Comments Thread For: Sergio Martinez: I Can't See Cotto Lasting Beyond Nine!

[Sugar Adam Ali]

It may be the other way around, martinez might not make it past round 9 becuz his knees might fail him and hes forced to quit on the stool! What a way to lose the belt! It can happen.

Hope Martinez doesn't break down in the ring like Yuri Foreman did

That's exactly my thoughts...

Serg got battered by the much bigger Chavez in the 12th rd, and even though serg dominated the fight, I think it took it's till on his aging body. Vs Murray serg looked decent early, but then broke down, got dropped and beat up by Murray and seemed to get a gift from the judges... Now it's over a year later, and serg is a year older, and there is no guarantee that his body is gonna hold up..

[thatdudespits]

Cotto is better in what, please enlighten me....this isn't delvin rodriguez
Cotto is getting stretched

Cotto relies on his skills not athleticism to win fights and Cotto is more skilled than Martinez.

People keep talking about size being an advantage for Martinez while I see it as a disadvantage facing a smaller quicker opponent than Sergio is used to. I think this will be the story of the fight, sergio not being able to do the same things he usually does because his opponent is not as slow and plodding as previous opponents. Do i think Cotto is faster than Martinez? No. But hes a hell of a lot faster than Murray, Macklin, Dzinzurik, Barker, Chavez. All those guys got close and touched up Sergio. None of those guys Skill wise are on Miguel ' s level offensively or defensively. And to those thinking Sergio is going to counter miguel all night.... Mayweather (best counter puncher in the game) had a hell of a hard time countering Cotto. He landed just 26% on cotto.... why is Sergio going to have more success? Is he faster than Floyd? Is he a better counter puncher? Am I supposed to believe that because Sergio is bigger that he's a lock to win this fight? **** outta here. Cotto wins this fight in 2010, 2014, 2020... anytime it happens... He's just better and will prove it on 6/7.

[IMDAZED]

Oh Sergio. Can't help but picture rust combined with shot reflexes making him look like a drunk wino at 3:00 AM. He almost has to KO Cotto in order to win.

[EXPOSEDheroes]

Cotto relies on his skills not athleticism to win fights and Cotto is more skilled than Martinez.

People keep talking about size being an advantage for Martinez while I see it as a disadvantage facing a smaller quicker opponent than Sergio is used to. I think this will be the story of the fight, sergio not being able to do the same things he usually does because his opponent is not as slow and plodding as previous opponents. Do i think Cotto is faster than Martinez? No. But hes a hell of a lot faster than Murray, Macklin, Dzinzurik, Barker, Chavez. All those guys got close and touched up Sergio. None of those guys Skill wise are on Miguel ' s level offensively or defensively. And to those thinking Sergio is going to counter miguel all night.... Mayweather (best counter puncher in the game) had a hell of a hard time countering Cotto. He landed just 26% on cotto.... why is Sergio going to have more success? Is he faster than Floyd? Is he a better counter puncher? Am I supposed to believe that because Sergio is bigger that he's a lock to win this fight? **** outta here. Cotto wins this fight in 2010, 2014, 2020... anytime it happens... He's just better and will prove it on 6/7.

Good post !

[BOXEO _]

I think it's going to go all 12. They're both going to be tired as hell after 9 rounds.