Comments Thread For: Mayweather: I'll Be Very Aggressive, Attack Cotto Early

[radioraheem]

I must give FMJr. lots of props for his dedication. He has the access, money and support team to accoplish all these. He knows that he must be 110% for the Cotto fight more so that any other recent one.

As far as him coming to attack, that is not his "speciality" and Ill like to see how he does it longer than "4" rounds. He was presuring Ortiz, and did well. I think that Ortiz was a bit too jumpy/hyper and did not really had a plan of attack/counter only trying to land and KO Floyd.

What I find interesting is how everyone seems to forget the Shane Mosley fight. Floyd was clearly the aggressor in that fight, despite the fact that Mosley was the bigger fighter on fight night (just like Ortiz was). Mosley was at least 10 lbs bigger than Floyd on fight night. And yet, it was Floyd that was walking Mosley down. Even his infamous hater Larry Merchant said that Floyd was the aggressor in the fight. That fight went 12 rounds.

If Floyd can be the aggressor with a guy who arguably has a harder punch and is definitely faster, what do you think he's going to do with Cotto? He will do the same thing!

I mean, he just did the same thing with Ortiz who was also bigger. And Ortiz is YOUNGER than Cotto! It should be quite obvious that being aggressive with Cotto for 12 rounds will not be an issue for Floyd given his recent opponents.

[~AK49~]

What I find interesting is how everyone seems to forget the Shane Mosley fight. Floyd was clearly the aggressor in that fight, despite the fact that Mosley was the bigger fighter on fight night (just like Ortiz was). Mosley was at least 10 lbs bigger than Floyd on fight night. And yet, it was Floyd that was walking Mosley down. Even his infamous hater Larry Merchant said that Floyd was the aggressor in the fight. That fight went 12 rounds.

If Floyd can be the aggressor with a guy who arguably has a harder punch and is definitely faster, what do you think he's going to do with Cotto? He will do the same thing!

I mean, he just did the same thing with Ortiz who was also bigger. And Ortiz is YOUNGER than Cotto! It should be quite obvious that being aggressive with Cotto for 12 rounds will not be an issue for Floyd given his recent opponents.

Its easy to walk somebody down who is trigger shy, just saiyan. What happened when mosley let his hands go? And cotto is alot more skilled and refined that ortiz, just two completely different fighters.

[Fetta]

Hey PAC fans how about you guys go post on a PAC thread instead of a Floyd thread. PAC needs support right now cause I'm not sure if you know but he's fighting in June.

[BCSunstoppable]

I saw some of you guys saying its an easier fight for Cotto if Mayweather is the aggressor but I disagree, Cotto has yet to be outboxed by any fighter, not Mosley, not Malignaggi, not even Pac, it was when PAc started getting aggressive on him and making him retreat, just like what Margs did to Cotto, Cotto has trouble while being pushed back, he is not really much of a power threat when back peddling and Floyd knows this and knows this is d easiest way to beat him.

All in all I think he wants to ko cotto earlier than Pac did and I think that's his mistake, instead of just winning the fight, he is just thinking about doing a better job against Cotto than Pac did, and by not being aggressive, he won't accomplish that.

[RL_GMA]

Doubtful. In order for Floyd to be the most effective he needs space to get his lead right hand off being he's got the reach advantage he'd then be giving away. If he plans to be aggressive against Cotto, he may be in for a little wake up call. Cotto's a lot craftier than given credit for.

[~AK49~]

I saw some of you guys saying its an easier fight for Cotto if Mayweather is the aggressor but I disagree, Cotto has yet to be outboxed by any fighter, not Mosley, not Malignaggi, not even Pac, it was when PAc started getting aggressive on him and making him retreat, just like what Margs did to Cotto, Cotto has trouble while being pushed back, he is not really much of a power threat when back peddling and Floyd knows this and knows this is d easiest way to beat him.

All in all I think he wants to ko cotto earlier than Pac did and I think that's his mistake, instead of just winning the fight, he is just thinking about doing a better job against Cotto than Pac did, and by not being aggressive, he won't accomplish that.

The difference between pac/marg and floyd is volume. Cotto can take the hard shot here and there, its when its consistent and 200 punches in a minute that he gets in trouble. If floyd wans to open himself up by throwing that kind of volume, then by all means for cottos sake i hope he does, cotto does punch back.

And btw, did cotto dominate marg this last fight moving backwards/sideways the whole time? He can fight moving backwards, he jsut needs to have the stamina to be able to do it the whole fight.

[mathed]

Yeah, I can see Floyd going toe to toe with Cotto now......for like one round. Then once Cotto cracks him with a wicked body punch or two, that toe to toe madness takes a back seat to defense, defense, defense...potshot.

[BCSunstoppable]

The difference between pac/marg and floyd is volume. Cotto can take the hard shot here and there, its when its consistent and 200 punches in a minute that he gets in trouble. If floyd wans to open himself up by throwing that kind of volume, then by all means for cottos sake i hope he does, cotto does punch back.

And btw, did cotto dominate marg this last fight moving backwards/sideways the whole time? He can fight moving backwards, he jsut needs to have the stamina to be able to do it the whole fight.

I believe that Mayweather just wants Cotto to backpedal during the fight, cause if he can do that, he is taking away Cotto's power. But like you said volume had a lot to do with it and I do think May has the skills to do it but I doubt he will, he is going to try without risking too much but I don't think Cotto will fall for it and he will stand his ground.

I really think this is a very interesting fight and it will be much closer than everyone thinks.

[QADASHBANYAH]

why is he not fighting the midget, easy money, easy fight???? why?????

This topic isnt about PAC....



Pac is fighting a man in june. Got his ass whopped in his last fight....

No need to bring him up.... Go give him a pep talk on his goddamn cramps....

[mathed]

What I find interesting is how everyone seems to forget the Shane Mosley fight. Floyd was clearly the aggressor in that fight, despite the fact that Mosley was the bigger fighter on fight night (just like Ortiz was). Mosley was at least 10 lbs bigger than Floyd on fight night. And yet, it was Floyd that was walking Mosley down. Even his infamous hater Larry Merchant said that Floyd was the aggressor in the fight. That fight went 12 rounds.

If Floyd can be the aggressor with a guy who arguably has a harder punch and is definitely faster, what do you think he's going to do with Cotto? He will do the same thing!

I mean, he just did the same thing with Ortiz who was also bigger. And Ortiz is YOUNGER than Cotto! It should be quite obvious that being aggressive with Cotto for 12 rounds will not be an issue for Floyd given his recent opponents.

Not really. Ortiz was being the aggressor against Floyd.....don't really know what people think was going to happen in that fight had it continued but I saw Floyd getting pushed into the ropes on a consistent basis and eating more punches that he had in his last 4 fights combined. Look people, mad or not about a headbutt attempt, Floyd would not have seized that opportunity to sucker punch Ortiz had he truly been in control of that fight. He did it to get Ortiz out of the mix while he could because he was not liking the way the fight was going.

Mosley has declined to a vast degree and I'm not sure why but he is ultra trigger shy while Cotto has evolved his offense to include more movement at the same time remaining just as offensive as he was in years past.

Cotto is a far more developed boxer than Ortiz is and he has great combinations on the inside. Floyd is a distance fighter from the jump so trying to **** it out with a short armed fighter on the inside is going to be a nightmare for him based on the physics of the situation alone, not even looking at the specifics of each fighter's capabilities.

Floyd will try to be aggressive but Cotto hits hard....I'd say just as hard as Mosley does and he is a much better boxer than Mosley is. Cotto, although battered by Pac, still managed to have Pac's face a swollen mess the next day and busted his ear drum.