Opinion: Cotto Is Easiest To Beat Among Possible Opponents Of Pacquiao

What the hell? I can't believe no one has replied to this post, Cotto is the weak link at 147? The Ring Magazine Top 10 WW's: Mosley Cotto Clottey Margarito Berto Quintana Collazo Judah Hlatswayo Senchecko Unlike Mayweather or Mosley, Cotto has at least FACED 5 out of the 10 on that list and won 4/5 of those fights, with his only loss being to Margacheato. Mayweather has only fought 1 of those welterweights and that's his HOME division and Mosley has only fought 1 of them as well and actually turned down fights from two of them. Yet, Cotto is the weak link because he's faced the BEST in his division and beat them all, but one. I'll even let you call him the weak link but Jesus Christ at least he has the balls to face people in his division, and unlike the other two he doesn't turn down the challenge because there isn't enough money in it. Which is THE exact reason Mosley and Mayweather turned down Berto and Clottey, the risk isn't worth the reward. I'll definitely call Mayweather a pussy for doing it, but Mosley is old and faced the best in his prime which is something Mayweather at his current rate will never get a chance to do. I didn't mean that Cotto was the worst welterweight out there. I just think he is the weakest out of the top 5 (elite), regardless of his ranking. Paul Williams would have the same opponents on Cotto's resume if somebody would have the balls to fight him. If Zab Judah didn't injure himself, Mosley would have the same exact resume that Cotto has minus Clottey. I give credit to Cotto for fighting these guys. But he didn't win against any of them impressively, except Zab Judah. And the low blows somewhat took the shine off that win on top of Judah being past his sell-by-date. And it is a shame that Mayweather hasn't fought any of these guys, I agree with you about that. I just think Cotto is the most beatable.

that's ridiculous... cotto struggles against 2 massive WWs and now people are writing him off. come on people!!! Pac's not even a WW... against hatton he weighed 138 lbs. if cotto can't beat pac, he might as well give his boxing gear to roger, so roger can pour gasoline on it and throw it in the trash can. That shit cracked me up. I wish someone asks Roger what he thinks Cotto should do if he can not beat pacman lol.

Cotto is way too slow. His past opponents... he beats them up. He is not a risk for 1 punch KO power. He will never be set to land a hay maker, that he isnt use to throwing anyway. Pac will be all over him and around him. Cotto dont fight well going backwards. Margarito blue printed that. Not to mention The pressure Pac Will be putting on him. Marg put pressure on him slower than Pac will. Cotto is in trouble!

I pretty much agree with this. This is why I've never wanted to see a Floyd-Cotto fight, because Cotto is the weakest link at 147. I don't respect Mayweather for bypassing all the top Welters, but in my opinion Paul Williams, Shane Mosley, and Joshua Clottey would have given Mayweather a better run for his money and stood a better chance of beating him than Cotto. They just don't bring as much money to the table, that's all. What the hell? I can't believe no one has replied to this post, Cotto is the weak link at 147? The Ring Magazine Top 10 WW's: Mosley Cotto Clottey Margarito Berto Quintana Collazo Judah Hlatswayo Senchecko Unlike Mayweather or Mosley, Cotto has at least FACED 5 out of the 10 on that list and won 4/5 of those fights, with his only loss being to Margacheato. Mayweather has only fought 1 of those welterweights and that's his HOME division and Mosley has only fought 1 of them as well and actually turned down fights from two of them. Yet, Cotto is the weak link because he's faced the BEST in his division and beat them all, but one. I'll even let you call him the weak link but Jesus Christ at least he has the balls to face people in his division, and unlike the other two he doesn't turn down the challenge because there isn't enough money in it. Which is THE exact reason Mosley and Mayweather turned down Berto and Clottey, the risk isn't worth the reward. I'll definitely call Mayweather a pussy for doing it, but Mosley is old and faced the best in his prime which is something Mayweather at his current rate will never get a chance to do.

ummm.....better footwork , better defense , more accurate , better handspeed , better defense , better head movement , better defense , better counters , better stamina , better defense. and......he's proven it against a lot better quality opponents than cotto. better footwork...yes better defense...no better head movement...same better counters...JMM by an edge better stamina...well the cotto on mosley was great better quality...same let's see...diaz...pac..casamayor.....clottey, margarito, mosley,judah btw i'm a fan of JMM and great post manuel6

ummm.....better footwork , better defense , more accurate , better handspeed , better defense , better head movement , better defense , better counters , better stamina , better defense. and......he's proven it against a lot better quality opponents than cotto. Exactly:grumble:

