Cotto Hitting The heavybag for martinez

To answer your question: yes. Martinez is a shell of his prime. His style relies on athleticism and half-decent Euro boxers like Macklin, Barker & Murray gave him trouble. Arguably, Murray beat him. I think Martinez has a knee which could shatter at any given moment. Hence he's not running. He has had serious hand & shoulder problems aswell. Perhaps Chavez Jr took something out of him in the 12th. Cotto could do it. Murray and Barker are MUCH taller than Cotto...getting pressure from a taller guy is much different than what Cotto brings to the table. Even a more stationary Martinez can mark up Cotto's face so bad that the ref will have to beg the doctors to stop the fight. Martinez is not a shell of himself-at least not in his last fight-BUT the injuries are present.Even with the injuries he was able to finish fights against much larger men than Cotto...in fact, Sergio hurt Murray in the final round when he himself had bad injuries. Cotto is at a disadvantage in every category-speed, strength, power, height, reach,etc etc etc....how the hell is Cotto not going to get stopped in this fight???? As much as you think Sergio is a shell-where the hell do you think Cotto is at in this stage of his career?

Exactly. People act like Cotto is this power punching master boxer at middleweight, but he's not. He's a guy who's always had a porous defense and stamina problems. He had very good power at 140, good power at 147, and ok power at 154. He was getting dropped by the likes of Pacquiao and hurt by guys like Mayweather and Trout. Now, he's supposed to move up to 160 and defeat a guy who hits harder than all of them, has terrific stamina, and has the exact style to give Cotto nightmares? To answer your question: yes. Martinez is a shell of his prime. His style relies on athleticism and half-decent Euro boxers like Macklin, Barker & Murray gave him trouble. Arguably, Murray beat him. I think Martinez has a knee which could shatter at any given moment. Hence he's not running. He has had serious hand & shoulder problems aswell. Perhaps Chavez Jr took something out of him in the 12th. Cotto could do it.

No way can Cotto keep his already troubled stamina at a good level if he moves around like that. His punches had nothing on them and tbh, if Sergio stood toe to toe-Cotto would get sparked quicker. It will be interesting to see what Cotto will weigh in at-because this will effect his stamina down the stretch-provided it makes it past the midway point....I think Cotto gets stopped within 5. In fact, when was Cotto's last great win? Because even against Judah he was getting rocked early. Against southpaws like Corley and Judah he was rocked bad-though his power got him by at those divisions....in MW, I wouldn't even consider him beating Martinez....hell, southpaw Austin Trout had his way with him! Exactly. People act like Cotto is this power punching master boxer at middleweight, but he's not. He's a guy who's always had a porous defense and stamina problems. He had very good power at 140, good power at 147, and ok power at 154. He was getting dropped by the likes of Pacquiao and hurt by guys like Mayweather and Trout. Now, he's supposed to move up to 160 and defeat a guy who hits harder than all of them, has terrific stamina, and has the exact style to give Cotto nightmares?

No way can Cotto keep his already troubled stamina at a good level if he moves around like that. His punches had nothing on them and tbh, if Sergio stood toe to toe-Cotto would get sparked quicker. It will be interesting to see what Cotto will weigh in at-because this will effect his stamina down the stretch-provided it makes it past the midway point....I think Cotto gets stopped within 5. In fact, when was Cotto's last great win? Because even against Judah he was getting rocked early. Against southpaws like Corley and Judah he was rocked bad-though his power got him by at those divisions....in MW, I wouldn't even consider him beating Martinez....hell, southpaw Austin Trout had his way with him!

Cotto was a midget at 154, I just don't see how he can last 12 rounds against Sergio. He can't. This is likely the end for him.

Macklin and Barker took rounds off a Sergio not coming off injuries. He's not invincible and he's never faced a fighter as skilled as the one he faces June 7th.

Cotto was a midget at 154, I just don't see how he can last 12 rounds against Sergio.

Cotto fans are even more delusional than Flommos and mannytards

Cotto looking good

Who was the last fighter to land a significant number of left hooks on Martinez? Cotto's right hand is far less of a threat than his left hook.

I hope Cotto will also be allowed to bring a bat in the ring.

ouch!!! Martinez is gonna get worked and broken down. No doubt about it. you're delusional...fortunatly for cotto the heavy bag wont puch back,

My thoughts exactly after watching Sergio's workout video in the other thread. Cotto's about to taste real middleweight knockout power. This won't be Pacquiao, or Mayweather, or Trout. This will be a very hard hitting middleweight. Martinez, on the other hand, is a guy who is used to facing huge middleweights. Now's he's going to taste blown up welterweight power.

Cotto should skip sparring and road work cuz that's all Martinez is.....a punching bag. Right?

He's getting knocked out. Sergio looks massive compared to cotto. My thoughts exactly after watching Sergio's workout video in the other thread.

My thoughts are sergio isn't a heavy bag .

Light on his feet and preparing to move after he punches. They know what they're doing.

Cotto's not looking anywhere near as powerful as guys like Pavlik and Chavez look on the heavy bag. Those guys couldn't stop Martinez. Odds are the much weaker Cotto can't.

OUCH!!! Martinez is gonna get worked and broken down. No doubt about it.