Miguel Cotto Won't Overlook Underdog Michael Jennings

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Most fans have called the bout between Miguel Cotto and UK's Michael Jennings a mismatch. Cotto refuses to listen to the chatter by looking ahead to a planned June rematch with Antonio Margarito. He takes on Jennings on February 21 at New York's Madison Square Garden. The vacant WBO welterweight title is on the line. The fight is part of a Top Rank split-feed pay-per-view, paired with Kelly Pavlik's defense of the middleweight titles against Marco Antonio Rubio in Ohio. [details]

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Most fans have called the bout between Miguel Cotto and UK's Michael Jennings a mismatch. Cotto refuses to listen to the chatter by looking ahead to a planned June rematch with Antonio Margarito. He takes on Jennings on February 21 at New York's Madison Square Garden. The vacant WBO welterweight title is on the line. The fight is part of a Top Rank split-feed pay-per-view, paired with Kelly Pavlik's defense of the middleweight titles against Marco Antonio Rubio in Ohio. [details]

If Miguel Cotto gets beat by Michael Jennings then he will be taking a step backwards & will be really exposing himself.

[Tha_Greatest]

Most fans have called the bout between Miguel Cotto and UK's Michael Jennings a mismatch. Cotto refuses to listen to the chatter by looking ahead to a planned June rematch with Antonio Margarito. He takes on Jennings on February 21 at New York's Madison Square Garden. The vacant WBO welterweight title is on the line. The fight is part of a Top Rank split-feed pay-per-view, paired with Kelly Pavlik's defense of the middleweight titles against Marco Antonio Rubio in Ohio. [details]

miguel cotto is on drugs if he thinks jennings has a chance vs cotto, cotto will win even if hes shot due to the beating he got from toni, cotto may never be the same after that beating but he can still beat up fighters like jennings

[aether]

this is a confidence builder match. would take an effort in cotto's part for him to lose

[Piggu]

Haven't there already been like 6 articles on the subject of Cotto not overlooking Michael Jennings? I tied my shoes today, but you don't see me writing an article about things I'm supposed to do anyway.

So Cotto's not gonna overlook him. Big fucking whoop. Does he want a pat on the back? The only thing that matters is how he performs in the ring.

[Tha_Greatest]

this is a confidence builder match. would take an effort in cotto's part for him to lose

i know its a so called confidence builder, but really , how much confidence can you get after beating a tomato Can, Cotto is not a dumb guy, he knows jennings is not a margarito, if he beats margarito, then he should get confidence back, jennings is just a fight to make Cotto fans fired up about Cotto again, to kid Cotto fans that Cotto is 100 percent ready after a beating he gives jennings, cotto fans will be fired up because a beating he gives jennings and the ppv will sale higher

[Dan...]

i know its a so called confidence builder, but really , how much confidence can you get after beating a tomato Can, Cotto is not a dumb guy, he knows jennings is not a margarito, if he beats margarito, then he should get confidence back, jennings is just a fight to make Cotto fans fired up about Cotto again, to kid Cotto fans that Cotto is 100 percent ready after a beating he gives jennings, cotto fans will be fired up because a beating he gives jennings and the ppv will sale higher

It really is not at all uncommon for a fighter to take an easy fight after suffering his first loss, particularly if it is a brutal KO. It would not be wise of Cotto's handlers to put him in with a live threat.

[LRcie03]

i know its a so called confidence builder, but really , how much confidence can you get after beating a tomato Can, Cotto is not a dumb guy, he knows jennings is not a margarito, if he beats margarito, then he should get confidence back, jennings is just a fight to make Cotto fans fired up about Cotto again, to kid Cotto fans that Cotto is 100 percent ready after a beating he gives jennings, cotto fans will be fired up because a beating he gives jennings and the ppv will sale higher

Lol ya I think that is mostly true, but at the same time a fight is a fight. You never know with boxing, someone can come in there awkard or motivated and try to take their opponent out. Also, we can see alot from Cotto from this fight still you know? How he takes pressure if Jennings gets bold or how he takes a hit if his opponent hits flush. A punch from a garbage fighter landed flush still hurts lol

With that said, you are right, we can only see limited things with this Jennings Opponent. I hoped that Cotto would be matched tougher like against a Cintron or even Clottey, because those are two opponents that would really expose Cotto if he has been broken by Tony, and if he could have stayed in there with a beast like Clottey or a puncher like Cintron, such would have given us a better indication of his chances with Margarito. I think that they were too quick to call for a rematch, or Arum was to fast in doing so, with Margarito. Cotto needs to find himself and test himself against other fighters, learn more techniques, and then step to Antonio again. No reason he should be thinking about Tony right now before he knows whether he can go the distance with at top 10 opponent again.

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I ain't heard of Jennings bein a puncher, so Cotto's got nothin to worry about. He'll regain some confidence and get anotha belt in this one.

[Tha_Greatest]

It really is not at all uncommon for a fighter to take an easy fight after suffering his first loss, particularly if it is a brutal KO. It would not be wise of Cotto's handlers to put him in with a live threat.

iyou are 100 percent correct, but thats why i dont like tune up fights, just go straight to rematch, dont lie to the public for a tune up fight, thats like a sparring session that counts for your record , just adjust to margarito with sparring with guys who fight like margarito


i dont think any elite fighter needs a tune up, tune ups should be sparring partners, their is only a few fighters that can beat elite fighters, we shouldnt pay or wait for cotto to fight elite fighters because of a official sparring partner fight,