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Miguel Cotto showed this past Saturday that he still has some elite fight in him. It wasn't enough to pull out the victory, but he can still compete at a high level. There is nobody in the game that can achieve that level of defensive success against him other than Mayweather. With that being said, even in a loss, I think the future is plenty rosy for Miguel. I pin a fight against Canelo or Maravilla for early '13 because Canelo is busy in Sept (I don't know what's good yet for Maravilla) and because I'd like to see Cotto pick up another solid win against a good fighter like K9, Molina or Rodriguez in the fall/winter.
So who do you want to see in Cotto's next biggest fight and why?
v. Canelo -- WBC Champ and becoming a good fighter. Not spectacular but is a work horse. I think it'd be a war of attrition. If Cotto brings that A-game defense (Mayweather, a career 46% accuracy only managed 26%) that he did on Saturday, along with that body attack, Canelo would be in some real deep waters. Before this fight though, Canelo needs to fight someone in Sept. who has a pulse like Kirkland, Vanes or PWilly.
v. Maravilla -- He wants to go to Jr MW for big fights, and securing a Cotto fight is much more likely (plus he called him out on ESPN deportes which is cool) than either May or Pac. I like chances of a great brawl ocurring. Cotto can come in behind that jab against a usually guardless Sergio. I don't think Maravilla is faster than Floyd, which can help mitigate some of that power Sergio is packing.
In either bout, a good chance that war would happen.
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So who do you want to see in Cotto's next biggest fight and why?
v. Canelo -- WBC Champ and becoming a good fighter. Not spectacular but is a work horse. I think it'd be a war of attrition. If Cotto brings that A-game defense (Mayweather, a career 46% accuracy only managed 26%) that he did on Saturday, along with that body attack, Canelo would be in some real deep waters. Before this fight though, Canelo needs to fight someone in Sept. who has a pulse like Kirkland, Vanes or PWilly.
v. Maravilla -- He wants to go to Jr MW for big fights, and securing a Cotto fight is much more likely (plus he called him out on ESPN deportes which is cool) than either May or Pac. I like chances of a great brawl ocurring. Cotto can come in behind that jab against a usually guardless Sergio. I don't think Maravilla is faster than Floyd, which can help mitigate some of that power Sergio is packing.
In either bout, a good chance that war would happen.
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