I've been thinking... I think Cotto has what it takes to beat Floyd...

[Pacquiao'd]

to be fair......floyd did avoid Cotto.........hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

better yet, cotto stayed away from floyd at 140 and never expressed interest in fighting floyd at 147

Floyds the big dog. its cottos job to call floyd out, not the other way around

cotto is the ducker

[DoubleMM]

"if you're flat footed I'll walk through you anytime"

[Pacquiao'd]

People once again only see Cotto being killed by guys and don't take style into account. If Floyd had power I'd say no way, but he doesn't have enough power to keep Cotto at bay. Cotto has a the best jab in boxing which is Floyds biggest weakness, Floyd is also a pure boxer, Cotto has demolished every pure boxer before him. Cotto has the tools to beat Floyd, I couldn't agree more, but not right now. Floyd did avoid Cotto, and for good reason, but I still think Cotto needs another fight with Stewart before he takes on any elite fighters. His last fight was very "basic" fighting. You could tell footwork, balance and jab were really all he was thinking about, until that becomes almost second nature he won't stand a chance against Floyd because while a jab is his biggest weakness you need more than that to beat Floyd.

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so cottos chin is now stronger than mosleys? cotto has more power than mosley? RIGHT!

floyd had mosley running for the whole fight after mosley clocked floyd in the 2nd round. floyd stops cotto by tko

[Gorilla Dogs]

Cotto is too one dimensional for lil Floyd. Manny has the best chance to beat floyd

[nillamilkshake]

haha, i dunno. id love to see it happen, but mayweather is just so darn fast. cotto would have to really step up his game.

[SCEN3RY]

Cotto is a six round fighter. Mayweather is a championship round fighter. That's the difference. I know Cotto may possibly have fought a better version of Mosley than Mayweather did. But how can we know that for sure when Mosley had better coaching going into the Mayweather fight who gave him better instructions in between rounds?

And if you want to compare their performances, Cotto had to go life and death and with and ran out of gas against the same version of Mosley who had his mouth open and breathing hard that Floyd dominated. So don't give me that **** of how Mosley gassed out after the second round, because he got tired against Cotto early in the fight too.

That isn't a smart argument dude, Brother Naz can coach an 80 year old man better than Santiago can coach a 60 year old man....my money's still on 60...
Cotto would get outpointed by Floyd...I still think it would be a competitive fight that I wouldn't mind seeing.

[Iceta Lives]

I'm not even a Floyd nuthugger. In fact, I was a detractor for a long time. Still am up to an extent because I think he has intentions of fighting for himself still for the most part and possibly not sealing his legacy the way he should by fighting Pacquiao and a couple other guys. But anyone who ever thinks Cotto was any kind of threat to Mayweather simply don't know how to analyze styles. Hell, Floyd hits harder than Clottey does and it aint like Cotto fought a brave fight against Clottey regardless of whether or not after he got beat down by Margarito.

[ILLuminato]

Cotto is a smart f'n fighter... he hits hard as ****, .. and now he's got Manny Steward in his corner. I think Miguell can present some major problems for Gayweather! Cotto gets into dog fights... Floyd does not. I'll tell you this... Miguel would not have fell apart like Shane did in the second round. Floyd woulda been in a real fight. Miguel would have pushed Floyd to levels he's never been pushed before. ...

I totally agree. Unless you hit Cotto with something serious he's coming all night. So it's either a boring decision with Airweather running around or Cotto busting up Floydie. Cotto is like a 147 Castillo but a better jabber

[Iceta Lives]

Remember guys. Floyd hits harder than Clottey does. I don't know how many times I have to stress that.

[Beater_of_ass]

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so cottos chin is now stronger than mosleys? cotto has more power than mosley? RIGHT!

floyd had mosley running for the whole fight after mosley clocked floyd in the 2nd round. floyd stops cotto by tko

Refresh my memory, when exactly has Cotto ever been knocked out? Both of his losses came from stoppages, and Floyd isn't about to take a risk of trying to out muscle Cotto. He couldn't even out muscle or even KO a lightweight, he's not going to pressure down Cotto. Also, Mosley has never been able to beat a boxer, ever. Vernon Forrest, Winky Wright and Cotto had already beaten him by simply out boxing him. What were you really expecting when he stepped into the ring with the best boxer of the last 20+ years? In comparison, Cotto has struggled with guys who bring the fight at him, and not guys who can simply pressure but guys that through 100+ punches in a round. Yet, when he's been put in the ring with Quintana, Judah, Malignaggi, Foreman any guy who tries to box and counter he crushes them. No just a couple but every boxer he's faced, period.

Mosley also doesn't have a jab worth a damn, just flicking your hand isn't going to even Floyd worry about the jab. But that wasn't even your argument you are arguing over how solid his chin is... Mosley was never hurt in the fight, he was simply frustrated. He landed what were most likely the two hardest punches in his career and he buckled Floyd, but didn't drop him. Then every time he tried to land the right he got countered. He got the fight taken out of him, not because of a beating but because he wasn't the fastest guy in the ring for the first time in his career, and he collapsed. Cotto's used to not being the fastest guy but he keeps putting slow pressure and chips away at you with his jab. Mayweather has problems with guys who have a solid jab, its the reason he never fights people with them and the reason DLH was successful early in their fight. I'm not saying Cotto would dominate or even win, but he does have the tools to beat Floyd. Oh and if you think Floyd retired and Cotto never called him out think again.

Arum did turn down a fight with Floyd at 140 against Cotto, but for some reason that makes up for Floyd never fighting him? If I remember Floyd is ALL about the money well, why did he try to get a fight with Cotto even before he fought Malignaggi? His biggest fight at the time was what... Urkal or Corley? Of course Cotto isn't ready, thats like the equivalent of Floyd calling out Angulo now, because they both had only 20 fights at the time. If anything it proves how much a ***** Floyd is, because he wanted to fight him as early as possible because in the future he may have been better and even a threat to his 0 feature. And just for the record click on my sig link and see that Cotto did call out Floyd and it was right after the Mosley fight. Coincidently Floyd retired less than a year later at which point Cotto was put into the ring with Marg, the other guy Floyd completely ducked by taking a smaller payday to fight Baldomir.