Comments Thread For: Austin Trout Shocks Miguel Cotto With Lopsided Win

[Realizniguhnit]

I've been saying it here for months, when Cotto picked Trout he bit off a little more than he could chew. The size was a major factor and the scorecards were atrocious! People that are saying Trout can beat Canelo need to factor in the fact that Canelo is fresher, bigger and hits harder than Cotto plus he is more active at this stage. Father time has caught up with Cotto, he's been in a lot of wars over the years.

[lilchinese615]

how did you have cotto winning? he was just running scared in the later rounds.. but damn man i didnt think miguel cotto would look so old and washed up hes shopworn imo..

[harrys]

Great result for Trout he worked hard and deserved the win even though some of the scores were a bit ridiculous.

Canelo v Trout should happen but Canelo would not reply when Trout called out to him from centre ring after the fight.lol

More money in a Cotto v Canelo fight but Austin Trout is the man at 154lbs.

Who will step up to fight Trout at 154 or will he have to step up to 160?

Martinez v Trout would be a cracker of a fight.

[Rip Chudd]

Canelo better fight Austin Trout if he wants my respect as a mexican, Trout just beat one of the elite in the game today, Canelo is not ready for Mayweather not at the persent time, he don't have much choices so fight Trout! Trout great victory champ, Love that your a humble man of God.

Canelo already said he won't fight him. Said he was focused on two fighters, Mayweather and Cotto. Plus let's be real here, Trout is a legit junior middle weight, Canelo doesn't want any of that

[Buckfever]

There's certain types of fighters that have just enough speed so that with their timing can use their power. Cotto is that type of fighter. The problem is that when the speed falls off they go from elite to ineffective. I think that's what we saw here tonight.

Thank goodness he didn't fight Manny, Lord that would have been brutal.

[Rip Chudd]

WORD TO THE WISE:

Stop picking fights based on PRIDE and learn about Boxing...not to toot my own horn by I called this back in October that Trout would pick Cotto apart

STYLES MAKE FIGHTS! And Trout Style is a ***IN NIGHTMARE! Vernon Forrest was one of my favorite fighters growing up, that is who Trout Reminds me of, he doesn't do one thing Spectacular but he does EVERYTHING WELL which makes him so difficult to prepare for because you can't prepare for just ONE THING

But Much Respect to Cotto, me picking against him wasn't personal, Cotto was and will always be one of my favorites but I pick fighters based on Skills In The Ring, not based on PRIDE REASSURANCE and Trout out-classing him comes as NO SHOCKER

And by the way it is no ***in way GBP let Canelo go anywhere near Trout, that fight would be like Vernon Forrest vs Shane Mosley, I think Trout has a easier time with Canelo then he had with Cotto IMO

Great Post. Especially the part about making picks based on pride

[Realizniguhnit]

There's certain types of fighters that have just enough speed so that with their timing can use their power. Cotto is that type of fighter. The problem is that when the speed falls off they go from elite to ineffective. I think that's what we saw here tonight.

Thank goodness he didn't fight Manny, Lord that would have been brutal.

Yea it would have been brutal for Manny at 154..

[bojangles1987]

119-109 was too wide, but that was a very clear 9-3 or 8-4 Trout decision. I am very impressed by his performance on the biggest stage of his career.

[JAW]

wow trout beat cotto decisively and cotto gave mayweather all he could handle
what does that say about mayweather?
good for trout tho, good kid

Jesus. People jump at the chance to hate Mayweather. You should really put aside your bias and try to learn something about this sport.
Trout fought a good fight. He used his considerable advantages to out fox Cotto. I figured this would be a fight Cotto would come up short in. That said, he did better than the cards suggest. Not sure why Paulie kept praising Trout, then giving the rounds to Cotto (really, a draw?), but the judges seemed a little far on the other end. I had Trout up 4.

[paulf]

I had Trout up between 2 maybe 4 rounds at most. Meaning closeish kind of fight.

I spent the whole time wondering why Trout didn't throw the uppercut. Works good on people that hold their hands high like Cotto, generally speaking. When he mixed it in Cotto started grabbing a lot to make it a dirty fight, but by then Trout had settled down.

He caught Cotto a few times with good uppercuts. When Cotto got inside it was easier for him to get off than Trout, so Austin chose to either move or hold and reset, which was the right gameplan.