Floyd gave a good fight but showed signs of decline. He's not the same fighter he use to be. I've never seen Floyd take this much punishment before.
How much steam does this kill from the PAC/may fight? Are you guys still interested? I think Floyd should just retire
Rofl he decides to not box and give everyone what they want to see and stands toe to toe with Cotto for the whole entire fight, it's quite clear he could of boxed rings around him as he did in the 12th, He isn't on the decline at all what so ever, I think he looked twice as good as he did against Ortiz....
You really think Floyd "chose" to stand there by the ropes 75% of the fight and get mauled by Cotto? You've got to be a retard if you think he chose not to box.
Cotto was walking Floyd down most of the fight. Floyd doesn't care about the fans, he fights for himself. If Floyd could dance circles around Cotto and win the fight, he'd do that in a heartbeat. Age is catching up with Floyd.
I have to give credit to Cotto, he did very well. Congrats
Manny stopped cotto.
Floyd struggled against cotto.
Don't give me this weight crap because cotto himself said he feels strong during the PAC fight, do you know more than cotto?
At a catch weight. If Floyd faced cotto at 145 or 147 then he would have stopped Cotto. The additional weight for cotto gives him better power and better punch resistance.
Lol Floyd has some SERIOUS haters on the internet. Its hilarious. You'd think that he just had a Pacquiao-esque performance against Marquez last night or something.
Floyd fought a future hall of famer who was younger than him, fought him at his weight, fought him toe to toe, and got a damn nose bleed.
Wow he is really on the decline I tell ya.
Instead of dissing Floyd.......how about giving Cotto some damn credit for fighting a great fight.
The Cotto that fought Pacquiao was drained, not as confident as he is now because of a tough loss to a cheater and a tough fight against Clottey.
The Cotto that fought Floyd(at 154 and full of confidence after the margarito win) would have beat Pacquiao.
He coulda got knocked out 30 seconds into the fight and I still wouldn't feel bad...the man made 32 million+ and he's boning miss jackson.
this ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This fight actually gave people a perspective that if Cotto can do that to Floyd what will Pac be able to do. I actually hope this fight is made by December
I think this is the more accurate answer. I can only imagine how bad he would struggle if he actually fought guys like Williams, Margarito, Cotto and others back in 07-08.
It's easy to look untouchable against sh1tty fighters like Baldomir and the majority of his opponents on his resume.
It's true bro, if floyd is fighting a live opponent he will always be like in the cotto fight or could already been ko but he's very smart in picking his opponents.
i dont think he's on the decline..he just did'nt take all the challenges available thats all....
I think this is the more accurate answer. I can only imagine how bad he would struggle if he actually fought guys like Williams, Margarito, Cotto and others back in 07-08.
It's easy to look untouchable against sh1tty fighters like Baldomir and the majority of his opponents on his resume.
i agree with the ts,
floyd just got bloodied by pacs left overs, and will soon be entering prison as part of his ongoing scheme to avoid pacquiao at all costs.
on the bright side, he will now have time to contemplate his next road block
It was a good fight. Cotto did a good job defensively and kept his hands up. The reason Floyd went to the ropes becuz thats the only way get Cotto to engage. And he figured he could win the exchanges. And he did land some good uppercuts and counter rights. Floyd could of kept the fight in the middle of the ring if he wanted. Manny did the same thing against Cotto and Margo.
He coulda got knocked out 30 seconds into the fight and I still wouldn't feel bad...the man made 32 million+ and he's boning miss jackson.
What he said ^^
I'm talking about these recent years. I thought the fought would be a one-sided beat down with cotto getting stopped.
Because your stupid.
I saw this coming and Floyd is fine.
Just because you called a fight wrong doesn't mean someone got old over night.
Means you need to watch more boxing.
Floyd clearly won.....again. People are acting like it was close, and I'm not sure why. Floyd won going away. I swear the hate for Floyd is legendary on here.
What punishment??? You mean the jabs and body punches Cotto landed??? Cotto still landed only 21% of his punches, and people are actinglike Floyd is getting touched. He was never hurt in the fight at all.
Hi skills/speed looked the same as the Mosley/Ortiz fights.
Again. Decline? How long have some of these people been following boxing? Castillo had him looking all ineffective in the prime of his youth. Cotto was a live dog. That's why Mayweather looked bad. Cotto made him look bad. Floyd Mayweather is not superman.
Floyd is the same he's just expose as what he really is, an above average who is very good in cherrypicking an opponent that he thinks he can easily beat.
the ref stThayopped the fight with cotto without manny landing anything.and and when did i even mhention weight?
This has to be one of the stupidest posts in boxingscene history