Gatti vs. Cotto

[MrTapout04]

Cotto has the quicker hands between the two, id say Cotto would take the fight if they ever fought

[moochi]

gatti would teach cotto a thing or two....gatti clearly.

[MWCOFSU]

He's easy to hit cuz he allows it by trading. But when he decides to move, people DO NOT land as much. In rounds were Gatti decided to box Ward, he outclassed him badly. Dorin was having trouble getting in as well so what does he do, put up his hands to take more punishment closing in the distance, but BOOM body shot. Leija tries to make it war (which looked hilarious cuz gatti's the much bigger fighter) but Gatti stays on the outside and gets him with a right hand counter. Fact is when Gatti decides to pick up his feet, he's obviously much much harder target to hit.

I'd pick a fighter who uses the ring over a fighter who only hides his chin.

thats a point i've already stated. BUT who had this stick-and-move style worked against? Once again Ward, Branco, Dorin, and Leija. And Branco landed plenty . Gatti was swolled up a bit after that fight. Out of those 4 boxers, Branco is the only once of Gatti's size, and he landed just fine. but like i said.. no power. Cotto will land...Gatti will cut..go to war...Cotto KO9 Gatti.
I mean Branco is no chump, but either is Cotto..not even close.
You guy might think I'm dogging Gatti, but I damn sure think you guys are buying into the Gatti hype.
I knew people enjoyed watching him fight(hell, no one does more than me), but I didnt think anyone in here actually bought the whole "Gatti can box" idea. We'll see how well his boxing is if he's got the balls to step in with pretty boy. till that fight is over with, theres no point in even talking about a cotto matchup, yanno?

[the giant one]

Neither man would have trouble finding the other one throughout the bout. With that said Cotto by KO round 10 in a bloody war

[bigdlb12]

I say Cotto, I dont think that Gatti can take those punches from Cotto

[ThunderGatti]

This is really a joke, Cotto showed me nothing Sat. night against Corely to be even mentioned in the same breath as Gatti. What Cotto did show is that he can hit a fighter who weighs 17 pounds less than him when hes taking a knee and get a very favorable decision from a hometown ref. He also showed that he has no chin. People w/ glass jaws should not step into Gatti's house. Wanna look at KO power - Im looking in the direction of a Wilson Rodriguez and a Gabe Rueles. Gatti has been there done that.

Whoever said Gatti would get KO'd by Cotto has got to be kidding or really just plain ******. Gatti has never in his career taken the full count of 10 from anybody and it sure as hell is not going to be Cotto.

All you Cotto fans who still think he would win against the "Thunder" picture this, if that WAS Gatti hitting Cotto with the shot that had him out on his feet, Cotto would have been down and Gatti would have finished him off period.

Enough of this Cotto BS, I smell overrated right now

[Moon]

Neither man would have trouble finding the other one throughout the bout. With that said Cotto by KO round 10 in a bloody war

I don't see the same "hittable" Gatti against Cotto that you do. I see Gatti's boxing skill being the deciding factor, if it's an early or late ending. No doubt Gatti will bring his ****er mentaility, but will leave the "I'm gonna' beat you down attitude" until Cotto is hurt.

Gatti has shown nothing but improved boxing skill in every recent bout. He's almost completely relying on skills that once were ordinarily part of his arsenal, but he's ignored this and fell into slugger/war mentality. Cotto has never shown those same fundamantal boxing skills, but has the same ****er ability that has brought success to Gatti. I beleive that Gatti's chin alone would be a tough night's work for Cotto, but adding Gatti's movement, power on selected shots, power in late rounds and conditioning and I see Cotto's undoing.

Imagine Gatti instead of Corley in that 3rd Round. No ****in' mercy would have been delivered. And it would have started all over again in the 4th if Cotto's head had not completely cleared.

About Saturday's decision, Corley wasn't being hit when he took the the 2nd knockdown. That says "I give up man". Corley didn't seem to protest at all as the ref was walking him to the corner. Corley was OK with the stoppage 'cause his rib cage was still throbbing from that 1st KD.

[m00ks]

thats a point i've already stated. BUT who had this stick-and-move style worked against? Once again Ward, Branco, Dorin, and Leija. And Branco landed plenty . Gatti was swolled up a bit after that fight. Out of those 4 boxers, Branco is the only once of Gatti's size, and he landed just fine. but like i said.. no power. Cotto will land...Gatti will cut..go to war...Cotto KO9 Gatti.
I mean Branco is no chump, but either is Cotto..not even close.
You guy might think I'm dogging Gatti, but I damn sure think you guys are buying into the Gatti hype.
I knew people enjoyed watching him fight(hell, no one does more than me), but I didnt think anyone in here actually bought the whole "Gatti can box" idea. We'll see how well his boxing is if he's got the balls to step in with pretty boy. till that fight is over with, theres no point in even talking about a cotto matchup, yanno?

It's not a "Gatti-hype". You just can't accept that Gatti can actually do both having fought most of his career in a phonebooth. Gatti was originally a boxer but I'm sure you knew that. He peviously knocked out his last 2 tough opponents within five, that's not even mentioning the ring experience Leija carried with him in the ring.

Cotto has A LOT of trouble getting on the inside. His short arms make it hella hard to connect unless he steps in or reach with his punches. He WILL get countered and Gatti WILL connect....repeatedly. And when Cotto's INEXPERIENCE gets him countered and hurt, boxing goes to **** and he'll know the meannig of a "Gatti fight". It ain't Demarcus Corley trying to finish him off anymore. Here come the haymakers.

Cotto can beat Gatti, just not anytime soon...

Regarding Pretty Boy -Gatti needs to smother him if he wants to win. Why would you box someone who'd outbox you?

[Super_Lightweight]

hmm

well lets not forget that Gatti was fighting his 37th fight VS DLH, I believe Miguel Cotto is only at 23. Gatti also only made it 5 rounds, so its not like he almost went the distance. the man got beat down.

That was my whole point. Cotto will not last half as long as Gatti did at THIS point in his career. He is young, and he doesn't have what it takes to out man Gatti.

I was talking to ultimate about Gatti vs Cotto's offense, so that was a miscommunication.

Yes, I do think Dorin would have a good chance to beat Corley. It wold eb a good fight, but Dorin is very good at cutting off the ring and he is as sturdy as Corley (actually weighs more at fight time).

Lastly, so what if Gatti's face was marked after the Branco fight? Gatti's face is one of the easiest to mark, so that doesn't really have any real significance when dealing with Cotto. Of course Cotto would mark Gatti's face...doesn't mean he'll beat him.

As far as Gatti changing his style goes, you and I both know that boxing will go out the window with Cotto's style of prowling down on his prey. He will come to Gatti, and Gatti will hit him, harder than anyone else has. I don't see Cotto being able to deal with it after a certain point. That's why Cotto was crazy enough to even try to make 135, he's worried about losing a strenght/size advantage and he would definitely lose it vs Gatti.

[Hirurg_]

Gatti wins