Most of the fight that miguel "almost" lost and the one he lost was because his body do not works properly under 150 pounds, torres almost knock him out, pacquiao knew this and took advantage of this , if pacman fight cotto at 150 he will be destroy fast, like cotto said once, " i feel weak at 147" when i saw cotto fighting pacquiao at 145 i knew the fight was a lost for Miguel. like J. Mayweather said going up to 154 was his "saving grace" with that in mind, Floyd Mayweather is entering a very dangerous ground. i beleive with all honesty another Zab Judah fight is on the way on May fifth, i telling you , is going to be a shocker.
Floyd is fighting Pacs leftovers, but Cotto still has a good chance of beating Floyd, only cos floyd isnt all that great.
This is the kind of reply you will get if you make excuses early for Floyd.
I totally disagree with the OP's arguement. Cotto is a little dude, what, 5'6" or something, he has been carefully matched at 154 but he looked good at 147 and even 140... He probably had his prime years at 147 until he met a better fighter in Pacquaio, there's no shame in that, he lost to a better guy. Did the 2 pounds loss (CW of 145) affect the outcome of the fight - I don't think so. Miguel would have got beat comprehensively at any weight.
It was recent in an article about how he wouldn't bend to the 147 weight. He said something about that.
He meant as far as today goes. He hasn't fought at 147 since 2009 and has had 3 fights at 154 already. During and after the fight he stated several times he physically had no problems with 145 (then), but being he can call his own shots now there was no need for him to give any advantage to Manny.
i think he meant elite as in cotto's better days are over. sure cotto can still bang and will win here and there but the point he was making is that cotto is not the same cotto he was years ago.
you may be right about that, considering the amount of punishment he's received throughout the years.
but i believe that Cotto still has the capacity to go toe to toe with the best of them.
Miguel is done as an elite fighter...period.
i think its best to wait and see how he performs against floyd....
THEN make a conclusion about him. a warrior like him deserves the benefit of the doubt don't you think?
He said he was weak at 145 after he lost didn't he?
Sounds like a justification of his failure to me.
What do you think he would have said if he won?
Oscar did the same thing, during 24/7 he said he was feeling stronger than he ever had, then after he loses he goes off.
cotto never make excuses did you expect him to say he felt terrible has trouble making weight ? even if it did or not the mans not gonna say it right after the fight.. now team pac wanted to do it again to cotto so if he felt it weakened him last time hes not going to allow it to happen again and he made it clear why
he never said he felt weak at 145 after losing, he said he felt fast as ever and the weight wasn't a problem
unless this excuse is recent
It was recent in an article about how he wouldn't bend to the 147 weight. He said something about that.
He said he was weak at 145 after he lost didn't he?
Sounds like a justification of his failure to me.
What do you think he would have said if he won?
Oscar did the same thing, during 24/7 he said he was feeling stronger than he ever had, then after he loses he goes off.
he never said he felt weak at 145 after losing, he said he felt fast as ever and the weight wasn't a problem
unless this excuse is recent
He said he was weak at 145 after he lost didn't he?
Sounds like a justification of his failure to me.
What do you think he would have said if he won?
Oscar did the same thing, during 24/7 he said he was feeling stronger than he ever had, then after he loses he goes off.
so you think cotto is gonna beat floyd the way he did judah? I love cotto, but I would not be shocked if he gets gatti'd in the mayweather fight. I highly doubt that will happen, but if it did, I wouldnt blink an eye of shock.
its gonna be a shocker alright, floyds gonna have yet another belt, shocking...