Alvarez is young but has a ton of fights under his belt (granted, not great competition).
My gut instinct about Alvarez is that he'll always struggle with a boxer. Once he comes up against a guy that can box and also take a punch, he'll fall.
That being said, I like to see him fight. You can feel his punches when they land.
Cotto wins in a matchup I'd really like to see.
Would be a good fight. Canelo is getting better and better. I noticed he was putting his punches together beautifully against Rhodes and he was showing us some head movement. This should be a good competitive fight that I believe Cotto would get a decision win.
it would be a brutal fight for the first 8 rounds. i think cotto wins 6 rounds to 2 upto that point and then canelo stops him between rounds 9-12. kids good.
I would love to see that fight right now.(cotto/alvarez)
But I feel that Goldenboy is building Alvarez and Khan up to feed them to Mayweather in the future. Just like they are doing with Ortiz.
I hate to say it but After Mayweather beats Ortiz, Alvarez could be next.
Canelo has better combos and faster hand speed and better body shots, Cotto has a good jab but he would be Canelo's ***** after 4 rounds Canelo beats him bad. Cotto would be on the run like he did from pac.
faster hands lol
canelo is slow
I'll admit I was hating hard on Canelo in his fight against Hatton for obvious reasons. That being said the kid has improved quite a bit, he still has no head movement and he isn't that fast which I don't think he'll ever be faster, however, he throws great combo's and has good power. Cotto probably wouldn't KO him, but Cotto would take the kid to school boxing wise. People simply don't take opponents into account they just figure how the winner looked in the fight and nothing more. Cotto knows things Canelo has never even seen yet, for that reason alone he'll lose but it wouldn't be a beat down like people are saying either. It'd be 9-3 fight as Cotto's jab would be all he needs.
Thee cotto stans are delusional, last cotto felt some mediocre power was in an busted fight with an old ass mayorga. Cotto struggled with a shot mayorga, cotto would be lucky to go into survival mode after canelos right hands and body shots. I don't think cotto wants a third daddy after PAC n marg
How does winning 9 out of 12 rounds ending in a KO equal struggling exactly? So Floyd struggled with Hatton or Judah?
Cotto is over-hyped by people on here.
I dont see it happening, Cotto is past his prime. I doubt he's going to do anything to Canelo, Canelo will out-work him.
True Cotto would be all smashed up and just in there to survive after the first 6 rounds.
base on what???
canelo beating up on a guy who doesnt want to fight ???
Canelo has better combos and faster hand speed and better body shots, Cotto has a good jab but he would be Canelo's ***** after 4 rounds Canelo beats him bad. Cotto would be on the run like he did from pac.
Im surprised so many people think Cotto would beat Alvarez.
That was the 1st time i watched Alvarez last night and he looked very strong, fast, smart and very powerful.
Like a young Cotto but not as good.
I was impressed. I hope he keeps improving.
He beats Cotto. imo
Cotto would beat this kid senseless. Simply by putting the jab on him and being a far superior caliber of opponent than Saul has ever seen. Canelo is not the classic come forward take three to give one mexican fighter. His style would really let Cotto fight his fight and dictate the pace which would be a horrible thing for him. I think by about round 5 this fight would turn into a one sided beating.
What would be a very entertaining and great money fight for Canelo/huge measuring stick would be a fight at 154 with Mayorga. Would be another step up in competition against a guy who was just brutalized by what should be Canelo's eventual target, Cotto.
Cotto is over-hyped by people on here.
I dont see it happening, Cotto is past his prime. I doubt he's going to do anything to Canelo, Canelo will out-work him.
They kind of remind me of eachother.
Please make this fight at 154
Canelo is still a great developing WIP. His people need to keep him away from the true best of 154 for a while longer until he is truly at his peak or at least closer.
I like Alvarez alot. He's gonna be a great Champion. He's young with skills and power, but right now today Cotto beats him, in a couples years from now Alvarez beats him. Cotto whips everyone Alvarez has fought thus far. Cotto is lightyears away from a Rhodes when it comes to boxing.
Im surprised so many people think Cotto would beat Alvarez.
That was the 1st time i watched Alvarez last night and he looked very strong, fast, smart and very powerful.
Like a young Cotto but not as good.
I was impressed. I hope he keeps improving.
He beats Cotto. imo
his fight with rhodes, he showed improvements. so that really keeps things optimistic, it shows he really learned his lesson on getting tagged a lot by his older opponents and worked on it. he'll be 21 next month, sky's the limit for this kid if he is committed and so far, it looks like he is. there's lots of hate on this kid due to the public media hyping him up, but he does look to have a bright future the route he is going. i'm not sure if he beats the current state of cotto, i think he needs more experience with good opposition willing to fight him
Im surprised so many people think Cotto would beat Alvarez.
That was the 1st time i watched Alvarez last night and he looked very strong, fast, smart and very powerful.
Like a young Cotto but not as good.
I was impressed. I hope he keeps improving.
He beats Cotto. imo
Cintron is one of the top fighters in his division but no way he is an elite fighter. Definition of elite fighter is someone like Pac, Sergio, Floyd, Gamboa, Froch etc. I'd say right now it will one helluva fight between Canelo and Angulo they need to make that fight in Mexico.
This fight will show us what Canelo is all about. Anyways Cintron will lose to Molina in couple weeks.
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