POLL: Cotto vs Clottey

[street bully]

cotto fighting jennings is like hatton fighting malinaggi...

Malignaggi was in the top three of the 140 lb division at the time, and held the IBF title. Jennings on the other hand was a hand picked tomato can that beat no one.

[Burner]

Clottey UD or Late TKO.

[steptwome]

cotto fighting jennings is like hatton fighting malinaggi...

Clottey is on another level opposed to Jennings and Malignaggi

[F l i c k e r]

doesnt even look like he was in a boxing match looks like a car accident..

very suspect looking damage

Well, he also ripped a dudes ear off. So its expected to me.


Anyways, Cotto would have had a chance IMO if he had a coach. Now he is stuck with a nutritionist. The gameplan just flew out the window.

Clottey wins by UD or late stoppage. Cotto cant tek his pounches.

[Mushashi]

Clottey's tendency to remain inactive during portions of the fight will hurt him, so I expect Cotto to take full advantage and outbox him while Joshua is busy impersonating a statue with his high guard up.

Also, it is important to consider how much the beating Cotto recieved at the plastered hands of Margarito will have taken out of him. We could well see a DAMAGED fighter that steps into the ring against Clottey. It remains to be seen.

Although I'm picking Cotto to win via UD, it will be a hard fought victory.

[slicksouthpaw16]

How Clotteys style is bad For Cotto.?

I mean, Clottey will let cotto dictate the pace, and Clottey gasses out by the 6th or 7th round, everytime.

Not a volume puncher, let alone power puncher.

And Cotto have fought 2 guys with similar style as Clottey and both bigger than Cottom while this is the first time of Clottey fighter a boxer/Puncher like Cotto!!!!!!!!!!

Clottey is a strong boxer/pressure fighter and he has not only fast but hard punches, and that will be what will get to Cotto who has tired late in fights and has shown noticeable vulnerabilities. Actually i would say that there's not a huge difference in power between Clottey and Corley who rocked Cotto.

I don't see how Cotto will deal with him not being able to land consistently, Clottey MAY be the best defensive fighter that Miguel will fight. That, i think will frustrate him and force him to take more chances inside, where Clottey is much more faster and accurate.

[Iceta]

This fight to me is a close to a 50/50 fight. Both fighters have weaknesses that can be exploited despite the attributes that they have. Cotto has a tendancy to lean over with a bent over stance that Clottey can take advantages of with uppercuts. That is what he used to neutralize Zab at the end of their fight. The problem with Clottey is he a lot of times doesn't do a good job of mixin defense with offense. In that respect he is kind of similar to Chad Dawson but with a better chin and he is a solid pucher for 147. The time when he covers up is when Cotto needs to launch his body attack. Another variable is the kind of cut man that Cotto will have in his corner. That is where I thought Evangelista did a good job in the Zab and Mosley fights with those cuts inside his mouth.

[The Surgeon]

Your a sick man. Why the hell would you want to see this again?

In a word - REVENGE!!!

[The Surgeon]

Malignaggi was in the top three of the 140 lb division at the time, and held the IBF title. Jennings on the other hand was a hand picked tomato can that beat no one.

Malliagi was better but Cotto beat him too remember, i think his point was that Hatton and Cotto looked good coming back from defeat/a bad performance against non punchers which tells us nothing

[The Surgeon]

Clottey's tendency to remain inactive during portions of the fight will hurt him, so I expect Cotto to take full advantage and outbox him while Joshua is busy impersonating a statue with his high guard up.

Also, it is important to consider how much the beating Cotto recieved at the plastered hands of Margarito will have taken out of him. We could well see a DAMAGED fighter that steps into the ring against Clottey. It remains to be seen.

Although I'm picking Cotto to win via UD, it will be a hard fought victory.

Solid post sir