This fight depends solely on Manny Steward teaching Miguel how to Clinch and slow fighters down. You could see in the Margarito fight he had no idea to keep Tony from coming and Margarito eventually broke him down.
I know for a fact if this fight went down, Kirkland will be coming forward non stop all night long, even taking shots to get to Cotto. The big quesiton, and what will ultimately decide the winner is Cotto's ability to slow him down. I don't see anything in Cotto's games that suggest he can as of right now, so if Kirkland was in shape and back to form....I would have to go with Kirkland via late TKO stoppage.
This is pretty much why most of us see him beating Cotto, but to be fair to Cotto, we first have to see if Kirkland can take Cotto's bombs and body shots, if he can, then I truly don't see how Cotto can win, unless he boxes with EXTREME caution.
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