No it's way too much. 154 is the absolute max Cotto can get out of his body and still do well. He should possibly even go to 147.
It's like Martinez and 168. He would be dwarfed by Ward and co.
Unfortunately, I don't like his chances against anybody there... Chavez Jr is like 180+ pounds... Sturm is pretty big himself (then again, Sturm wouldn't win a decision out in the US...likewise for Cotto though in Germany). Martinez would overwhelm him, too big, too fast, too strong, too good. Pirog could possibly break him down, although I was not impressed with his last fight, he's still got a size advantage and is solid.
You know who Cotto COULD beat? <__<..Marco Antonio Rubio.
i like cotto chance vs felix sturm ..
Cotto is a greater fighter than Sturm but there is no way he can beat Sturm. Cotto is a small light middleweight and Sturm is a big middleweight. no way could Cotto win this fight
Cotto is going nowhere if he jumps to MW
he has leaky defense and a suspect chin
top guys at MW all beat him by KO
he's not really that strong at JMW, moving up more is nuts
What he said ..and I'm one of the biggest cotto fans . But he will be facing guys any where from 5"10-6"1
He could beat Sturm, Pirog and if he boxes against Chavez he can beat him too. Martinez would out box him and put him out with a left. If Chavez gets in on Cotto and pushes him to the ropes, he could break Cotto down like Margs did.
Id like to see him try to go up to 160.. That will be the end of him.. Chavez jr. would **** him up, I know a lot of people hate Chavez jr. on here but the kid is a big ass dude and would walk Cotto down and beat him to a pulp.. Heck even Canelo will **** Cotto up..
He can beat that bum D level fighter Chavez Jr for sure. Cotto probably stops him.
Martinez stops Cotto. I think Sturm beats him.
Haven't seen enough of overrated Pirog and never seen anything, not even youtube clips, of Geale. Neither of them interest me at all.
Cotto is going nowhere if he jumps to MW
he has leaky defense and a suspect chin
top guys at MW all beat him by KO
he's not really that strong at JMW, moving up more is nuts
I think the physical disadvantages would be too much for Cotto to overcome. Height and reach wise, Cotto is a small LMW, so imagine how small he'll be at MW. Cotto will probably be outweighed by 15lbs+ on fight night, and his punches wouldn't have much effect.
NO
His style of using his jab to get inside wont work with bigger men,just look at the 1 margarito fight.
he only won the second fight because margarito was a walking corpse.
The bigger men would hit him hard and step to the side until cotto is beaten to a pulp
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