Cotto and Castillo are not the same fighter...

[Heru]

Well obviously Castillo's shot now...how is Cotto past his prime? At 28 years old? 35 fights?

Shane for the most part went toe-to-toe and that's how he mainly fights...he's not a boxer and mover...

You need to watch more boxing, not because I think Cotto is past his prime, because I'm not too sure about that, but Morales and Vargas etc. were in there late 20s when they were clearly past it.

Age doesn't matter, you could see it in their movement and physique.

[WhoreUs]

yes Cotto was the number WW prior to his and he should be now.


And second Accomplishments dont have anything to do, with either guys skills!!!!!!

mayweather was #1.

he retired in 2008 and a few months later cotto got ktfo by marg.

you want to count that?

lmao



castillo beat the #1 135 guy in the world in stevie johnston.

he lost his spot when he lost to floyd but he took it back again when floyd moved up.



that's just resume.

skillswise castillo is superior as well.

[-EX-]

Cotto might be past his prime,mentally more than physically the Margarito beating took a lot out of him.There were moments in the Clottey fight where it looked like he was very close to quiting(altough I don't like the word).Many people(myself included) thought he lost the fight anyway.
But in the Mosley fight Shnae first tried to stand toe to toe,then boxed and then in the latter parts Cotto boxed.It was a very dinamic parts.Shane tried 3 gameplans in that fight.

I do agree in the Clottey fight I thought Cotto might be in trouble but Clottey never put the pressure on him...and Shane's main way of fighting is toe-to-toe...

[AntonTheMeh]

Only similiarity I see really is the body punching. Cotto moves slow on his feet..add in the fact Castillo had better handspeed. Cotto is passive in the later rounds(recently at least)...Castillo kept the pressure on until the 12th.

they're similar. we're not discussing fitness here with cotto gassing and castillo not gassing. and i don't think castillo's hands where faster at all.

[MOTHER DUCKER]

uh, no.no he is not.not even with naseem.

No way, Mosley is a much better boxer

[-EX-]

You need to watch more boxing, not because I think Cotto is past his prime, because I'm not too sure about that, but Morales and Vargas etc. were in there late 20s when they were clearly past it.

Age doesn't matter, you could see it in their movement and physique.

Well Morales was in wars...Vargas' fat ass couldn't stop eating and wasn't training properly...

Age isn't everything but I'm not gonna say a man is automatically out of his prime from ONE loss...

[Ch@mpBox@PR]

mayweather was #1.

he retired in 2008 and a few months later cotto got ktfo by marg.

you want to count that?

lmao



castillo beat the #1 135 guy in the world in stevie johnston.

he lost his spot when he lost to floyd but he took it back again when floyd moved up.



that's just resume.

skillswise castillo is superior as well.

[street bully]

I do agree in the Clottey fight I thought Cotto might be in trouble but Clottey never put the pressure on him...and Shane's main way of fighting is toe-to-toe...

The Shane that actually has a trainer and doesn't train himself anymore murks Cotto in my opinion as well.

[catalinul]

I do agree in the Clottey fight I thought Cotto might be in trouble but Clottey never put the pressure on him...and Shane's main way of fighting is toe-to-toe...

Exactly,Clottey didn't put enough pressure and he still seemed ready to take a knee,Cotto did.

But if you look at the Shane fight,Shane tried 3 different gameplans probably befuddled by Cotto's speed and skills.But the fight was close but I thought Cotto nicked it out.

[-EX-]

they're similar. we're not discussing fitness here with cotto gassing and castillo not gassing. and i don't think castillo's hands where faster at all.

At 135 IMO his hands were faster than Cotto's at 147...maybe due to Cotto putting more behind his shots...and Cotto doesn't throw as much as Castillo

And you know for sure Cotto is slow on his feet...