Cotto vs. Clottey "Unification" Under Mandatory Threat

[Fox McCloud]

this is already a unification of the 2 wackest belts anyway..****

Not a chance... the WBA is clearly the worst with their dual world champions (ordinary and super) and their affinity for giving bad decisions to their terrible champions so they can keep their worthless belt (Valuev).

The WBO is actually kind of tight, even though it's the newcomer. It's super champion status is something you have to work for, but it doesn't create a new belt, it just gives the champion a bigger split for mandatory fights, which is a pretty good idea IMO.

I didn't have many criticisms with the IBF until this welterweight business started happening with Margarito getting stripped and now them threatening to strip Clottey if he fights the 100% superior opponent. This guy got a ****ing draw with Delvin Rodriguez... he is not worth of a title shot at this point.

The WBC pisses me off with their ****** emiretus champion status... how lame is that. I mean, it obviously worked out for the best considering Vitali steamrolled Peter, but... that was a title shot given to a guy who had been away for 5 years that could have gone into a unification with Wladimir. Just because Vitali beat Peter doesn't mean it was the best course of action... I'm of the opinion that pretty much everyone beats Peter considering how he lost to an inactive Chambers.

The WBO is actually the belt that I have the least amount of criticism with.

[Albert Maximo]

Shame

The relationship between the battered boxer Miguel Cotto and his uncle and trainer Evangelista Cotto finally reached its boiling point.

At about 3:30 in the afternoon, just when the little gym in Caguas Bairoa was full to capacity and other young boxers who train in the local newspaper, Miguel and Evangelista had a heated discussion that ended in a physical assault of the 147 pounds champion of the World Boxing Council against Evangelista.

According to the story of several people who have been in the gym cagüeño when the incident occurred and who preferred not to be identified, Evangelista had been bothered with Michael because it was presented to the gym before a set time. The two met for half an hour in the gym office to discuss the matter.

One witness alleges that during the conversation went to the place Miguel Cotto, the father, who joined the discussion. Supposedly, in the midst of the discussion Evangelista hit the boxer Cotto Riposto him and the coach left the gym nosebleed.

Also, a person close to the family Cotto, who also preferred to remain anonymous, told Primera Hora that after leaving the gym, Evangelista came to an apartment owned by Miguel and located on the road to Caguas, Cidra vandalizing where the Jaguar car Champion. In fact, this person said that the police reached the place and the boxer filed a complaint against his uncle.

This is just the latest incident in a chain of events that come between them over a year ago. In the past, Evangelista had also sustained an altercation with the brother of Miguel. Jose Miguel, in the middle of a fight in Salinas.

Last Monday, Cotto had returned to the gym Bairoa to resume training for their commitment to June 13 in New York to Joshua Clottey.

However, the incident left the air in the permanence of the Evangelist in work equipment of the monarch, who had expressed interest in moving to another gym, but at the request of his father, chose to continue training in Caguas

[SkillspayBills]

Woah, PR trouble!

[steptwome]

Check it out!
1. Cotto has more boxing skill than Clottey.
2. Cotto has more speed than Clottey.
3. Cotto has more experience, bigger fights names than Clottey. Aside Judah and Margarito (whom both fighters had bouts) the only big name Cotto has fought is Mosley
4. Cotto has stronger HANDS = stronger Punching Power than Clottey. Remains to be seen
5. (for those that still cant see it)
6. Clottey has less boxing skill than Cotto.
7. Clottey is slower than Cotto.
8. Clottey is having his First Big Fight in 3 years.
9. Clottey has weak, brittle hands = so so Punching Power.
10. Madison Square Garden = Puerto Rico = Home Court Advantage Cotto!Summary: Cotto by UD or Late Stoppage!

Any questions?

This response has been red flagged for laughability. In other words the poster has limited knowledge of Clottey's background.

[Heru]

This response has been red flagged for laughability. In other words the poster has limited knowledge of Clottey's background.

I don't agree with the guy 100%, but you shouldn't compare their big fight experiences. Cotto's big fight experiences easily trumps Clottey's, by a lot. Do you really consider Clottey's Judah and Margarito big fights? You're gonna compare packed houses at MSG and MGM to a LV ballroom against Judah and Cotto's undercard in Puerto Rico where nobody gave a **** about him?

Not only the crowds at the fights, but the hype surrounding it beforehand. Clottey barely got any attention from the media until before the Judah fight and it wasn't even a fourth as much media/fan hype as Cotto had for the Mosley fight and only a sixteenth of the Margarito fight.

Cotto does have stronger hands and he does have better punching power, numbers don't lie and Clottey's hands are reportedly fragile, but he does have good power not so so. And Cotto has somewhat of a home court advantage, but it only really comes into play with the judges.