Miguel Cotto Breaks Down Juanma Lopez-Rafael Marquez

By Jhonny Gonzalez

WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto gave his opinion on the biggest fight in the young career of Juan Manuel Lopez. Juanma is going to defend his WBO featherweight title on Saturday night against former champion Rafael Marquez at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Cotto predicts a very hard fight. He thinks both boxers will feel each other out in the early rounds and then pick up the pace. He stands behind his countryman Lopez to win the contest.

"I think it will be a really hard fight, but Juanma has a good chance of emerging victorious. For me, I want to see what happens after the fifth round. I think they've prepared well for each other, and they will be more cautious in the early rounds and around the fifth, they will attempt to capitalize on each other's mistakes," Cotto told Raul Alzaga.