Better Inside Fighter: Cotto vs Mayweather (poll) Credit to Piggu

[BennyST]

Castillo has always been a pressure fighter. When he won it from Stevie Johnson then drew with him it was as a pressure fighter. When he fought Mayweather twice and lost both, it was as a pressure fighter. When he fought Lazcano, Casamayor, Diaz, and Corrales twice they were all as a pressure fighter. Castillo is also more of an in-fighter than Cotto.

[THE REED]

i remember this thread

[RL_GMA]

I think Floyd is real slick on the inside and can pick his shots, but Cotto can do the same and is actually really good against the ropes which Floyd doesn't like to be at during a fight.

As a fighter, I'd rather be fighting Floyd on the inside instead of Cotto. He seems to cause more damage as proven in his past fights against similar 9or same) opposition.

[jack_the_rippuh]

Floyd...by far.

[Allucard]

Zab made Baldomir look like he was standing still for the first 5 rounds or so, and then, well I'm not exactly sure what happened then, because Zab just decided to quit fighting.

I'm not denying Floyd's skills on the inside, just saying that a clubfighter like Baldomir isn't the best example of them.

Baldomir could not be so bad i thought. I digged it up and it turns out the man (Baldomir, the slow club fighter) had not lost in 10 years upon the Floyd fight and was the linear champion! wow, not bad for a "clubfighter" huh?
Just to straight that up because the narrative around Floyd is that he's a boring fighter and Baldomir was his most boring fight. All lies, and the new guys who won't take the time to actually see the fights buy into it and without ever seeing the fights themselves!

[Sin City]

Miguel Cotto easy..

[Bad_Barracuda]

Are you all kidding me? Floyd, an inside fighter, get serious.

Floyd is a great inside fighter..He's even better off the ropes.

Mayweather fights off the ropes better than anybody in the sport today..hands down..

And

Unlike Chavez......he NEVER QUIT.

[C'MONMANG']

Piggu, made a thread about whose the better inside fighter... I was compelled to make a poll about it... I found it intriguing, because peoples automatic assumption is cotto, like something went off in there head... as Run W/Knives said in the related thread...

I specifically remember in the Baldomir fight.. when Floyd stopped moving.. turned sideways, put his right glove up, and his left covering the stomach... typical floyd defense... and he started walking.. right into baldomir.. and literally allowing carlos to just throw at him, while floyd picked them off and countered, right inside the pocket...

Im not comparing Baldomir to Cotto.. but more floyds ability to do that to someone, who DOES have power...

All credit goes to Piggu, for the idea of this thread.

Baldo..Blado.. man, we talkin bout Baldo...

[letsgobrady]

floyd is a good inside fighter against mediocre boxers, where was this wonderful in fighting against 1 of the top inside fighters castillo

[C'MONMANG']

floyd is a good inside fighter against mediocre boxers, where was this wonderful in fighting against 1 of the top inside fighters castillo

good..no. no..GREAT point..

hence the declining to fight Margarito or Cotto.