But explain me what he does better, than Cotto exceptfor Counter punching!! Please Im ready to listean here. No flaming or anything, seriously, What JMM does better P4P than Cotto(Skills wise)? JMM does almost everything better than cotto. - jmm has never quit - jmm has better combos - jmm can make in fight adjustments - jmm can war better than cotto - jmm has better ring generalship - jmm has a better right hand - jmm has better stamina - jmm has better head movement - jmm gets along w/ his trainer - jmm has never put nacho in a hospital - jmm doesn't beat up his uncle - etc... the only thing jmm doesn't do better than cotto is commit to the body and he doesn't have cotto's power. that said, jmm is so much better, he doesn't have to rely on those 2 tricks... jmm has many many many tricks in his bag. Common Tua dont be stupid. Teh only guy with a similar style as Cotto who manny has faced is JMM. First fight a Draw, 2nd a Close W. ( i thought Manny won both by the way) cotto style ain't no where close to jmm's style.

Hows that. How manny times Cotto has benn down c omapre to JMM????? Marquez has been down three times in the first round to recover and fight until the final bell. Cotto has been hurt by Judah, Torres and Margarito. We all know there would of been a KO against Marg while Marquez has never been Koed.

Only Pac can win this fight. There is no doubt that the Cotto-Pacquiao fight should be interesting. But before going overboard on knockout spectulations, most should acknowledge that this fight can only serve to lift Pacquiao- if he wins. Cotto has nothing to gain from this fight. He should win. He doesn't have the greatest style in the world, but his style is good enough to go toe to toe with the best in welterweight division, nobody should take that away from him. He can fight and he can box, even though he is not "superb" at either. He has no gross weaknesses that could make him an easy opponent for Pacquiao; he throws clean, accurate punches, and has a variety of punches, has a good defense and slips well, has power in both hands, a rock solid chin (proven by now, atleast @ 147), but most of all, he can take all of his talent and mold it into a sensible fight plan for his opponent. He has proven time and time again that he can take his skills and his style and tweak it to fight opponents with varying styles. He is not the type of boxer that does well against only against certain opponents (like another former popular boxer from P.R.). Cotto should beat Pacquiao. He's naturally the bigger man. Even if Pacquiao sneaks upper cuts and right hands on Cotto all night, chances are Cotto will not go down. Pacquiao does not hit harder than Margarito, Mosley, etc. Pacquiao may be able to outbox Cotto. This possibility definitely exist. I win on the scorecards for Pacquiao is not outside the realm of possibility. However, I cannot see Pacquiao knocking out Cotto- in any round, even the late rounds. Pacquiao will have to worry the entire night about Cotto's power, which will put a damper on his offense. And if he gets lit up in the early rounds, even more so. Cotto will have to contend with Pacquiao's sneaky quickness from different angles, and if he cannot figure Pac out, he may get frustrated, fall apart, and look like an amateur boxer...but who are we fooling. He has never acted like that before. The scariest thing for Pacquiao is that I think Cotto might think Pacquiao is better than he is. He's been quoted as saying that Pacquiao is going to be his toughest challenge yet. Really! Roach gives Cotto more credit than he does. Hopefully Cotto gets serious about this fight, trains like hell, and looks great. Hopefully Pacquiao will do the same. But only one person can really win this fight and that is Manny Pacquiao. Cotto should win, and he should win convincingly. Anything less is a loss for him. Why he took this fight I do not understand. I would have respected him more if he had fought and beat Paul Williams.

if JMM was the same size as Cotto, he would probably work him JMM has the better combination punches, more accuracy and is a complete counterpuncher who can brawl as well. His chin is superior. Cotto might have a better jab, that is about it.

