Lettuce B Reality; Cotto can beat pac

after the marquez fight everybody wants a piece of pac

He can definitely do better but his problem is always going to be his defence and the pace pac fights at. Movement cuts Pacman's pace in half.

Suddenly cotto is this great technician that picks apart fighters. He beat margarita let's not get carried away.

I like the position Cotto is in. He only has two choices and both fights are very likely to happen. He's after the giant purses and only Floyd and Manny would give him that kind of reward. He could have split from Top Rank and fought Floyd which seemed to be very likely because I would assume Floyd sees no threat in Cotto. Now he can stick with TR and fight Pacquiao and I'm sure Cotto sees himself beating Pacquiao this time and so do I. Good for Cotto

Cotto's downfall was Joe FKN Santiago. I wouldn't say he'd certainly beat Pacquiao but he would make it a close fight with Diaz in his corner and has a good chance of beating Pacquiao @ 147-150. I somewhat agree but ultimately it was Cotto's own fault for giving Santiago that role. He wasn't even close to being a suitable man for the task and probably let Cotto do as he pleased during training. Cotto and his team thought that they could steamroll Pac and that was their ultimate undoing. He fought to Pac's strenghts and wasn't conditioned for a fight of this caliber. I think with Diaz in his corner he would fair a hell of a lot better and it will be a much closer fight than many think it will be.

To save myself typing out my response again, I'll just paste my view from the other thread in here; ================================== I have high confidence that Cotto wins a rematch. In the first fight Miguel was going through that stage of basically training himself and his footwork was horrible, a lot of things have been corrected since then. Miguel went in there IMO believing that he was too big for Pac and allowed himself to get into trading exchanges believing Pac was too small, that's what lost him the fight at the end of the 4th. When he was using his jab he was looking good. I believe at this point he's more mature, composed and would have the right gameplan to win the fight. The Jab and his movement are the keys.

He can definitely do better but his problem is always going to be his defence and the pace pac fights at.

Cotto can outbox Pacman. He lost because he thought he was the bigger man. If Cotto boxes off the backfoot, which he can do & turns Pacman he beats him. Pacman cannot cut off the ring, he has to be set to punch & his footwork only looks good against fighters that are stationary.

yeah but you got to remember that was a shot margs. let's see how he does against chavez jr or alvarez, and then we'll see how much cotto got left. i would really love to see cotto take that chavez jr fight, i think he has a great chance at beating julio. Im not so sure i buy into marg being shot. Styles make fights, and thats just margs style. He's gonna keep coming, and he is gonna keep throwing. Plaster or not, he still has power. Nothing flashy, hes just a workhorse. Chavez jr would be another tough tough fight. Everytime i see him fight, he has improved. His body work is wicked, which is worrysome for cotto, tho i think cotto can outbox him. Regardless, cotto needs to get back to putting work in on the body

Cotto's downfall was Joe FKN Santiago. I wouldn't say he'd certainly beat Pacquiao but he would make it a close fight with Diaz in his corner and has a good chance of beating Pacquiao @ 147-150.

Guess i was confusing, cottos angles/footwork now is 100 times better than it was in the pac fight. Nobody is really gonna beat up on pacquio, but he can be outboxed. Cotto outboxed him a few rounds, got too confident and got caught with crazy punches. But he can be outboxed, and cotto does have the counter punching/boxing style that could beat pac. Plus, if last saturday is any indication, cottos right hand is back. It would be a way different fight imo. I hear what you're saying and I agree to an extent. Especially the right hand, Cotto would need that BADLY against Pacquiao. But I just don't think he can keep up with Pacquiao, I feel like Pacquiao would get to him. I definitely think it could look like a completely different fight though.

have em rematch at 154 no catchweight. that way pacquiao can legitamize his 8th title if he beats cotto. which i think he will again. not at 154 he wont

have em rematch at 154 no catchweight. that way pacquiao can legitamize his 8th title if he beats cotto. which i think he will again. Too add a comment, though it wasnt entirely the same, the cotto that we saw saturday reminded me very much of the cotto that fought mosley. just sayin. yeah but you got to remember that was a shot margs. let's see how he does against chavez jr or alvarez, and then we'll see how much cotto got left. i would really love to see cotto take that chavez jr fight, i think he has a great chance at beating julio.

Too add a comment, though it wasnt entirely the same, the cotto that we saw saturday reminded me very much of the cotto that fought mosley. just sayin.

His angles are better than Pacquiao's? Really? I think he can do better but he still has trouble balancing between his offense and defense. I still think Pacquiao's definitely too much and don't really have much interest in a rematch. Guess i was confusing, cottos angles/footwork now is 100 times better than it was in the pac fight. Nobody is really gonna beat up on pacquio, but he can be outboxed. Cotto outboxed him a few rounds, got too confident and got caught with crazy punches. But he can be outboxed, and cotto does have the counter punching/boxing style that could beat pac. Plus, if last saturday is any indication, cottos right hand is back. It would be a way different fight imo.

His angles are better than Pacquiao's? Really? I think he can do better but he still has trouble balancing between his offense and defense. I still think Pacquiao's definitely too much and don't really have much interest in a rematch.