In This Thread: Cotto vs. Clottey fight breakdown debate!!!

[Pullcounter]

it depends on a couple of things...

can cotto apply constant pressure from round 1 to round 12? if he cannot, he will be beaten, possibly by KO late

nah, cotto shouldn't be pressuring, he should be boxing.

will Clottey's hands hold up?

it should he hasn't had problems in his past few fights.

can clottey take punishment constantly for twelve rounds?

if cotto is throwing too many punches he will gas. so the answer is yes, clottey can tek cotto's pounches

are clottey and cotto distracted mentally by outside problems?

cotto definitely might be affected w/ the whole uncle throwing a brick at me situation.

is the thought of a future fight with Billy Dib a factor...(what?)

no

[Animalistic]

He was 170 against Corrales and still showed some really good hand speed. We're not gonna act like Clottey isn't gonna be able to land, Clottey is alot faster then Margarito.

Still he could not finish off a 149 Diego Corrales.

[Animalistic]

I did some research on Clottey and I came up with this

1 ko (Jose Luis Cruz) in 5 years

15 of his 20 ko came over opponents that had a combine record of 3-23


I mean this guy is not a power puncher.

[North Star]

Clottey may have some ring rust do to being out of the ring for 10+ months, and this will hurt him in a fight with someone of Cotto's caliber. Cotto only had stamina issues in the fight with Tony because his nose broke. Versus Shane, he boxed great and counter-punched the **** outta Shane in the later rounds. I didn't see this gassing that people are claiming they saw. Even Mosley himself said after the fight that he didn't expect Cotto to be that good of a boxer and he agreed with the decision.

Cotto appears to be a man on a mission and will put on a show Saturday night. Clottey will do his usual and stalk behind his shell defense, all the while eating body shots and counters. This will frustrate Clottey and cause him to close up.

[Animalistic]

Clottey may have some ring rust do to being out of the ring for 10+ months, and this will hurt him in a fight with someone of Cotto's caliber. Cotto only had stamina issues in the fight with Tony because his nose broke. Versus Shane, he boxed great and counter-punched the **** outta Shane in the later rounds. I didn't see this gassing that people are claiming they saw. Even Mosley himself said after the fight that he didn't expect Cotto to be that good of a boxer and he agreed with the decision.

Cotto appears to be a man on a mission and will put on a show Saturday night. Clottey will do his usual and stalk behind his shell defense, all the while eating body shots and counters. This will frustrate Clottey and cause him to close up.

+1

Cotto din't gas in that fight he even admited he wanted to win easy and not brawl with Mosley because he had the fight won. But people believe what they want to believe.

[kristiany]

Clottey may have some ring rust do to being out of the ring for 10+ months, and this will hurt him in a fight with someone of Cotto's caliber. Cotto only had stamina issues in the fight with Tony because his nose broke. Versus Shane, he boxed great and counter-punched the **** outta Shane in the later rounds. I didn't see this gassing that people are claiming they saw. Even Mosley himself said after the fight that he didn't expect Cotto to be that good of a boxer and he agreed with the decision.

Cotto appears to be a man on a mission and will put on a show Saturday night. Clottey will do his usual and stalk behind his shell defense, all the while eating body shots and counters. This will frustrate Clottey and cause him to close up.

Of course the reason he coudn't go on was because of resistance (blood in the nose). I run 3 times a week about 3 to 4 miles and if I'm sick with allergies I'll be tired halfway. I would consider the same thing could happen to me if I was bleeding I don't think I want to test it out.

[Pullcounter]

+1

Cotto din't gas in that fight he even admited he wanted to win easy and not brawl with Mosley because he had the fight won. But people believe what they want to believe.

cotto definitely gasses. he switches southpaw because his left arm gets tired from throwing bombs. he counterpunches to take a break because he's tired.

true me, cotto cannot fight all out for 3 minutes for 12 rounds. that's why he lost to margo. believe that.

that said, not many can take cotto's punches for even a sustained 6 rounds, but if you can, cotto is in trouble.

[Animalistic]

cotto definitely gasses. he switches southpaw because his left arm gets tired from throwing bombs. he counterpunches to take a break because he's tired.

true me, cotto cannot fight all out for 3 minutes for 12 rounds. that's why he lost to margo. believe that.

Believe what? You make it sound like you know it all but you don't know ****. When Cotto changes southpaul is to give the opponent a different angle and he doest it for a very limited time.

There is a video section in this forum go watch some Cotto fights and we can talk when you have something credible and real to say.

[kristiany]

You are right with his ability to be able to punch all the way 12 rounds. I don't know about him switching stance it's the reason, if he do that I expect him to throw more bombs. Watch the fights I was actually looking into that the other day. Cotto it's never too good in the first five rounds but after that...

[North Star]

cotto definitely gasses. he switches southpaw because his left arm gets tired from throwing bombs. he counterpunches to take a break because he's tired.

true me, cotto cannot fight all out for 3 minutes for 12 rounds. that's why he lost to margo. believe that.

that said, not many can take cotto's punches for even a sustained 6 rounds, but if you can, cotto is in trouble.

What other fights has Cotto gassed in? Cotto is one of the few fighters that can switch it up and be effective. He does this due to being a natural south paw and to load up a straight left.

In the fight with Tony, he was boxing his face off and would have kept it up had he been able to breath.