The Official Miguel Cotto-Sergio Martinez Master Thread

[SlySlickSmooth]

Yeah its real cool seeing two fighters go at it that you can tell have no "god" given talent or graced with superior genes.

Fights like those help me appreciate the sport, its a damn hard sport. Anyone who has stepped in the gym for a day and just gives it thought to how much fighters sacrifice should have the utmost appreciation for the fighters.

[SAN D13GO VILLAN]

Who's fighting on the undercards?

[jas]

im starting to have visions on how the fight will go

[mathed]

i get what your saying

you like successful fighters who werent born with a bunch of natural talent

examples include:

hopkins
paulie
winky

I don't get this at all. He had very, very little amateur experience, went to prison, comes out and loses his first fight then he completely wrecks shop for the majority of his career. He is now on of the most accomplished boxers of all time.

I don't think he could have "hit the ground running" so to speak with so little experience unless he had a boatload of natural talent to begin with. Granted, a lot of his talent is intellectual, never the less, he has/had an abundance of God-gifted skills across the board imo.

[SlySlickSmooth]

im starting to have visions on how the fight will go

Ill laugh if Cotto gets hit with a monster left hand does another fall like he did against Pacquiao then continues to get beat on till a stoppage happens.

[mathed]

im starting to have visions on how the fight will go

Stop while you are ahead because if you are a Cotto fan, you might have nightmares.

[jas]

I don't get this at all. He had very, very little amateur experience, went to prison, comes out and loses his first fight then he completely wrecks shop for the majority of his career. He is now on of the most accomplished boxers of all time.

I don't think he could have "hit the ground running" so to speak with so little experience unless he had a boatload of natural talent to begin with. Granted, a lot of his talent is intellectual, never the less, he has/had an abundance of God-gifted skills across the board imo.

natural boxing talents are:

- speed
- power
- chin
- propensity to not get cut
- athleticism

bhop never gets cut and has a great chin

decent in speed but his standout ability is his boxing iq which is not a natural talent whatsoever - it is a learned skill - encompasses smart footwork, inside game. also is very tough.

bernard hopkins is an overachiever

[jas]

buncey here we goooooo

[STEELHEAD]

You better believe Sergio is going to focus on hurting Cotto. This entire event is all about hyping Cotto up. I feel that Sergio MUST win by KO or we are going to have a very controversial decision even if Cotto has complete pizza face as the fight closes.

Sergio knows this and I think he will try to unleash multi-punch combinations numerous times during the fight trying to break Cotto down.

thats what i think too!

[SlySlickSmooth]

Is that Julius Jackson behind his son still rockin' the same cut since his heyday?