How can Canelo beat Cotto?

What can Canelo do? The answer is nothing. He can't beat Cotto. I said this 2-3 years ago, I'm saying it again now. I thought Cotto would be more faded by now but fighting at a comfortable weight, where he doesn't have to try and make any divisionsal limits and fighting very, very sparingly, had extended his career. I think physically, from a fitness standpoint, he is better than Canelo. Now, I'm not one of those believers in the whole Roach/Cotto dynamic, Freddie hasn't taught him anything new or reinvented him, he has just got him back to what he was doing before Pacquiao destroyed what was left of his offensive confidence. Coto is in the same sort of mood he was when getting in the ring with Margy. Confident, strong, a believer in his jab, hook, body work and invincibility. Canelo is slow, comes forward, with decent head movement but gets lazy and doesn't have the best stamina around. He is custom made for Cotto.

Alvarez's feet might be slow but his hands are fast and accurate, and he can counter well. Cotto's defense isn't good enough to not get laid hands on and if the ginger lands enough, Cotto will get worn down and start running. The way I look at it these two are close in skill, but Alvarez is much younger and bigger. I think he wins.

Canelo needs to utilize three things that he has: -Handspeed -Head movement/elusiveness -Combination punching Those are his three strengths. Knowing Cotto doesn't want to stay on the inside he better be prepared to counter punch and while pushing Cotto towards the ropes. Being the taller fighter he should try to jab over Cotto's jab as well to try and disrupt Cotto's rhythm. Cotto getting into his rhythm early on is the last thing Canelo wants. By round 8 both of their stamina should be depleting and should favor the younger Canelo but Canelo should still try to get the early jump because Cotto has more championship experience. I agree but I would actually favor the more experienced fighter.

Canelo really needs to use his jab, all night long. Also he needs to use alot of faints and aim the body. Would not be a bad idea to watch for that left hook.

Lara and Trout are better boxers than Cotto and Canelo was able to land fine on Lara when he wasn't in marathon mode. Let's not act like Cotto is a Floyd type boxer. Cotto may try to start boxing but he can be pulled into a fight, and I eventually see that happening. Canelo needs to work the body early to slow Cotto down. Cotto has not dine very well against naturaly stronger guys that can punch, and I think his recent KO's are a bit misleading considering the opponents and the catchweight drained Geale, Delvin Freakin Rodriguez and one legged Martinez. The one thing Canelo has is the ability to take a punch and keep coming, we've seen Cotto get hurt and dropped on numerous occasions. I'm not hatin on Cotto he's my 2nd favorite fighter, and it should be a good fight, but these are some of the things I can see Canelo doing. Once again I believe Cotto wil try and box, but not be be able to sustain that for a full fight, and will eventually get sucked into a WAR, and that's where Canelo would have the advantage. Fight could go either way though.

Maybe so but the facts that those fights were close proves he could hang with them Never said that he couldn't. But he didn't run away with it either and he simply could not adjust or have the ability to do so. Canelo is a good fighter in my book but is not this top skilled boxer puncher some make him to be

Other ppl say that Lara and Trout should had gotten the nod plus Canelo gasses to Maybe so but the facts that those fights were close proves he could hang with them

Lara and trout could move and Canelo did just fine with them. Cotto has stamina issues too and some people thought Shane and Clottey could have gotten the wins. Either way they were close fights. Other ppl say that Lara and Trout should had gotten the nod plus Canelo gasses to

use his weight, blow up to 190lbs

There is a case to be made for both fighter getting the W, honestly. I don't see how people think this is an easy fight to call at all. I'm leaning 60-40 Canelo's way, however. Cotto never had the stamina to be able to box and move for a whole fight and I think he will get beat to the punch more times than not during exchanges because of Canelo's accuracy, hand speed, and combination punching.

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To beat Cotto you have to pick him apart from the outside and frustrate him with the jab, Trout demonstrating this nicely. Cotto is trained to overcome pressure fighters now because of what Margarita did so I don't think that will work today. Canelo's footwork is god awful as he just sits their in the pocket and moves his head side to side with body movement, not good. Canelo has over a 3 inch reach advantage and needs to play that card in order to win. However, thats not Canelos game and he'll be gladly exchanging punches with Cotto looking for the KO. Cotto rolling to the side and landing left hooks to the body while Canelo just stands their like he always does will be key. I think the only way Canelo can win is if he finishes Cotto in the mid rounds, don't think he can outbox him for 12.

i have it 60-40 for cotto... reasons dont really matter because it all comes down to their game plans..... lets just odlh didnt give him a ****ty blueprint again.... outbox mayweather hook with a cotto #warCotto :friday::boxing::burnout:

In my Dwyer voice : Consider this or a moment.....Miguel Cotto has been out-landed in power punches by Manny Pacquiao,Floyd Mayweather ( yes Mayweather) and Austin Trout according to Compubox ; so it should come as no surprise that Freddie Roach has a Cruiser weight world Champion (Dennis Lebedev) as a sparring partner for this camp. Therefore Canelo should position himself to exchange with Cotto doing so with caution, high guard chin down as Miguel Cotto is a excellent counter puncher -- recently he demonstrated that he still has KO power vs. : Geale,Martinez,and Rodriquez. I believe Cotto needs to move and box off the backfoot to be victorious in this bout as this keeps Canelo from punching in volume/combination punching ; the jab is the primary weapon if Im Cotto's coach: Keep in mind that Canelo only landed around 15% of his jab vs. Floyd Mayweather and even worse vs Erislandy Lara ( a mere 5%). In frustration of this Saul has abandoned his discipline and leaves himself open for counters. Cotto should avoid the ropes and circle to the center as much as possible : Rounds 4,8,10, & 12 are round that Cotto needs to move the most as these are rounds that Canelo has landed power punches with greater accuracy.

Canelo going Margito on Cotto??? Canelo can't produce that level of punch output. LOL he'd be out of gas by the 2nd rnd. Please refrain from such unrealistic statements.

- Two ways Canelo wins, if he goes beast mode like Margarito and is willing to eat shots for at least 5-6 rounds and make Cotto back pedal. Or he improves on his footwork and is able to outbox Cotto. You need a granite chin for that strategy. I don't think Canelo would be able to eat Cotto's shots the way Marg did. That second one sounds much more likely.

We're definitely seeing the infamous Cotto backpedal in this fight. I think we're more likely to see Canelo go backwards than Cotto - I truly believe Canelo will go the pure boxer route this fight. He did it against Floyd and I think he'll do it against Cotto

We're definitely seeing the infamous Cotto backpedal in this fight.

His only chance is going for the KO in the first four rnds. Cotto just has to watch out for those uppercuts in the early rnds.