What do you think about Mayweather after he fought Cotto?

He is THIRTY-****ING-FIVE!!! Of course he is past prime, as hard as he trains you know it's getting harder for him...

I personally don't like Floyd. I don't like the cherry picking while telling everyone he is/was the greatest to ever lace em up, I don't like his BLATANT ducking of Pacquiao, his ridiculous flaunting of money while people out there are in the absolute **** with the recession, I don't like the fact that he seems to enjoy knocking his women about. Even that forced apology he gave Larry Merchant because his people told him to...

That said, he did actually step up this time and fight a naturally bigger guy, who was tough, the actual champion and an ATG. I never believed that bull**** about Floyd beating Marquez so he would easily walk over and through Pac, and now Floyd beat but got bashed up by Cotto when Pac walked through Cotto, would have any possible effect on the fight... For me, this the first time in a long time since floyd has stepped up...

 

That's what I thought when I watched the fight. I used to think Pacquiao would win were they ever to meet, but this year I've been thinking Mayweather would win and look good doing so.

I didn't see much decline in Mayweather at the weekend - he was in with a proper threat, which has not always been the case, Cotto was always going to be a tougher fight than, say, Ortiz or Marquez, yet Mayweather pretty much handled him with ease. Of course he took a few shots - it's Miguel Cotto at 154! - but overall for me he controlled it and that says a lot about him. Personally, I think Mayweather is more clear P4P No.1 now than he has been for a little while.

 

It didn't take me watching this fight to know that Floyd's athletic ability has diminished and will continue to diminish as he gets older. He's 35 and clearly past his physical prime. Luckily for him he's still arguably the most skilled fighter in the game as well as one of the hardest working, and as Bernard Hopkins has shown, a fighter like him can still go a long way even with a fraction of the natural athletic ability that they once had.

 

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Pity Cotto's doesn't have much of a right hook. Floyd probably would not have fought him if he did, as he avoids Pacquiao like the plague

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It was obvious to me too. :good

 

It didn't even hurt him.

 

Floyd was the one always going up in weight and fighting naturally bigger guys throughout his career. atsch

 

Give some credit to Cotto for effectively cutting off the ring and keeping Floyd in front of him. Yes, Floyd is slowing a bit, but Cotto fought a great fight.

I'm glad that these two delivered. Too often big PPV's end up disappointing, but not this one.

 

Watching it on fight night, I wasn't sure what I thought, but after re-watching the fight, Floyd is as good as he ever was at WW. I had him winning 10-2.

Without the nose bleed, many people would be thinking the same. Cotto is no slouch. He made it tough, but Mayweather is on another level. 8 oz gloves and I think he gets Cotto out of there late.

 

He fought very well, but he is definitely easier to hit now, 100%. If you watch the Mayweather-De La Hoya fight, Mayweather was virtually unhittable, the fight was only close because DLH's size and strength made Floyd reluctant to be active over the first half of the fight, but PBF's defence was utterly superb. In the Cotto fight, Floyd was getting ripped with bodyshots again and again, getting his head snapped back by punches, and seemed open to straight shots whenever he was against the ropes. This was the first fight that I saw signs of slight decline in Mayweather, I didn't see any vs Ortiz, Mosley or Marquez. But I do mean 'slight', because he was still very very good on the night. Maybe he isn't really in decline at all mind you, maybe Cotto was just very well-drilled on what punches to throw and how to throw them. His technique is good, a lot better than Ortiz or the current Mosley.

 

lmao, clear like glass....

 

He is still the best fighter in the world today. Not as quick as he used to be, but only by a tad...his ring IQ makes up for what he is missing physically these days, which isn't much.

 

Pac is far more hittable then Floyd, even at Floyd's age of 35.:deal

 

smarter and greater albeit older and not as fast. how many can school cotto like that? pac mauled a drained version, but he done nothing close to issuing a complete schooling. pac got bruised up far worse. how many can whoop cotto like that and get nothing but a clean face and only bleed a tad bit.

 

It's not from this fight alone. He IS declining. Just look at his fights back in the day..