Correction Cotto = JMM Cotto have a bettr chin and defense, JMM is a better counterpuncher, Cotto is a better body puncher, both are smart in the ring. Accomplishemnts wise JMM>>>>>>Cotto right now. Skills wise Cotto=JMM!!!!!!!!! Not only is Marquez better than Cotto in the skills department. He would beat Cotto as well. Cotto would get taken apart with those uppercuts. I know you figure that I don't think highly of Cotto, but I just analyze the match up. The fact that Pacquiao doesn't throw that many uppercuts is the reason why I'm giving Cotto a slight chance to win against him. But Marquez would be a worse style match up for Cotto because of the fact that JMM has the best uppercut in the game.

no , man. no. :nonono: cotto might whoop jmm but no way is he better in almost any skill department. i'm sorry but that's just wrong. I can't believe he said that:spankme:

Correction Cotto = JMM Cotto have a bettr chin and defense, JMM is a better counterpuncher, Cotto is a better body puncher, both are smart in the ring. Accomplishemnts wise JMM>>>>>>Cotto right now. Skills wise Cotto=JMM!!!!!!!!! good post except for the chin thing....marquez can take a punch. he's been down but not hurt

Correction Cotto = JMM Cotto have a bettr chin and defense, JMM is a better counterpuncher, Cotto is a better body puncher, both are smart in the ring. Accomplishemnts wise JMM>>>>>>Cotto right now. Skills wise Cotto=JMM!!!!!!!!! No, No, No, No...............:burnup:

i disagree. shane is the tougher matchup for manny. shane doesn't even have to pressure manny. he can wait for manny to come in and counter him. even if he loses rounds and takes some punishment from pacquiao , shane has 12 rounds to catch manny with something big and turn out the lights on pacman. cotto has to pressure manny. manny will eat him up in the middle of the ring and unlike shane , pac CAN wear cotto down. Lets wait and see..............

i don't base my opinions off of one fight. you might , i don't. i've seen mosley since his days at 135 and cotto will never be as good as mosley was. ever. i think senior citizen mosley ktfo pacquiao. i think he can beat cotto in a rematch as well. people act like cotto blew mosley out or something. that fight could have gone either way and mosley had barely came back to 147 at the time. Mosley is not the same fighter. How soon do people forget he was loosing to Mayorga before the knockout. Margarito is taylor made for Mosley, similar to Hopkins-Pavlik.

if mosley smothers pac and sneaks in that fast right hand of his in between clinches pacquiao will have no answer. pacquiao can't hurt or back up mosley either. i think pacquiao has enough power to stun or hurt cotto. at 147 i don't think so...just watch the DLH fight again. DLH wasn't even hurt once...

pull , out of the 3 possible welterweight opponents......may , shane and cotto who will be the easiest for pac? mosley? mayweather? i think not. cotto may ktfo pac but that doesn't mean he's not the easiest of the 3 for manny. Pac can't beat none of them. mosley and cotto have 10 lbs on pac. also mosley and cotto have hurt dudes that are 170+ lbs on fight night. its a mismatch. floyd is too skilled. floyd is the best fight for pac because floyd won't have a 10 lbs weight advantage and floyd doesn't hit as hard as mosley and cotto. there is NOTHING cotto is better than marquez at. cotto might beat marquez and pacquiao but it's because of the size difference. skillwise , cotto ain't got nothing on marquez. correct. JMM > cotto, but at WW, cotto smashes JMM. JMM should stay at 135 lbs. People forget that Mayorga gave Shane plenty of problems in their bout. yeah, cause mayorga had 10+ lbs on mosley on fight night. lucky for mosley mayorga is a punching bag. too bad for pac, cotto aint. Not really. You people are just blind because of how Shane looked against margarito and how Cotto looked against Clottey. Shane is a easier fight, because he can be out box, and he was willing to go to 142, that shit alone makes Mosley the easier fight. Plus Mosley is a senior citizen pac has no chance against either of them. they are too big for pac. its a mismatch.

if mosley smothers pac and sneaks in that fast right hand of his in between clinches pacquiao will have no answer. pacquiao can't hurt or back up mosley either. i think pacquiao has enough power to stun or hurt cotto. Pac wouldn't allow Mosley to do that. He is too quick footed. Remember, Margarito only was smothered due to him being flat footed and slow. Shane isn't even that much of a pressure fighter. Cotto is far more devastating at cutting off the ring.

Not really. You people are just blind because of how Shane looked against margarito and how Cotto looked against Clottey. Shane is a easier fight, because he can be out box, and he was willing to go to 142, that shit alone makes Mosley the easier fight. Plus Mosley is a senior citizen The truth:boxing: