The handspeed of Clottey will surprise a lot of you.

Tonight Clottey won't be the faster man. Cotto looks like he has been working on speed and has been at 147 for over a week. Tonight we will see speed in Cotto that we hadn't witnessed since early in his 140 days. I don't believe that, and if thats true then Cotto will be drained.

Clottey will have his moments in this fight but late on will just be content on lasting the course and surviving while Cotto is coming on strong...

Tonight Clottey won't be the faster man. Cotto looks like he has been working on speed and has been at 147 for over a week. Tonight we will see speed in Cotto that we hadn't witnessed since early in his 140 days.

Amazing how many think Cotto will win considering his loss of muscle mass and doesn't look in top shape as opposed to Cottley who looks ripped, in top shape and in a very good mood http://www.nowboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/cottovsclotteystaredown.jpg

For you guys who think Cotto is much faster, you will see something different tonight. Clottey is quicker but doesn't have anything behind those shots, you'll see quickness and power on the other corner.

always bet on black............mamba. one of the greatest heavyweights of all time. http://i.cnn.net/si/more/boxing/2000/lewis_tua/news/2000/11/09/lewis_tua_ap/t1_tua_ap-01.jpg My confidence would have been back only if Howard landed one of those 2 big free throws, which would have sealed the deal with 11 remaining, talk about choking, and the idiots could have at least founed Fisher, or got a hand up in his face. And you mean the fat guy who got beat all over the ring by Ike?

They both have great speed, Cotto is a bit faster, but not much. The difference is that Cotto has way better tiiming!!!!!!!!!!!!! Clotteys combos are way faster but dont have as much heat on them as Cottos does.

wanna bet? I'm all betted out. Fukkin Lakers will cost me 100+K and having to sport a pic of that oversized troll.

It should be a good fight. May the best man win.

Speed doesnt mean a whole lot with arm-punches..

clottey may have fast hands but they are weak. cotto's hands are fast and strong and his timing is a lot better than clottey. cottos jab will be the key for this fight :boxing:

Cotto has good timing, but I think Clottey's hands are faster. As usual you're wrong, Cotto has the faster hands and the better timing. Just ask Shane who really had the faster hands and Cotto was beating him to the punch.

clottey does have fast hands and he explodes out of his shell into 3/4 punch combo's. his left hook is lethal and his right uppercut is a punch that isee cotto egtting tagged with throughout the fight. imo clottey needs to use his handspeed though, he needs to go to the body and he needs to throw more. margarito went to cottos body throughout the early rounds and yes he did end up giving some of the early rounds away but that because of his lack of defense, if clottey bangs to the body and at the same time he is able to use that air tight defense he might sneak a few rounds here and there. one of the main gripes i have with clottey is that he doesn't throw enough, in this fight he can't afford to do that. if he is as hungry as i think he is he should have enough left to finish strong and keep punching till the end. imo clottey via TKO in the 12th

The difference isn't that big, Clottey might have the slightly faster hands but Cotto's hands are fast too, Cotto has faster feet though and the better timing.

Clottey has faster hands. It's not even debatable.

You're going to see Clottey in his corner all messed up.. ref asking him you want to fight, you want to fight? :)

He has skills no doubt, my whole issue is how he makes them work together. To me if a fighter can make his skills work in harmony the fighters overall level is greater then the sum of his overall parts. To me Clottey is the negative of this, he is solid all around but his overall level is less then the sum of the parts of his game. It will be interesting to see what happeans though, the fight should be very hard fought since it means so much to both men. Co-sign, Clottey while solid doesnt work hard enough to win clearly, He goes missing a lot but then comes back with a nice crispy left downstairs/upstairs which tend to look good to the viewing eye. He really needs to go all out if he want to beat cotto and unless he has the hunger i cant see him doing so...

what u mean loyalty? :lol1: you dont know what loyalty is?.......or you just actin' like you don't?

Timing beats speed. Clottey has a fast ass right hand that he lunges with. Cotto will time it and might possibly hurt him. Don't be surprised.

Who cares if Clottey is faster, Judah and Mosley seem to be quicker then Clottey from Videos I've seen of Clottey. That didn't stop Cotto from beating them, Cotto does not struggle with people who have quick hands. He can figure them out. Some people be acting like a Puerto-Rican stole their girl on this website. The hate for entertaining fighters like Cotto is disgusting. Cotto gets mad luv from me.......I like the dude.....I really do........but something called LOYALTY got me goin' against him for this fight......Clottey is one of my favs!