Who thinks Cotto can drag Mayweather into a brawl?

[crillz]

Cotto wont have to, see people think Cotto would just rush in Hatton style and tounge kiss the turn buckle, nope. in Cotto's case all Cotto will have to do, and I KNOW for a fact he can, is use his jab and throw punches in bunches, against Floyd you don't have to do nothing MORE than him you just have to keep up with him, don't allow HIM to be the percentage fighter and do just enough to overcome you, YOU be the percentage fighter and YOU do just enough to overcome him.

Cotto can always go for a kill and get countered but no, his goal should be to hit Floyd and to maintain closed space on the inside, if he takes a good punch then aight but return fire and FAST, don't allow yourself to be hit without hitting him even harder.. the jab will be the key with Cotto, use it to land and frustrate, use it fake and set up other shots or just use it to stay in his face and get him used to it so he wont see the other shots coming, either way the jab is essential to neutralizing Floyd and even if it ain't landing just double and triple it, mix up from body to face and hold his hands up and he will be good, thing is that with Floyd much like Roy Jones he is most vulnerable on the ropes and if Cotto can catch him on them ropes he should wail away, throw his hardest shots in variations from body to face and use his ring generalship to not allow for Floyd to just get up out of those corners..

as long as Cotto keeps that jab going and his guard up then he will always be in a position to counter Floyd's shots, all he has to do is maintain remain calm and patient and something tells me he can.. can he drag him into a brawl? yes, he can just allow himself to be SO reckless that we se another Hatton style beating without the severeness of the knockdowns and KO but thats a double edge sword for both, a risk, because Cotto don't know how hard Floyd hits and Floyd don't know how hard Cotto hits.. he can but I guarantee you he wont.

[Silencers]

Cotto wont have to, see people think Cotto would just rush in Hatton style and tounge kiss the turn buckle, nope. in Cotto's case all Cotto will have to do, and I KNOW for a fact he can, is use his jab and throw punches in bunches, against Floyd you don't have to do nothing MORE than him you just have to keep up with him, don't allow HIM to be the percentage fighter and do just enough to overcome you, YOU be the percentage fighter and YOU do just enough to overcome him.

Cotto can always go for a kill and get countered but no, his goal should be to hit Floyd and to maintain closed space on the inside, if he takes a good punch then aight but return fire and FAST, don't allow yourself to be hit without hitting him even harder.. the jab will be the key with Cotto, use it to land and frustrate, use it fake and set up other shots or just use it to stay in his face and get him used to it so he wont see the other shots coming, either way the jab is essential to neutralizing Floyd and even if it ain't landing just double and triple it, mix up from body to face and hold his hands up and he will be good, thing is that with Floyd much like Roy Jones he is most vulnerable on the ropes and if Cotto can catch him on them ropes he should wail away, throw his hardest shots in variations from body to face and use his ring generalship to not allow for Floyd to just get up out of those corners..

as long as Cotto keeps that jab going and his guard up then he will always be in a position to counter Floyd's shots, all he has to do is maintain remain calm and patient and something tells me he can.. can he drag him into a brawl? yes, he can just allow himself to be SO reckless that we se another Hatton style beating without the severeness of the knockdowns and KO but thats a double edge sword for both, a risk, because Cotto don't know how hard Floyd hits and Floyd don't know how hard Cotto hits.. he can but I guarantee you he wont.

I agree with this post. Most people think Cotto will just try to make it a street fight from the go but I think he'll surprise a few people with his tactics. He has a nice snapping jab and is a very solid counter puncher and I think that is the tactic he will use.

As far as dragging Mayweather into his style of a brawl, I don't think he can, Mayweather is too smart for that, if it becomes a brawl, it's because Mayweather is letting him do it.

[Ray*]

Cotto isnt quick enough or reckless enough to rush in head first like Hatton did, But Mayweather need to be uncomfortable when boxing and Cotto doesnt do anything that would make Mayweather uncomfortable...His style is perfectly suited to Mayweather's..But thats only my opinion.

[crillz]

Cotto can make him brawl by pressing forward and punching accurately, Hatton style only not so reckless, do it in a way where you in front of him and you ain't trying to run threw him, if Cotto stays in Floyd's face all night which I'm sure he would then Floyd would have to become more aggressive and even a slight bit of aggression against a guy whos always counterpunching with at least 2 to 3 shots will lead to a brawl, as long as Mayweather is pressured by someone who is accurate and is smart and KNOWS HOW to apply proper pressure then he MUST fight back, he will be getting hit too much to just box away..

Cotto however just has to hold his guard up and use his jab then once he's in close enough strike with the power shots, never actually allowing himself to be caught by a counter shot, Floyd is fast but against someone like Cotto he wont be the only fast one, he may just be fastER but Cotto will be fast enough to catch him with something vicious, as long as Cotto presses we will see a brawl, Floyd will HAVE to respond with something or else he just wont be able win over those close rounds, judges score for the aggressor if the aggressor is being accurate and coming forward while the other guy is pulling back and fending off, it will eventually become a point where Floyd will have to respond and once he does he will get hit with EVERYTHING he responds with and more, he wont have a choice about brawling because once Cotto finds his rhythm he's going to work his gameplan and pressure effectively..

Floyd can Box around it, if anyone can then he is, but do you really think someone like Cotto will just follow him around the ring jab after jab? hell no, he will find a way around it, study his movements, observe his patterns and just dissect him to a point where once it hits those later rounds he knows when it's time to come in, Cotto is a smart man yo don't ever doubt that for a second, dude can fight and if Floyd comes in there thinking that whole stick and move **** will work against Cotto he got another thing coming to him, it doesn't work against the aggressive type of fighter Cotto is, Hatton yes but Cotto no, Cotto applies smarts to his brute, he mixes up his punches and throws crowd pleasing punches, all this will take a toll on Mayweather both mentally and physically and he will have no choice but to either respond or pitter patter his way to his first L..

[Technical_Skill]

Cotto best chance is actually to come in with the jab and set up off it, just like he did against judah, if he can establish the jab, he's got a chance, if not and he rushes in, you know what will happen.

[tredh]

Everybody wants to keep talking about pressure and how to apply smart pressure.

How many pressure fighters has PBF fought? How many pressure fighters have beat PBF?

EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How many times does PBF have to beat a pressure fighter for you people to realize that **** is not whats going to beat him? Cotto can not and will not beat PBF **** is really that simple. To be honest prime Mosley had the best chance and for whatever reason when PBF was at 130 and Mosley was at 135the fight didn't happen. Yall need to be realistic here and face facts Cotto is not going to beat PBF no matter how much some yall want and dream for that **** happen. It ain't happening. LMAO at Cotto's jab and smart pressure beating PBF.

[MaYaN_SuN]

Everybody wants to keep talking about pressure and how to apply smart pressure.

How many pressure fighters has PBF fought? How many pressure fighters have beat PBF?

EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think the obvious underlining fact here is, lol how many of those pressure fighters Floyd has faced even resemble a fraction of Miguel Cotto? Not one.


Exactly.

[TheGreatA]

Cotto isn't a simple pressure fighter.

He is a clever, determined boxer who uses what works, obviously his strenght and power worked against Judah and he thought his pressure would've worked against Mosley but Mosley fought back.

Cotto adjusted his tactics, counter punched in the later rounds and won the fight.

I don't think Cotto can beat Mayweather but he isn't Ricky Hatton who IS one-dimensional even though Ricky says otherwise.

[tredh]

I think the obvious underlining fact here is, lol how many of those pressure fighters Floyd has faced even resemble a fraction of Miguel Cotto? Not one.


Exactly.

Are you sure about that? Tell me what does Cotto bring to the table that all the others didn't? Since you and other feel Cotto is so special.

Can't wait to read this ****!!

[PBF FAN 101]

mayweather will not brawl with cotto. he will stay on the outside, pot shot and win a

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mayweather will not brawl with cotto. he will stay on the outside, pot shot and win a decision
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this is exactly waht will happen