Comments Thread For: De La Hoya Confident of Canelo Blasting Out Cotto in Rematch

[sterilizer]

Cotto himself said he didn't want it again. He knows a rematch goes the same way or worse for him. He is too old and doesn't have the power to beat Canelo.
Could Canelo KO him? Its possible. I think he would have less respect for Cotto's power and really get after him. Cotto would be on that bicycle earlier than in the first fight.

That's right. Riding their bicycles most of the fight is what saved Cotto, Lara and Mayweather Jr. from getting KO'd by Canelo, or at least knocked down a couple of times. Kirkland, who is very strong, way stronger tan any of the other three mentioned, tried to engage Canelo fearlessly and we know what happened to him.

[b00g13man]

That's right. Riding their bicycles most of the fight is what saved Cotto, Lara and Mayweather Jr. from getting KO'd by Canelo, or at least knocked down a couple of times. Kirkland, who is very strong, way stronger tan any of the other three mentioned, tried to engage Canelo fearlessly and we know what happened to him.

Loooool. Floyd rode his bicycle? Loooool.

[Lords]

That's right. Riding their bicycles most of the fight is what saved Cotto, Lara and Mayweather Jr. from getting KO'd by Canelo, or at least knocked down a couple of times. Kirkland, who is very strong, way stronger tan any of the other three mentioned, tried to engage Canelo fearlessly and we know what happened to him.

This is professional boxing, not a street fight. Why would a smaller fighter go toe to toe with a bigger stronger puncher?
Kirkland was on drugs in that fight, he had no game plan at all just like Hatton in the Pac fight.

[PrBoxing88]

There is no fan demand for a rematch outside a few delusional cotto fans. The majority of fans saw it as a clear victory or a wide victory for Canelo. The only reason Cotto didn't get knocked out was because he was on his bike all night long. There was 1 round in the middle of the fight where Cotto sensed he was losing and tried to stand his ground. He got pummeled and went right back on the bike until the 12th round where he again took a beating. He had no intentions of standing and fighting Canelo and fought a totally different fight from his previous fights because he was worried about Canelo's power. It's clear he intended on moving a lot and not engaging and hoping to frustrate and tire Canelo out. But Canelo was calm all night and his defense and counter punching nullified all that. Which is why Cotto had one of if not the WORST offensive output and connect rates of his entire career. About 80% of what Cotto threw didn't land he actually MISSED 500 punches!

Roach never switched up the gameplan because he didn't want Cotto to get knocked out. So what can he do differently in a rematch? He can't outbox Canelo and he damn sure doesn't want to get in a war with him. If he stands and trades with Canelo is his only chance but neither Cotto or Roach wants that because he opens himself up to get hit and ends up like Kirkland and Angulo getting KOd.

DUDE **** the **** up is ur Mexicans saying Cotto won, so they are Cotto fans??? u must like Puerto Rican d!ck ******. Canelo aint knocking NO ONE out, he only using Size advantages, why he is not fighting GGG? they are the same size. OOOHHH I Know he knows HE CANT WIN.

[fredhopple]

Actually his family particularly his wife has been begging him to call it a career year's ago but it's Cotto that has been the greedy one hence the signing with Roc Nation. By the way, you were on point with everything else in your post.

Sad when a fighter doesn't know when to retire and give up boxing especially when he has more than enough to live off of comfortably such as Cotto.