Miguel Cotto is the Real Deal...

[Left2body]

My bad Cotto is Puerto Rican.... and i dont think Collazo can KO Cotto i think its a possiblity however, also Quintana rocked Joel_Collazo rocked Hatton do the math, not to say the math of a past fight holds any barring on a future 1 but.. the fact remains Collazo is a much better pure BOXER then Quintana and would give alot more trouble to Cotto then Quin did!


And yo i didnt mention PBF for a reason>.. as for the rest decifer it 4 urslef

I can see Collazo giving Cotto trouble with boxing but from your previous post it seemed you were eluding to the fact that Collazo would KO Cotto which I dont see happening. However Cotto has about as much experience against lefties as I've seen in any fighter, I think it much more probable that Cotto vs Collazo ends up similar to all of Cotto's other fights with Cotto breaking down Collazo's body and putting him down in the mid to late rounds.

[Left2body]

To be fair Collazo is certainly a better, younger and hungrier fighter than Quintana. Collazo was a titlist and held a win over the (now) WBA Lightmiddleweight champion, Quintana just fought a vastly overrated Julio and wasn't slick enough to survive a Cotto body attack.


Saying that, Cotto's size gives him an advantage over Hatton at 147 and he should be able to pick off at least 2 of the other 3 titlists

Even before Hatton fought Collazo both Hatton and his camp said they would fight Cotto at 140lbs but not at 147lbs. In the same interview Hatton said that Cotto needed to get out of 140lbs and that he risked losing to Paulie because of the weight. In this same interview they said that Hatton would be happy to fight PBF at 147lbs but not Cotto.

Another thing to consider is that Cotto is extremely heavy handed and causes a great deal of damage to opponents face and body. Hatton is notorious for swelling and cutting in the face. This isn't a good combination for Hatton.

[amagnin]

I rarely change my opinions about a fighter, but Cotto proved to me that at WW he is not just good, he is GREAT. Frankly, I thought he would have trouble with a good boxer like Quintana, but he shut me up. He looked powerful and energetic, while he looked drained his last couple fights at 140. And that left to the liver is just devastating and that is a hard punch to defend against for 12 rounds. I thought that Floyd had too much defense and technical boxing skill for Cotto but after last night I think that this would be a terrific fight. On an unrelated note, I was unimpressed with Margarito last night (just one night), but he looked a lot better in his last couple fights.

[oldgringo]

1.) Cotto doesn't stalk and follow....he cuts the ring off...and quite well.

2.) Collazo is better than Quintana based on...? Collazo has a rep based on losing to HAtton...Quintana got a rep based on DOMINATING a powerful young prospect.

3.) Cotto stops Hatton at 147. He's too strong to be bullied and his heavy hands would carve up Hattons face and body.

[amagnin]

1.) Cotto doesn't stalk and follow....he cuts the ring off...and quite well.

2.) Collazo is better than Quintana based on...? Collazo has a rep based on losing to HAtton...Quintana got a rep based on DOMINATING a powerful young prospect.

3.) Cotto stops Hatton at 147. He's too strong to be bullied and his heavy hands would carve up Hattons face and body.

I agree with most of your points, but I think that Collazo is a better fighter than Quintana. Collazo was a world champion and fought a close fight with (what some people, NOT ME) a p4p fighter. Quintana beat a young skilled albeit flawed prospect. Nonetheless, Cotto is a BEAST at 147 and I see big things for him in the future.

[Soldier01]

Who do you think you are ? Max kellerman ?
Your post is so very wrong.

LOL...

[Kid Achilles]

I don't think he's anywhere near as good as Trinidad. Trinidad was a phenomenon, a legend. Cotto is just a damn good fighter.

[oldgringo]

I don't think he's anywhere near as good as Trinidad. Trinidad was a phenomenon, a legend. Cotto is just a damn good fighter.

Time will tell obviously. I think that Cotto has more in his arsenal skill-wise, but Trinidad possessed some intangibles that made him great. Cotto has shown the ability to recover from being hurt though, and he has the killer instinct that Trinidad had when his man was hurt.

Their careers are actually pretty similar through their first 20-25 fights. It took Trinidad 20 fights or so to win his first world title...same with Cotto. Both guys were dropped/hurt/stunned a few times in those 20-25 fights, but came back to knock their opponent out. Only big difference is Trinidad started taking on better fighters earlier...and Cotto moved up faster because he was draining himself to make 140.

[Undefeated]

I don't think he's anywhere near as good as Trinidad. Trinidad was a phenomenon, a legend. Cotto is just a damn good fighter.

Well Cotto only has 28 fights.. He still has time to prove everyone wrong.

IMO Collazo Vs Cotto would be just like Quintana Vs Cotto. Quintana should fight Collazo in a comeback fight. Im pretty sure Quintana can pull a UD. Quintana has some good movement, just lacked the expierience. I had Quintana up on cards.. but that's was untill that body shot came.

[MetalVomit]

1.) Cotto doesn't stalk and follow....he cuts the ring off...and quite well.

2.) Collazo is better than Quintana based on...? Collazo has a rep based on losing to HAtton...Quintana got a rep based on DOMINATING a powerful young prospect.

3.) Cotto stops Hatton at 147. He's too strong to be bullied and his heavy hands would carve up Hattons face and body.

I agree. Hatton doesnt want it with Cotto.