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Point is, an old, wack, slow Shane Mosley is still probably going to knock out a prime Cotto. I'll be rooting for Cotto though, cause I want Floyd to hand him that 1st L.
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What about Quintana? Quintana fought all his fights, except for one, at WW and your telling me that he wasn't a true WW? Zab had fought his last 8 fights at WW and had been at that weight class for over 3 years. How is he not a true WW? Urkal I can see.
Either way, when Cotto got rocked in the past it was in fights where he had a tough time getting down to 140 pounds. The weight loss and dehydration he suffered to make weight is well known to cause a fighter to be more vulnerable to being stunned when hit. Now that Cotto is fighting at a weight he's comfortable making, he doesn't get hurt as much by the punches. Had he fought Zab at 140, those punches probably would've put him on his ass. Also, with the increased weight comes an increased resistance (or better chin, if you want to call it that).
As for Shane, he's not the fighter of old, he's an old fighter. Shane will look good in the beginning but will eventually be hurt to the body. A 36 YO fighter just can't take the vicious attack that Miguel puts to the body. If Mosley can't get rid of Miguel by the 3rd round, look for Mosley to have his first KO/TKO loss ever by the 9th.Comment
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Your biased is amazing. How can people call Cotto an elite when he hasn't beaten an elite fighter yet. I can aprreciate what he has done, without a doubt he is the future and will remain at the top for a while but it seems like the standard people hold him at is beating Judah made him the pound for pound number 1 in the world. Who has cotto beaten to make you think he can beat a fighter the caliber of Shane Mosley; His style allows him to satay in with any fighter due to his constant pressure but some people make it seem like he will blow through the entire welterwieght division with ease.Comment
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First of all, let's remember that more than half the boxing experts and writers out there (including polls on this website) picked Quintana to KO Cotto. Then, about the same number of people out there picked Judah to KO Cotto.
The argument for Quintana was that he was too slick of a boxer and too big for Cotto; the argument for Judah was that Cotto had never faced a fighter with handspeed such as Judah's and who could punch with Judah's power. Cotto proved the critics wrong in both instances and I believe he'll do the same here. In both fights, the body punching was the overwhelming factor in Cotto being able to win and I don't see this fight being any different.
FACT: Mosley is going to be 36 years old.
FACT: Mosley is not as fast as he used to be 2-3 years ago.
FACT: Mosley hasn't had a good showing at WW since Adrian Stone (who?!?) in July of 2001!
FACT: Slow as molasses Jose Luis Cruz was able to win 4 rounds out of 10 against Mosley at WW two years ago.
FACT: Collazo tore three ligaments and fractured his thumb on his left hand in the second round of his fight against Mosley. It would've been a totally different fight without that injury.
FACT: Cotto has been written off by the experts before and has proven them wrong EVERY time.
Like I said, I'm picking Cotto to win by KO/TKO in the 9th.Comment
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im not saying it is true but i think that mayweather and the whole team is pulling for mosley to win because they'd much rather fight mosley then they would cotto. not that mosley is easy pickens but a fight with cotto aint going to be a walk in the park, it's going to be rough, and that is something floyd tries to avoid, rough fights. i think after fighting castillo the second time floyd was like, ok thats enough of that ****, i don't want to be in those type fights, and i think he's taking the fight with hatton because he was chumped out in the post fight interview and thinks hatton is some schoolie european.
all in all i'm sure that floyd and his team would much rather face mosley who would make it a boxing match verses cotto who would make it a gritty a dn grueling fight................
thats just my take on it.................Comment
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I think it has nothing to do with that. You have to remember that Cotto is a Top Rank fighter and I am almost positive that if Cotto beats Mosley he probably won't fight mayweather. Mayweather wants nothing to do with Arum and I can't really see them doing business together. Also Floyd will make at the least 15 mil to fight shane and that's just the purse which is much more than he would make fighting Cotto. Over the years I never saw Floyd as the type of person who cared who he fought but was mostly driven by who would get him more money.Comment
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He lost a wide and clear decision at the end of his career. He knows he was done.Roger says he didnt have ANY problems with Tszyu???? OK I have Not seen this fight.. But the scores were 119-109 118-110 118-110 all for Kostya...
I think Roger might be in denial a little.. Not about his nephew.. who he gives an Honest and fair description of.. But of Himself.. When you win at most 1-2 rounds of a fight.. You got slaughtered.. and That is That.. these ****ing Mayweathers are Characters.. if nothing else..
I think he was talking relative to a JCC fight, for example.Comment
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