Ron Borges: Cotto Is A REAL Gladiator

[KING •]

Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is the best welterweight in the world. In the opinion of most people he is the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world as well. What he is not is the most dangerous welterweight in the world. That title belongs to Miguel Cotto.

Some might assume on the face of it that being the best boxer in the world would, by definition, also make you the most dangerous fighter, at least in your weight class, if not on the entire planet. That would be a false assumption. Boxing superiority is one thing. Lurking, looming danger is quite another.

Mayweather is the kind of boxer who can sting you, embarrass you, even dominate you with speed, athleticism and creativity. He can, in some cases, hurt you too, as Ricky Hatton recently found out, but not in a lasting way.

Miguel Cotto breaks you down by breaking you up. He makes you pay a very high price for choosing to fight him, a price that leaves you not only beaten but with a bit of you left behind in the ring when you exit.

Article is long as hell...

http://www.thesweetscience.com/boxin...eal-gladiator/

[MANGLER]

Damn right he is, but his huggers need to understand he ain't invincible and so do Floyd's and every other fighters' biased fans.

[KING •]

I'm not biased...



Fine...

Yes I am!

Cotto is the ****! LOL.

[Scoooter]

Real gladiators fought with swords and nets and tridents, in sandals, and usually to the death...

[Silencers]

I think Borges is right, he writes good articles.

[2501]

so borges isnt a credible writer?

[Addison]

“He is relentless in the way (Marvin) Hagler was relentless. And he damages you in the same way Hagler damaged people.’’

That's an insult to Marvin Hagler. But Steward has said dumber things. Old man Shane Mosley is more relentless than Miguel Cotto. Bad joke.

[oldgringo]

It has been awhile since I have seen a fighter who literally physically breaks his opponents like Cotto does. He makes some of his foes look grotesque.

Many of his opponents have gone on to have success later though, so I wouldn't say that he is a career killer. Malignaggi, N'Dou, Quintana, Bazan and Torres are evidence of this. Bazan went on something like a 6 fight win streak after fighting Miguel.

Pinto and Abdullaev on the other hand....

[KING •]

True indeed Cotto doesn't end careers necessarily.

But he has gone about ruining plenty of people who would've liked to remain undefeated. LOL.

[2501]

anyone who denies that Cotto is one of the few boxers who actually PUNISH their opponents physically just have a persinal dislike of cotto. more plainly, a ***** ass hater.