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you've never seen an old fighter win a fight past his prime before?
old fighters can sometimes have a good fight.
a way past prime mosley beat a guy who KTFO cotto and made him look like a *****.
shane was past his prime way before he fought cotto or marg. deal with it.
cotto doesn't even belong in the same ring as a prime mosley.Comment
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you don't have a second team , mak?
most guys have a second team since there's only 16-20 games a year.
that's how i became a bears fan.
raiders was my #1 and bears was my nfc team.
i switched them after the godfather gave timmy and gannon the boot. didn't like how that was handled.Comment
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That Cotto has vulnerablilities is saying the obvious. But he has one factor that is a great equalizer for somebody with his boxing skill and that is strength. He will be- without a doubt- the bigger, harder punching person that night. Pacquiao has great physical attributes, and he hits very hard, for somebody at the lower weight classes. But he does not have the same heavy-handed punching power that Cotto has at welterweight. That "oh **** that hurt" power. That "put you on your ass with a jab" power. Pacquiao's is more like "damn you just hit me with four clean shots before I could get my guard up" type of deal.
If Cotto is unable to touch Pacquiao all night, then it will be a very long night for Cotto. But chances are he will connect, and since Pacquiao is no Winky Wright or Joshua Clottey with respect to defense, chances are Cotto will land cleanly. The question then becomes, how will Pacquiao change his game plan if Cotto is able to connect cleanly and with authority on some exchanges. What will happen when some of the dance is taking out of those feet when Cotto hits him solid to the body only to come back and snap his head to the side with a right or left cross.
The alleged Pacquiao game plan is to jump in, do damage, and jump out. This may have worked with De La hoya, but Cotto has much more umph in his spirit. Many of those dives in will be contested, and Pacquiao will get hit. Pacquiao has excellent head and feet movement and will probably run circles around Cotto, but Cotto will not be deterred by a few left- right combinations accompanied by a bobbing head. He will most likely not have to put a damper on his offense for fear that he's going to get hit with something he can't handle. I feel, though, that Pacqiao might.
Paquiao winning the fight is a reasonable prediction. I can think of many ways that Pacquiao can out box Cotto enough for the win. I still have trouble envisioning a legitimate KO of Cotto, but anything is possible. Pacquiao dominating Cotto as if he were some amateur boxer, though, is not a reasonable prediction. Cotto's history has shown that he will try to put it on him, and will go down in flames if need be to do it (think Margarito fight). The fight will probably start slow, pick up tremendous speed, and then slow down again. Cotto might get tired and Pacquiao will have to consider how many more hard shots he wants to absorb to be able to attack Cotto. What happens after that is anybody's guess.Comment
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