Your gameplan against Cotto

[Addison]

What would you gameplan be to beat Cotto?

My personal gameplan would be:

A. Try to box at a distance (if I had the reach) and keep him off of me for 12 rounds.
B. Go for the knockout and give up if I don't reach it in 4 rounds.



If there is any boxer I wouldn't fight it would definitely be Cotto. I would hate to feel the internal damage he causes fighters. Hatton knocks you down from body punches because it hurts. But it should only hurt for a few hours. Cotto punches probably hurt for a weeks.

Impossible.

You have to go after him from the opening bell - and you better have some power if you plan on being succesful. To beat Cotto you have to back him up.

Staying on the outside DOES NOT WORK against Miguel Cotto.

To be effective against Cotto you have to step into the flames and try to put out his fire before he puts you out of the fight.

Short crisp straight combination punching, mixed with the use of angles and short uppercuts, and staying right on top of him THE ENTIRE TIME is it. And only it.

If I had to pick one fighter in the sport P4P to employ this method it would be Joe Calzaghe. Although I feel Shane Mosley is fully capable of getting the job done - provided he uses an aggressive tact.

Cute **** DOES NOT WORK against Miguel Cotto. Anybody who still thinks his ability is an optical illusion cannot see the writing on the wall. His unorthodox full torso punching is the antithesis of convention, and it is no illusion.

If anyone thinks that a skilled Boxer can play hit and run and survive even 6 rounds with Cotto without slowing down dramatically - they are clueless.

Fights are 12 rounds. Time is on Cotto's side if any of his opponents are foolish enough to try to outpoint him.

[Dorian]

Not Judahs strategy that's for sure

[-Hyperion-]

Impossible.

You have to go after him from the opening bell - and you better have some power if you plan on being succesful. To beat Cotto you have to back him up.

Staying on the outside DOES NOT WORK against Miguel Cotto.

To be effective against Cotto you have to step into the flames and try to put out his fire before he puts you out of the fight.

yeah, paulie malignaggi tried to do this but he dint have the power to at least make cotto hesitate and throw less, cotto was totally frustrated, even if he won comfortably....because paulie was landing cleaner...

shane has the style to KO miguel brutally in less than 8, IMO....

[Addison]

yeah, paulie malignaggi tried to do this but he dint have the power to at least make cotto hesitate and throw less, cotto was totally frustrated, even if he won comfortably....

Definately, and the only reason Malgnaggi survived is because Cotto had an off night and Paulie was a young healthy kid with adrenaline and ego keeping him upright. It was his first big fight. They do it again down the road and Malignaggi will be on all fours sooner than later.

[pesticid]

I think if somebody is getting koed it will be Mosley, that is if somebody is getting koed. But in reality, Cotto will beat Mosley pretty convincingly over 12 and make Mosley look old. Too bad people will be saying that Mosley was past his prime, which is the case but same people who are picking Mosley to win believe him to be the same fighter who beat up DLH at 147. It's time to wake up and realize that since that victory Mosley has done very little if anything.

[MindBat]

Oh, geeze...

They do it again down the road and Malignaggi will be on all fours sooner than later.

Please.

I don't want to see them two getting it on doggy style in the ring.

[Addison]

I think if somebody is getting koed it will be Mosley, that is if somebody is getting koed. But in reality, Cotto will beat Mosley pretty convincingly over 12 and make Mosley look old. Too bad people will be saying that Mosley was past his prime, which is the case but same people who are picking Mosley to win believe him to be the same fighter who beat up DLH at 147. It's time to wake up and realize that since that victory Mosley has done very little if anything.

What in Christ's name makes you think that?

[pesticid]

What in Christ's name makes you think that?

I am just saying that if anybody's going to go down and out I would say it's probably Mosley. I didn't say I believed it.

[pesticid]

Why I think this could happen. Mosley's old, Cotto's young and if Mosley decides to be a slickster, which is what he did when Winky put the pressure on him, then Cotto has a miraculous chance of putting him out. I still have it 12 strong rounds for Cotto winning 7 or 8 clearly.

[Addison]

Why I think this could happen. Mosley's old, Cotto's young and if Mosley decides to be a slickster, which is what he did when Winky put the pressure on him, then Cotto has a miraculous chance of putting him out. I still have it 12 strong rounds for Cotto winning 7 or 8 clearly.

Right, well we've got nothing on paper or on film to indicate that would be even a remote at best likelihood. Cotto could catch Mosley in the right spot on the body.. That could work.

But other than that Mosley has NEVER EVER been knocked out, and Miguel Cotto is NOT a knockout puncher.

Far from likely.


If somebody is getting knocked out it is Miguel Cotto. That is rudimentary.