Comments Thread For: Miguel Cotto, Timothy Bradley, and Reasonable Chances

[Sweet Pea 50]

floyd who beat who....cherry picker like a chiken..who pick worm to eat....floyd shame of the land of the brave..
There is so manny boxers who avoided by floyd...if he will like his uncle roger,,fight some body best in the division so i gave floyd criedet but he is a clown boxer.protect his zero and lousy balls

[b Murphington]

it kinda sucks that cotto - mayweather is happening now, this is the perfect time for mayweather to fight cotto, cotto's clearly not in his prime anymore....mayweather dominates early rounds, cotto might shine for a few rounds in the middle, and then mayweather dominates the stretch home and i wouldn't be surprised if he knocks down cotto, or cuts cotto sooo bad that the fight has to be stopped, cotto cuts wayyyy too easily

aside from pacquiao - mayweather, this is prolly the best/dangerous fight pac could take, i guess peterson would've been good too, but i think bradleys better than peterson anyways, and now that pac looks human, the thought of bradley winning doesn't sound so far fetched

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You must have have conveniently skipped over my post. You posted your thoughts, how bout backing them up with a few examples at least. How do you figure that floyd will discourage Cotto? Mayweather stronger than cotto? Good thing fights aren't decided based upon what you think.

Allow me. First off, Floyd is defensively sound and Cotto is not. also,Floyd is in way better shape to go a full 12 rounds without fatigue while Cotto is not. AND mentally it is a proven fact that Floyd faces adversity better than Cotto does. Being stronger than a person doesn't mean only about physical strength because Mosley was stronger than Floyd as well and we see what happened in that fight. Mayweather is technically better than Cotto and that is a fact. Once Floyd takes away Cotto's punch and connect rate, he's done.

[turbotime]

Pacquiao stops Bradley and Floyd beats Cotto 8-4.

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Bradley's youth, movement and conditioning alone will give Pacquiao problems.

[GRUSTLER]

I never believed Cotto or Margarito could beat Floyd. Floyd fighting Margarito would have been a combination or Baldomir/Oscar. Actually Oscar at 154 was a tougher fight then Margarito at 147. Paul Williams boxed circles around Margarito for half the fight. All a fighter/boxer really needs to beat Margarito is a lil technical fight game. Cotto has always been too open and hit too much,too flush for someone as accurate and defensive as Mayweather. Add on that Cotto went to war with Mosley in 07 to make a close a fight. Floyd is 35 in 07 he was 30. No way Cotto would have ever beat Floyd in my opinion. People continue to disregard how tough Floyd is as an all around fighter because of his b!tc#ie attitude outside of the ring. Pac has to fight Bradley because there is no other place for him to go. Arum signed Bradley and promised him the Pac fight and that's why Khan didn't happen. Pac hasn't fought anyone like Bradley in a looooonnng time so all of this Pac destroying Bradley is nonsense. Pacquiao may win but Pac will not look good winning and it will be a close fight.

[a_fuego]

Allow me. First off, Floyd is defensively sound and Cotto is not. also,Floyd is in way better shape to go a full 12 rounds without fatigue while Cotto is not. AND mentally it is a proven fact that Floyd faces adversity better than Cotto does. Being stronger than a person doesn't mean only about physical strength because Mosley was stronger than Floyd as well and we see what happened in that fight. Mayweather is technically better than Cotto and that is a fact. Once Floyd takes away Cotto's punch and connect rate, he's done.

You are correct, Floyd's defense is excellent and Floyd comes in to every fight in great shape. No argument there. Now explain to me how is it proven that Floyd is mentally stronger? That he faces adversity better than Cotto? What adversity? A headbutt from Ortiz? We see how well he handled that. A punch from Mosley? After that connect, Mosley froze. He pulled a Corley and didn't follow up. The closest adversity that I recall Floyd facing was the first 4 rounds against Judah and all he was waiting was for Judah to fade, which everyone knew would happen. Unless you have some facts that I did not mention, your argument holds no water.

Mayweather could perhaps be tecnically better than Cotto, but Cotto is no Ortiz, Baldomir or RIP Gatti. Floyd will not tee off on him at will. I just hope we get a bit of Cotto of old that punches through defenses and goes after the body. There ain't no shoulder rolling that's saving Floyd then.

