Could Cotto beat Mayweather after seeing his destruction of Zab?

[pbftxrs316]

cotto doesn't want to fight mayweather and he knows it. floyd mayweather is a boxing phenom with intelligent rign savvyness and he is fast as hell. i've posted this so many times, cotto would get killed in the ring with mayweather and not taking anything away from cotto because he boxed beautifully against zab, but floyd mayweather's style is grade A. he has the style to beat, and i don't see anybody from 154 down beating him, not shane mosley, not margarito and not cotto. cotto put on a great performance tonight excluding the low blows but he stayed poise under the pressure and he stunned a few times against zab, and he fought masterdully tonight. he impressed me like never before, even though zab was an easy target. he would not throw any combos. cotto threw some great combos and kept relentless pressure on zab all night. he stayed more active and didn't stop punching. but, i feel, and maybe it's just me a few others, had cotto not hit zab low, zab would have had cotto in serious trouble. zab would have beat cotto's face in after that uppercut, because cotto was stunned. but, cotto recovered well and perfomed great. not taking anything away from miguel, zab is not a floyd mayweather jr. floyd is a boxing god, plus, he knows how to win, and he is so damn smart in the ring. with cotto's style, could he have beaten oscar? i don't think so, but it would have been a good fight. floyd vs cotto at 140 or 147, floyd whoops his ass bad. styles makes fights right? floyd's style would be too much for cotto's style, and miguel knows it.

[amagnin]

Agreed this is a bad style match up. Look at Mayweather-Gatti and this is what it will look like but Cotto will be much more competitive in terms of fighting back. Cotto is just too available to be hit by accurate counters. Zab had the left hand there all night and just didn't throw it. If Mayweather fights his game, Cotto doesn't land nearly as many punches and gets punched a lot more

[pbftxrs316]

Agreed this is a bad style match up. Look at Mayweather-Gatti and this is what it will look like but Cotto will be much more competitive in terms of fighting back. Cotto is just too available to be hit by accurate counters. Zab had the left hand there all night and just didn't throw it. If Mayweather fights his game, Cotto doesn't land nearly as many punches and gets punched a lot more

i agree fully. the left chin was exposed to be hit, and zab is a southpaw with a nice uppercut. he just didn't throw it like he should have and he waited to throw it too much. he should have jabbed more and then threw some combos. zab hardly threw punches. floyd picks his punches wisely and eben though cotto can pressure well, floyd's stamina is second to none and his overall intelligence in the ring is way above cotto's. cotto would be crushed by the pretty boy.