Comments Thread For: Mayweather Balks at "Heavyweight Gloves" For Cotto Bout

[loui_ludwig]

So, for those certain *****s who keep criticizing Pac on using 8 ounce gloves, here you go.

[Corelone]

It has nothing to do with wanting to knock him out. It has to do with hand speed and fatigue.

Yeah, but it works both ways. 8 oz. gloves fatigue Cotto less also and if Mayweather is faster with 8 oz gloves, he'll be just that much faster with 10 oz gloves. It's about a Knockout.

[Gonzalez_Boxing]

Your statements are ridiculous. Speed and timing is used to hurt his opponents. So to imply Mayweather wants smaller gloves but doesn't really want to fight hard is just ******.

More than not, his speed and timing is used to hit, not hurt his opponent.

If you think my opinion is ******, it's all good. I happen to find people who believe Mayweather wants smaller gloves because he's looking for a war, ****** as well.

[Carpe Diem]

This is dumb from Mayweather it will actually benefit Cotto more than him!!

This is one of those cases in wich you say, "Becareful what you wish for"

As long as cotto dont wear Grants, he will be good to go!

It'd benefit Cotto if he could land his punches consistently, but we all know that's not going to happen. I don't see Cotto landing more punches on Floyd than he landed on Manny.

[AnthrAxNSB]

Yeah, but it works both ways. if Mayweather is faster with 8 oz gloves, he'll be just that much faster with 10 oz gloves. It's about a Knockout.

His hand speed will still be faster than Cotto's. But, Cotto will find it slightly easier to block/elude punches that are coming just slightly slower with the 10 oz glove. This benefits only Cotto, as Floyd is already a defensive wizard. Cotto is the one who will need help avoiding punches coming from Floyd.

...not that I care, though. I guess I would prefer 8 oz gloves, but it doesn't really concern me.

[tatangb45]

Yes and Pac agreed to all the terms UNTIL Mayweather asked for RANDOM Blood testing.....

Ok.. Now kindly explain why Floyd would want Pac to use 10oz but not Cotto.

[SonnyDempsey]

No matter the motive behind the 8oz. gloves request, it'll be amazing to see Cotto's shots with them at 154. Going to be a great fight.

[Samadafish]

Mayweather just making press talk to sound good, I doubt he wants cotto wearing KO gloves.

[Da Boxer]

No matter the motive behind the 8oz. gloves request, it'll be amazing to see Cotto's shots with them at 154. Going to be a great fight.

Agreed. He may be able to unleash some vicious shots!

[Atreyu Khalil]

This is dumb from Mayweather it will actually benefit Cotto more than him!!

This is one of those cases in wich you say, "Becareful what you wish for"

As long as cotto dont wear Grants, he will be good to go!

Cotto and De La Hoya are both converted southpaws fighting in the orthodox position. The difference is that DLH has a better left hook, better jab, better right hand, better footwork, and is a much better combination puncher. DLH is a much stronger fighter and a bigger fighter. I believe DLH's skill level is far superior to Cottos as DLH has one of the best resumes of this generation.

I Keep hearing Cottos jab will be the key....but Oscars jab is better than Cotto and this is what Oscars jab did to Mayweather...

I find this funny that whenever someone speaks on the Mayweather-De La Hoya fight they always revert back to the token....."Oscar would have won if he kep throwing the jab AFTER the 6th round"..........well boys & girls I am here to end all of that madness and lame message board rhetoric

Surprisingly, Floyd had the edge in jabs landed 69-40, throwing 240 to Oscar’s 246.

Oscar landed just 4 of 77 jabs in rounds 10-12, after landing 31 out of 124 jabs in rounds 6-9.....lol

Lets to the math....124+77= 201.....so after the 6th round...Oscar threw 201 Jabs.....he threw 45 jabs in the first 5 rounds......

So TRUTH BE TOLD Oscar actually threw MORE Jabs after the 6th round than he did before the 6th round....lol...

Oscar is 4 inches taller and his reach is 6 inches longer than Cottos and yet was unable to be effective at any point in the fight...

I hear people talking about Cottos left hook (which isnt better than Oscars, if it is...how many people has Cotto knocked out with a single left hook)...Cotto just went 12 rounds with a beyond WASHED UP Mayorga..we seen what an older DLH did with his left hook to a younger Mayorga 5 years ago.....

Cotto is a better Body puncher but Mayweathers shoulder roll stance will block all of Cottos body attacks in my opinion....

DLH's right hand > Cottos right hand.

Techincal boxing skills go to Oscar without a doubt also Cotto has no speed..Mayweather will see his punches coming a mile away

Oscar clearly has the better chin

I see this fight as a mismatch in every aspect of the word.....Corley, Judah, Mosley, Margarito, Pacquiao & Clottey were all able to bust up Cotto and none of these guys have the offensive accuracy and defensive skill of Mayweather.