What's to say that Floyd won't have second thoughts of pot shotting Cotto to submission ( as you claim) when Miguel connects something significant.

I'll let you call a friend....

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You are correct, Floyd's defense is excellent and Floyd comes in to every fight in great shape. No argument there. Now explain to me how is it proven that Floyd is mentally stronger? That he faces adversity better than Cotto? What adversity? A headbutt from Ortiz? We see how well he handled that. A punch from Mosley? After that connect, Mosley froze. He pulled a Corley and didn't follow up. The closest adversity that I recall Floyd facing was the first 4 rounds against Judah and all he was waiting was for Judah to fade, which everyone knew would happen. Unless you have some facts that I did not mention, your argument holds no water.

Mayweather could perhaps be tecnically better than Cotto, but Cotto is no Ortiz, Baldomir or RIP Gatti. Floyd will not tee off on him at will. I just hope we get a bit of Cotto of old that punches through defenses and goes after the body. There ain't no shoulder rolling that's saving Floyd then.

What's to say that Floyd won't have second thoughts of pot shotting Cotto to submission ( as you claim) when Miguel connects something significant.

I'll let you call a friend....

You are making excuses on how Floyd has dealt with adversity in fights. He adjusts and recovers on the fly like no one else. There should be no dis*****g that Floyd is mentally stronger than Cotto.

[GOD-FR33]

Good Post.......

Good post man. In response to what he said about conditioning. Cotto is a true professional and is always in shape. I don't buy the whole "he gasses out" thing at all. Against Cheeto he was a facing a good puncher who was relentless and had plaster in his gloves on top of that, and it STILL took him twelve rounds to stop him! Manny is my guy but Cotto was weight drained in that fight and it showed. Does this guy honestly think that Manny could stop a fullly hydrated Cotto?? Because I know he wouldn't. Furthermore, Floyd is fooling everybody with his so called conditioning. I saw a tired and at times frustrated Floyd against Oscar. He was getting hit with good, stiff, quick jabs and he could do nothing about it. Fortunately for him, Oscar was old, flat-footed, and could no longer fight for twelve rounds. A prime Oscar beats Floyd! What happens if you fight him hard for twelve rounds? Cotto is going to and Manny is going to. Hell, Ortiz was on top of him pretty good too! It would have been very interesting if that fight had gone longer. Mabe Floyd knew something we didn't? That's why he fouled his way to victory. This is how you beat Floyd. You have to have a good jab. Cotto has a great left jab just like Oscar. You have to invest in the body. Cotto is a vicious body-puncher and you will see old Cotto in this fight. You have to have a steady work-rate. Cotto can win this fight on points. Outside of Floyd's right hand which is a great weapon, what else can we say he's better than Cotto at, honestly? Cotto has the better legs, he can counter-punch as well as Floyd, and he is a smart fighter. Get ready because it will be very intriguing to see these guys share the ring. We must remember this; Cotto has fought the very best of his era. He only has ONE REAL LOSS, and even that I'm not convinced of totally. Let's give this guy the respect he deserves and be realistic when accessing this fight. He can win just like Floyd can win. You get green my friend.

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What adversity? A headbutt from Ortiz? We see how well he handled that. A punch from Mosley? After that connect, Mosley froze. He pulled a Corley and didn't follow up. The closest adversity that I recall Floyd facing was the first 4 rounds against Judah and all he was waiting was for Judah to fade, which everyone knew would happen. Unless you have some facts that I did not mention, your argument holds no water.
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First off Ortiz is a moron and got what he deserved. He was intending to break Floyd's nose so whatever happened to him was warranted. I wish Floyd would have held back even though rule wise he was justified in throwing the 1, 2. He was beating Ortiz up and that fight was on its way of being stop in the later rounds. I feel like Ortiz robbed us of a good fight with his dirty tactics. It wasn't "A" punch from Mosley but rather back to back power shots (Same ones Margarito was eating) and Shane tried to finish Floyd but Mayweather was holding on for dear life and recovered to finish the round strong. If you really watched the Judah fight you would see that Floyd was fighting Judah with a different style which was leaving him too open for someone as fast as Zab. Once Floyd started pressuring Zab rather than box him,he began to walk Zab down and beat him up which triggered the intentional low blow from Judah. You are basically taking away credit from them wins. Mosley didn't freeze and Zab didn't fade. Floyd adjusted and beat them, plain and simple.