shuffling out of the arena wiping the tears away and mumbling "Damn that KAYGB and Jack Presscot sure know their ****. Everything happened just the way they said it would. Man, those guys are good!"
Oscar and Cotto are going in different directions. I love Oscar but he clearly isn't the same fighter he was, even a few years ago. Fighters can get old over night, just ask Roy Jones. Cotto seems to be getting better with every fight while oscar has progressively looked worse. And yea the mayweather fight was competitive, but only because Mayweather was pot shooting and really didn't do enough to win the fight, not because Oscar fought particullarly well. IMO Cotto wins this fight by late stoppage.
That clip show just why Floyd is p4p. note the way that right in the middle of throwing his left hook to the body that he managed to get out of the way of Oscars left hook...Just Awesome. PS I dont think that Oscar was hurt by the body shot, he was stepping back, and throwing his own left hook at the same time, maybe abit of balance.