If Mayweather is serious about trading punches with Cotto...

Mayweather can stay in the pocket...AND STILL MAKE HIS OPPONENT MISS HIM...A LOT! So no it won't be any "TRADING PUNCHES" Mayweather will be landing and Cotto missing or he will be come hesitant to throw punches because when he does he is getting countered so much

I don't think he has any choice, Cotto is the more mobile boxer. Mosley and Ortiz were catching FMJ with good shots, Cotto will too. Should be a good fight. :boxing: My main reason for wanting him to come forward is I cant stand it when Floyd fights backing up, he did it against Baldomir and it was really hard to watch.

Here we go. I enjoy Mayweather and his style but you guys are delusional if you think Mayweather is gonna just light up Miguel. He's not stronger and he isn't going to outclass Miguel. He's going to win a lot of rounds but they are going to be close with Mayweather edging on activity. It's not gonna be a blow out and tbh at the end of the fight when you look at who was hurt more often or in the most trouble you'll say it was Mayweather. We will see in a few days. Cotto will be tired by the end of the fight and Mayweather will be landing at will. Cotto will win 3 rounds max. Cottos training looks gimmicky and his own former trainer watched him recently and said he looks slow. Mayweather was training at 2 am during the press tour while cotto was sleeping before the actual training camp even started.

Floyd struggled with much worse fighters, many older and not as gritty as mig. Are we blind to ignore this ? Floyd is in real trouble. Thank you! All these Floyd nutthuggers forget about Castillo whooping that ass in their first fight and getting robbed, spare me the BS that Floyd won, I have the fight on DVD if anybody wants to see it again! Keys to a Cotto victory in this fight are; 1. Cotto's punk ass better have trained for a 20 round fight not his usual BS 6-8 round fight and tired ass the rest of the fight. 2. No head hunting like he did against Margarito 2, which btw Margarito was still coming forward when the fight was stopped so Cotto did not impress. 3. Go back to your bread and butter, body shots, body shots, body shots! Mayweather is not easy to hit to the head but if you soften him up to the body.... 4. See no. 1 5. See no. 1 and 6. SEE NO. 1!!! Stamina is his key to whooping Floyd, that's it! Cotto has all the tools to beat Floyd except that big one, STAMINA! Let's just hope that his new trainer, being Cuban and all, worked his ass like Fidel and Che Guevarra attacking Batista during the Revolution!

that almost cost him the fight against old man Mosley, so lets not talk like it aint a possibility. In fact for multiple reasons I really hope he does stand toe to toe and attempt to be the aggressor. I don't think he has any choice, Cotto is the more mobile boxer. Mosley and Ortiz were catching FMJ with good shots, Cotto will too. Should be a good fight. :boxing:

Cotto will have success the first 2-3 rounds until Mayweather times him. After that Cotto will get hit more and more as the fight progresses. I am not a Mayweather fan but dude got skills and Cotto gets hit way, way too much. He got hit by Margarito in the last fight and that is a slow ass boxer if I ever seen one. I got a wide UD or a late stoppage due to cuts or the towel being thrown in. People forget Mayweather is about to go to jail so he needs to make a lasting impression while he is gone. Matter of fact I never ever ever ever ever bet money on anything but I am going to drop a 100 bones with whoever wants to bet me at wherever I watch the fight that Mayweather is getting a W. :boxing:

The way people are talking about Mayweather standing in the pocket and never moving back.....he would be knocked out. Floyd is going to move in this fight. He might stay in the pocket here and there but he isn't going to trade shots with Miguel. Floyd can talk all the sh1t he wants about being stronger but he isn't and if he tries to go man v man, you throw and then I throw he will be on the canvas knocked the fuk out. Hes stronger than cotto and better conditioned. Cotto will be feeling it in the late rounds, it will be an ass kicking. Strength is different than punching power. Winky-Trinidad is another example and they talk about it during the fight. Trinidad hit harder, winky is stronger.

He doesnt trade, he isnt mayorga or gatti. He intends to fight aggressively, that is different from trading. He will be backing cotto up at times and coming forward and staying in mid range and close, but that doesnt mean he want to trade punches like say morales and barrera would do when they got tagged they would come back with all offense and defense went out the window for a few seconds.

he'll probably trade a little and if he realizes he's at a disadvantage, he'll go back to what he's comfortable with. floyd says a lot of things but in the end, he'll do what's best for himself.

who said he would trade shots??thats what idiots do.floyd stands toe to toe and doesnt get hit...............boxing isnt trading shots. that almost cost him the fight against old man Mosley, so lets not talk like it aint a possibility. In fact for multiple reasons I really hope he does stand toe to toe and attempt to be the aggressor.

Haha, who said anything about trading punches? Floyd isn't going to be trading anything. He will stand his ground, throw leather, and not get hit in the process. Just re-watch the Mosley fight for an example.

All Ped fighters breakdown in one night. Roy, Toney etc. Expect to see the same May 5th. it effects the concentration. You have seen small signs of this breakdown the last 2 fights. May 5th mark it down you will be SHOCKED! who uses ped's that fight may 5th???all those fighters are taking random tests

Cotto should go southpaw and work the right hook to the body. Floyd would never expect that and that area is where Floyd is vulnerable when he shoulder rolls. Otherwise shove Floyd into the ropes and treat him like a punching bag. but Cottos right hand isnt very good at all

floyd isnt going to go trade shots with anyone hes going to be defensive and pick off shots in the pocket, and you will defintely see that elbow working too lol cotto is going to do well in the first 4 rounds but after that is well routine mayweather but if anyone thinks that floyd is really going to go all hagler hearns with cotto is sadly sadly mistaken or retarded

Cotto should go southpaw and work the right hook to the body. Floyd would never expect that and that area is where Floyd is vulnerable when he shoulder rolls. Otherwise shove Floyd into the ropes and treat him like a punching bag.

cotto throws wide and he's slower he'll get hit with shots and either tied up, or floyd will step to the side. even if he's close he's not going to hit floyd. i also dont see any issues with floyd being able to pick cotto's shots off clottey simply covered up and started planting his feet. the power got though floyd doesnt fight like that. he can take the steam off of the punches with his shoulders and his elbows. if a shot lands he always rolls it. cotto's best punch is his jab. it always has been. getting it going and backing floyd up is his only real chance of getting a decision. if cotto can really get his jab working and start to build offense off of it he can stay in the fight. it's not going to happen. i dont think it will, anyway

Defensive fighters never trade punches. In many cases, the exchange almost never happens in the entire fight. We hear all these power punchers get hyped and when fight comes, they appear helpless. If Cotto can't KO Floyd in the first six rounds, how is he going to in the next 6 where he will be plagued with stamina issues, carelessness because by then he's already outpointed by a mile?

crazy thing is, i think opponents in the past actually looked better on the score cards when floyd was moving than these days when he's not

Man how crazy it would be if Cotto knocks Floyd the **** out. at this point, as crazy as if any other fighter did it.....but i doubt it'll happen

The only fight Mayweather ran and pot shotted was the Hatton fight. He backs up but doesn't really run.