How I WISH we could've had a Cotto/Canelo show-down. But Floyd had to step into the equation and **** up the natural order.
Cotto's attributes aren't that far gone, and he has more experience than Canelo. He's still untested, still growing as a fighter, still figuring out his in-ring identity, and that's something that can be exploited. Cotto has the bigger skill-set, and Canelo isn't great defensively. Canelo has the physical attributes, but if he can't over-power/over-whelm Cotto, then he'll most likely get out-boxed. I would favor Cotto 60/40.
If anything, Floyd will show us how "done" Cotto really is. Hopefully he doesn't beat him up too badly lol.
Cotto isn't "done". Mosley, Margarito, Castillo, Jones, those guys are "done". Cotto is past his prime-still good. He hasn't been prime since the Marg fight in 2008, but he's still basically the same guy he was in 2009, just at 154. His skills and attributes are pretty much the same.
Cotto isn't "done". Mosley, Margarito, Castillo, Jones, those guys are "done". Cotto is past his prime-still good. He hasn't been prime since the Marg fight in 2008, but he's still basically the same guy he was in 2009, just at 154. His skills and attributes are pretty much the same.
I was trying to be diplomatic lol, personally, I think he's better off now than he was at 147. He seems to have found his identity and he's better off mentally after the Margarito match.
I was trying to be diplomatic lol, personally, I think he's better off now than he was at 147. He seems to have found his identity and he's better off mentally after the Margarito match.
Found his identity? What does that even mean? He's fought three made-to-order opponents. Thats all he's done.
Cotto wasn't even that big at 147, Canelo would just be too strong, too fresh, too powerful for Cotto at this stage of his career.
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