What Happens If Floyd Meets Cotto In The Center......

Cotto's face can't take much damage. He gets outfought by Floyd who's better equipped now to handle Cotto than he was in 2008, Mayweather is bigger and stronger than he was and I'd wager he'll be the stronger man in the ring on may 5th too.

If the fight goes how you said, Cotto's corner pulls him out just before the 12th round, and I'm deadly serious.

 

He'll stop him. Cotto is way too slow for Mayweather, he is too open to get hit also. Mayweather will have an easier time with Cotto then he did with Mosley and Ortiz.

 

Yeah I think between the 9th and 12th this fight will be stopped. After about 6 rounds it will be target practice for Floyd.

 

I disagree. Cotto is better technically and has deceptive speed. it will be interesting but I see Cotto doing extremely well in this fight. This is hife's culmination right here.

 

Cotto turns his lights out !or floyd outboxes him and cruises to a ud, he is getting older though and at 154 it suits cotto as well.

 

Cotto is a poor man's Floyd mayweather. As he moved up in weight he adopted a style very similar to Floyds. Only his hands are not slow, but not nearly as fast as Floyds. he cannot fight on the inside at all like Floyd can. His footwork is a level or two below Floyds. He will try and box with Floyd and lose. If he tries to Brawl with Floyd, he'll lose faster because Floyd is stronger, has tighter defense and can take a better punch. :deal

 

If he meets him in the center, it depends on what backup plan Cotto has. Pressure behind a jab is likely plan A. Plan B might be to try and force Floyd to come forward and disrupt his rhythm in spots to confuse him before resuming pressure (I suppose just a compliment to Plan A), and a plan C might be to start laterally moving around Floyd working off a jab and making Cotto's movements less predictable while forcing Floyd to chase. That last option seems unlikely, but if Floyd starts going in the mode he adopted against Ortiz, we know Cotto can fight going backwards well and is offensively capable when on the back-foot now that he has much better balance. Floyd is great at applying pressure out of a tight guard, but he does seem to reach sometimes with his chin sticking out when doing so.

 

yeah, all the sudden floyd will have power to stop someone. he has 1 tko win in 5 years...and that was against career 140 pound ricky hatton in round 10....unless you count his "knock out" of victor ortiz while his hands were down by his waist.
floyd aint knocking out cotto, bet the bank on that,,,he hasnt had any power at welter let alone 154

 

Mayweather will beat the brakes off Cotto. It will not be competitive at all. Mark my words. Stops him in 6 rounds Gatti style.

 

Good points. I think Cotto may make Floyd overextend if he keeps it moving and frustrates Floyd, who I can see becoming frustrated while thinking "Why won't this guy fight? He came forward at me for x amount of rounds, always likes to pressure, and now he's running away!" By constantly moving, Cotto can limit the punches Floyd can throw while chasing, and he can suddenly disrupt the chase with a jab or combination before getting back into his rhythm. Floyd isn't going to fall for this for a long period of time, if it works at all, but changing it up is a good strategy, especially if they anticipate Floyd coming forward and his expectations of Miguel and work off that. Obviously Antonio and Mayweather are like night and day, but the tools are still there for Miguel.

 

Don't think so. The best way to trouble Cotto is to overpower him and discourage him by landing big and hurting him, Mayweather isn't a KO puncher so Cotto will feel comfortable countering at times and being aggressive. If Cotto constantly pins Mayweather to the ropes and lands away this could be a tough night for Mayweather as it was against DLH. Cotto has the tools to give Mayweather a tough fight.

 

Will be surprised if that happens. Don't think Cotto is a bum to be stopped like that by anyone.