Cotto vs Mayorga: Cotto's path in 2011

People are writing Mayorga off way too soon. Mayo is the strong, pressure, hard hitting type of fighter that Cotto struggles with. cotto will destroy mayorga, strong left jab n good movement by cotto. easy night for miguel

Contrary to what most on here believe,Mayorga is the type of fighter that gives Cotto problems.Big,physically strong,pressures.If Cotto beats Mayorga,I think he rematches Margarito & beats him too.Then I fully expect a rematch at some catchweight for his 154 title with Pacman. I think Pac said numerous times already that he ain't fighting north of WW anymore.

People are writing Mayorga off way too soon. Mayo is the strong, pressure, hard hitting type of fighter that Cotto struggles with.

Cotto will beat mayorga, by TKO mid-late on. Then, i hope cotto-marg 2 happens, it would be a big fight for miguel

I too think the fight with Mayorga will be a sloppy one, it's just Mayorga's type of style, remember he has always been a street thug and brawler. About a possible Chavez fight? Why even mention it? Waste of time, the kid sucks and it's obvious that they are just fabricating his record. Cotto has to stick with the big names. Chavez? Please..... Cotto fought all the big names in his respected weight class Judah, Mosley, Paquiao, Clottey, Margarito, and a few world class tough fighters in Foreman and Paulie Malinaggi. He has fought wars Chavez would be a BIG money fight with out the toughness he has had to go through to earn his paychecks in the past. He deserves it.

I too think the fight with Mayorga will be a sloppy one, it's just Mayorga's type of style, remember he has always been a street thug and brawler. About a possible Chavez fight? Why even mention it? Waste of time, the kid sucks and it's obvious that they are just fabricating his record. Cotto has to stick with the big names. Chavez? Please.....

I agree to an extent on where ur trying to go with this, but Fighting Martinez at 160???!!! NO NO NO!!!! Cotto is already small for 154 bro..... If he has clean fights with Mayorga and Margarito and they don't turn into punishing wars, I think a fight with Chavez or some like a Martinez Caliber fighter fight will happen early 2012... I doubt it'll be at the full 160lb limit, Martinez wants Cotto just as much as Cotto would benefit from Martinez and Martinez said he's willing to meet Cotto at any weight beginning at 155, which would level out the playing field. I personally hate catch weights, and Cotto said he'd never ask for one, but I'm sure if Arum sees the $$ and 155 thru 157 isn't a problem for Martinez it'll be done, but for pride's sake I'd prefer at the limit so no excuses can be made by either camp..

Yea I agree to an extent, but honestly he looses again with Pac, and Pac vacating the title, that tells you his 154 run is over... IMO Cotto should go with someone like Chavez early next year at 154, even though IMO Cotto is already small at that weight, it would be a real interesting fight... Yeah the title was vacated because they had nothing to gain at that time.But If Cotto rematches Margarito & wins,the storyline will be perfect for top rank & rest assured they'll hype it up as if to say well Cotto rematched & beat 1 man,can he beat the other??It's another in house fight & 154 is different than 145.

I am looking forward to this fight a lot, simply because it's a great way to answer a lot of looming question that i have about where Cotto is heading myself. I consider Cotto and incredibly skilled boxer/puncher with a serious lack of defensive skills. I'm hoping Steward can make him a more wellrounded fighter and this fight will be a test to see if this is true as well as wether Cotto can really hang against a heavyhanded 154lbs.`

Contrary to what most on here believe,Mayorga is the type of fighter that gives Cotto problems.Big,physically strong,pressures.If Cotto beats Mayorga,I think he rematches Margarito & beats him too.Then I fully expect a rematch at some catchweight for his 154 title with Pacman. Yea I agree to an extent, but honestly he looses again with Pac, and Pac vacating the title, that tells you his 154 run is over... IMO Cotto should go with someone like Chavez early next year at 154, even though IMO Cotto is already small at that weight, it would be a real interesting fight...

Contrary to what most on here believe,Mayorga is the type of fighter that gives Cotto problems.Big,physically strong,pressures.If Cotto beats Mayorga,I think he rematches Margarito & beats him too.Then I fully expect a rematch at some catchweight for his 154 title with Pacman.

