Floyd: "Cotto, to me ain't nothing but a punching bag."

[DLT]

First of all let me say this. There were plenty of times where Zab tried to circle right, but he couldn't because Miguel's ability to cut off the ring. Hell just look at the second knockdown, Judah started moving right, but Cotto cornered him, and let go a combination that dropped him. Also like I stated before, all Zab landed when he circled right was his jab, and Cotto avoided a good amount of them. I understand what you mean by taking a quick step left and firing off a left hand, but Judah isn't talented enough to do that. Thats not an easy thing to do.

And also in your second post when you noted how a big strong Welterweight would give Cotto trouble, I agree with that, but Clottey isn't one of those guys. Margarito gives Miguel some trouble, and Cintron gives him hell.

Yeah but Zab was already dead by time the 2nd knock down came around. By that time he was a punching bag who wasnt swinging back at all and he wasnt even circling anymore. He was just stepping to the right or whatever. Dont get me wrong, nothing is perfect but he wouldve done alot better had he circled right from the jump.

Man, I would pay anything to see the Clottey fight. I think people underrate him. He's not tall like Margarito or Cintron but he's huge. He puts on a ton of weight after the weigh-in. He's very strong, has a tight D, is nearly impossible to hurt, has no fear, and throws great combos. I would pick him over Cotto

[DLT]

Cesar Bazan, Demetrio Ceballos, Kelson Pinto, Carlos Maussa, Muhammad Abdullaev, Randal Bailey, ... all were natural 140 pound fighters, two of them beat him before, and they were very hard punchers as well. You've been saying the same **** for years, maybe Cotto will face a MW to prove your point? Quintana walked through Joel Julio's punches and had a good chance to even stopped him, you're doubting he's a true WW? Mosley was champ as Jr MW and is very strong, you wanna bet on the outcome?

My point though is that Cotto never was a 140 pounder so that stuff doesnt matter. He always was a WW fighting at 140. Also, those guys you named are a 140 pounders but most of them are bums and they still are not even on the same planet as fighting a big WW. Also, Julio hardly ever even ladned against Quintana. He was completely schooled and didnt know what to do

[gixxer]

FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR -> Main Chat: Let me teach you about the game young man, Mosley and Cotto are good fighters, but what has Cotto done other than beat fighters I already beat? What's impressive about that? And Shane Mosley is a very good fighter, but Shane suddenly wants to fight me but the whole world knows that he had a number of opportunities to fight me. I don't have to discredit nobody my record speaks for itself. I wouldn't be in this position without beating the top guys. Last I looked Mosley had four losses. And all I do is soften them up for Cotto. If Mosley beats Cotto, Cotto fights Hatton next. Just because you get rocked in a fight and get up, all that shows is that you like taking punishment. Cotto, to me ain't nothing but a punching bag. Cotto don't even believe he should fight me himself. He ain't never mentione my name once, that's just his promoter doing all the talking for him.



Let's see what happens if Cotto beats Mosley...

HES A PUNCHING BAG THAT....HITS BAck TWICE AS HARD AND WILL MAKE YOU EAT YOUR WORDS WHEN AND IF YOU EVER GET THE BALLS TO GET IN THERE WITH HIM

[mikec]

From what I've seen, he is the most professional athelete in sports today. He has never gotten emotional during a fight. He has never said a bad word about anyone outside of the ring. Even when Oscar rejected a fight with him because his wife said no, Cotto didn't call him a *****-whipped ***** (the temptation would have been far too much for me), he just said he respected that decision 100%, but it's too bad, because that would have been a great fight. Just a total class athlete.

preach brother..... I agree 100% not many know that after the jUDAH FIGHT , Cotto went to Judah's dressing room by himself and asked to speak to Judah in front of his wholeeeeeeeee entouraage. He apologized like man and said it was an accident.. If Mayweather had half the class Cotto did he'd be the next SRL in popolarity. "****in wasted talent""

[deevel79]

All he does is soften his past opponents up for Cotto? Cant the same be said about almost EVERYBODY on Floyd's resume? Werent 90% of THEM softened up by somebody else prior to Floyd facing them?

[heat27]

"all I do is soften them up for Cotto"
LMAOOOO
floyd loves to talk

[boxingfan4life]

I'm a Floyd Mayweather fan but i seriously think he shouldn't mess with cotto. cotto is getting better and better because he is still learning. at one point in the Zab Judah fight, cotto was out boxing Judah. he can bring alot of pressure on Floyd and will give Floyd a very hard time. if they fought, Floyd better be 100% because he will be in fight of his life.

So your saying that mayweather should duck cotto? That sounds kinda ***** if you ask me. I agree with you on the 100% part but not fighting Cotto just because he's getting good is a ***** move.

[ianwigley]

1. boxing is not a game...
2. mayweather is the p4p champ and cotto has to fight someone right...there is no shame in fighting someone mayweather fought...its not like mayweather knocked all these guys senseless or anything...it would be different if we were talking trying to fight tyson but fighting only guys tyson gave concussions to...then he can say its the easy way out...cotto knocked out zab...mayweather didnt...and thats just one example...
3.his record doesnt speak for itself...he might have big names on his record but how many of them were drained or past their prime when he fought them...a good number of them...
4. getting up from getting knocked down doesnt mean you like punishment...it means you have courage and heart to go on...if mayweather didnt learn this when he fought corrales he's a real idiot.
5. if cotto is going to be mayweather's "punching bag" then why dont he ****ing fight him already instead of jaw *******...
6. cotto rarely mentions names...he said it even after the judah fight that he wants whoever his promoter wants him to fight and im going to quote him on this comment, "im ready for everybody".

everybody includes mayweather.

just because cotto is jaw ******* and calling out names doesnt mean he's afraid of mayweather...

honestly how many people here (if they were a pro boxer) would seriously avoid mayweather because of mayweather's knockout power? i be more worried about him sticking the jab and dancing (or in other cases...running) the whole fight.

mayweather at 147 doesnt have KO power too much...he did much better with KO power at lower weight classes...he's not even a natural welterweight...

What the hell is that all about? I don't understand.

[heat27]

All he does is soften his past opponents up for Cotto? Cant the same be said about almost EVERYBODY on Floyd's resume? Werent 90% of THEM softened up by somebody else prior to Floyd facing them?

lol true
hopkins soften up DLH for mayweather LMAOOO
see how dumb mayweather sounds

[ianwigley]

Maybe your grammar is bad, maybe I've misconstrued it, but Mayweather didn't get knocked down by Diego.