Who's the tougher fight for Floyd at WW: Cotto or Hatton?

WTF?

Floyd is 5'8'' and Cotto is 5'7''
Same speed? Floyd is miles faster
Same power? Nah, I'd give Cotto a distinct edge.

 

Same speed? Come on man PBF would beat Cotto to the punch and counter the him in this fight. PBf has the faster hands here clearly.:deal

 

Two things I will say about this fight.

Firstly, I think Cotto is more made for Floyd than Hatton was. I thought Hatton could very well beat Floyd, stylistically I think Cotto may be too slow to handle Floyd. Cotto has excellent skills, but I'm not sure he throws enough to take Floyd out of his comfort zone. I'd see it going like Cotto-Corley before Cotto broke him down towards the end.

Secondly, taking on guys like Quintana, Judah, and Mosley was the perfect preparation for Cotto in taking on Floyd, so I could be very wrong...Cotto is more prepared for Floyd than Floyd would be for Cotto...

 

cotto for sure would be a tougher fight, hatton in my opinion at this moment has no business at 147, he would be great at 140, but at 147 everything changes for him, he has shown struggles at 147 against collazo and mayweather... if it was at 140 it would be another topic, where cotto struggle with his weight and it hurt him at times, but his skills was what made him survive at that weight, cotto could trade, box, and pretty do much anything at 147 even when hes hurt....

 

Cotto, anyone who says hatton knows nothing about boxing

 

cotto easily

 

Just as Mayrunner's former promoter (Arum) said he does not take a fight unless it will be easy and Cotto would not be easy.

Hatton lost against his first 147 (but got the gift SD) fight and Mayrunner knows he can't fight at 147.

BTW DLH was beating Mayrunner using his jab until he stupidly stopped using it.

 

a thread created by someone who picked Hatton to win in December

 

Does "Calzaghe-Lacy" apply to "Floyd-Hatton"? :think

 

Oscar wasn't beating anyone he won no more than 4 rounds in that fight at best. As for his jab he just didn't magically stop using it like most of you Oscar apologist like to say but rather it was taken away by PBF. He used his movement and counter-punching to stop Oscar from throwing it.:deal

 

cotto...easy...has tools hatton doesnt have...

 

Obviously Hatton was the path of least resistance when the choices at WW are Cotto/Shane/Hatton.

Hatton is a not the same fighter at 147, Fraud knew it - thats why he cherry picked him.

 

Then why did he try like hell to get him in the ring at 140 back in 2005? Hatton turned him down there and would have been beaten worse at 140 than he was at 147.:deal

 

I'd say Miguel Cotto. We know that Hatton's best weight is at 140 and Cotto is better at 147 than he was at 140. Cotto's got the better jab and is the better boxer out of the two. Hatton doesn't really use his jab and doesn't have the best boxing skills out there. I'm not saying Cotto would outbox Mayweather, but he would have a better chance at beating Mayweather than Hatton did.

 

Hatton needed to make a name for himself in the U.S. Fraud wasnt willig to go to UK, so props to Hatton for crossing the pond.

A fight between the two at 140 would be more competative than at 147, I think thats pretty obvious - but Fraud would probably still win.

What were talkin bout here is 147, cause Fraud was not willing to go down to 140, fine - thats his choice but dont tell me Hatton wasnt picked before Cotto and Shane because he was the weaker of the three at 147 - that seems obvious as well.

Hattons only fight at 147 was a razor thin decision, Shane dominated that same guy (Collazo) at 147. How anyone looks at this as well as Shanes other wins at 147 and 154 and say Hatton was the bigger threat at 147 I will never understand, cause its just plain stupid.