Cotto will beat Mayorga, look good doing it?, not so sure, Mayorga can make it a sloppy night for anybody, regardless of how disciplined you are as a fighter, he'll make you want to slug with him, not only because of his mouth, but his style. If Cotto can focus on a tight guard, a crisp jab, and worry about the body work before anything, he can and will break him down in a brutal fashion, but something tells me that Cotto will try to head hunt to prove a point that he too can crack and it'll be much closer than it should because of this. He'll beat him tho, and set up the rematch with Margarito for the summer, Margarito still needs to get his license some where other than TX, because Cotto will be asking for Yankee Stadium or MSG. at the end of the year I want Cotto to go for it, challenge Martinez for his 160lb crown..I know Cotto is only 5'7 and it would be a big jump, but he'd make history!, 5 time Champion in 4 divisions, and beating someone like Martinez would make him a first ballot HOF fighter. I don't want to see Cotto go out losing or winning a razor thin decision to a bum like JCCjr, or some other nobody ass 154lb fighter, if he's gonna go out, he needs to throw in all the chips and roll the dice, and I believe that would seal his 10 year legacy, just imagine Bailey Torres Malignaggi Quintana Judah Mosley Margarito x2 Clottey Pacquiao Martinez and having only lost 2 or maybe 3 depending on the Martinez out come and avenging his first loss against Margarito?!..that's a hell of a statement. Cotto deserves his respect, nobody can argue that. I agree to an extent on where ur trying to go with this, but Fighting Martinez at 160???!!! NO NO NO!!!! Cotto is already small for 154 bro..... If he has clean fights with Mayorga and Margarito and they don't turn into punishing wars, I think a fight with Chavez or some like a Martinez Caliber fighter fight will happen early 2012...

Cotto will beat Mayorga, look good doing it?, not so sure, Mayorga can make it a sloppy night for anybody, regardless of how disciplined you are as a fighter, he'll make you want to slug with him, not only because of his mouth, but his style. If Cotto can focus on a tight guard, a crisp jab, and worry about the body work before anything, he can and will break him down in a brutal fashion, but something tells me that Cotto will try to head hunt to prove a point that he too can crack and it'll be much closer than it should because of this. He'll beat him tho, and set up the rematch with Margarito for the summer, Margarito still needs to get his license some where other than TX, because Cotto will be asking for Yankee Stadium or MSG. at the end of the year I want Cotto to go for it, challenge Martinez for his 160lb crown..I know Cotto is only 5'7 and it would be a big jump, but he'd make history!, 5 time Champion in 4 divisions, and beating someone like Martinez would make him a first ballot HOF fighter. I don't want to see Cotto go out losing or winning a razor thin decision to a bum like JCCjr, or some other nobody ass 154lb fighter, if he's gonna go out, he needs to throw in all the chips and roll the dice, and I believe that would seal his 10 year legacy, just imagine Bailey Torres Malignaggi Quintana Judah Mosley Margarito x2 Clottey Pacquiao Martinez and having only lost 2 or maybe 3 depending on the Martinez out come and avenging his first loss against Margarito?!..that's a hell of a statement. Cotto deserves his respect, nobody can argue that.

haha yea, Cotto knocks people down with his jab... indeed. watch the hoya-mayorga fight

Cotto has the tools to demolish mayorga, good strong jab and good movement. Coto-Margarito rematch in the summer haha yea, Cotto knocks people down with his jab...

I can see a rematch looming in te near future with Margarito that would defintely be where the money is for him. I would think he would want to bury the ghosts of that loss in his mind for sure. well yea the rematch is already in the talks anyway, for June-July time frame. Margarito got the ok to start training but not sparring, he is not taking a tune-up before Cotto either, which is VERY VERY stupid of him because for 1, a tune up will give him an assesment of where his eye stands, and 2, it will give him more confidence... Does he deserve a shot, hell no, but I guarantee u, if he looses to Cotto, his career is over...

Cotto has the tools to demolish mayorga, good strong jab and good movement. Coto-Margarito rematch in the summer

Well it'll b the Marg rematch in the summer... Personally Cotto is a small guy already for 154 IMO, Chavez fights at MW and I think without a doubt he could make 154, but he is much larger than Cotto, I would still love to see the fight though.... I can see a rematch looming in te near future with Margarito that would defintely be where the money is for him. I would think he would want to bury the ghosts of that loss in his mind for sure.

March 12th kicks off Cotto's beginning in 2011 vs Ricardo Mayorga. The fight is taking place the same night as Sergio Martinez defends his title against Sergei Dzinziruk. I personally will be DVRing the Martinez fight and watching the Cotto fight live. I want thoughts serious ones as too where Cotto goes assuming he can beat Mayorga and look good doing it. I posted a blog and thred last year regarding Cotto's path and possible match up with Chavez Jr. I wanted to know if anyone thought that was possible. http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs1434.snc4/174647_162527717129538_6986010 Well it'll b the Marg rematch in the summer... Personally Cotto is a small guy already for 154 IMO, Chavez fights at MW and I think without a doubt he could make 154, but he is much larger than Cotto, I would still love to see the fight though....