Comments Thread For: Roach Sees Canelo For Cotto at 154, Unsure of 160

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Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach admits that he will be watching with a lot of interest when Saul "Canelo" Alvarez faces Erislandy Lara on July 12th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Roach, who trains WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto, would like to have his fighter face Canelo at 154-pounds. Top Rank wants to bring Cotto back on December 6th or 13th, at New York's Madison Square Garden or a venue in Las Vegas.
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Under the tutelage of Roach I could see Canelo getting stopped late.

[PopPop]

Canelo can make 160 easily ..lol I bet they want 154 knowing cinnamon has trouble making 154.

[Tobi.G]

Ist funny, before Cotto fought Martinez, people said that Cotto is small even at 154 and should get back down to 147 and now People are saying he should stay at 160!! Cotto should not fight GGG because he would get murdered.
Cotto vs. Canelo could be made at a catchweight of 156, that would be no Problem for both fighters. But first lets see if Canelo can beat Lara.
Im sure Canelo can only lose by KO though because he will have the judges on his side. I smell robbery in this fight. I dont see Lara knocking Canelo out, he could only win on Points if judges are neutral.

[check hook]

Cotto is best suited at 54 imo. He should go back down there.

Canelo vs Cotto is a massive fight right now. Huge. Could be the first match in a long time not involving MP or FMJ to crack a million

[v.cassiusali@ya]

even at 160lbs, cotto will still wipe the canvass with canelo's face...but it will not happen...

lara wipes first the floor with canelo's...

[Stebs]

Canelo should pull out of the Lara fight and make Cotto-Canelo for Sept. 13th.

You might be right, I think Lara is going whip Canelo's ass, I might be the only one on this board that believes that. But if it happens I think the fight will still be there for Cotto and Canelo but only at 154. Canelo can do 160 no problem and that's why Freddie is saying make Canelo stay at 154, Roach is already playing his weight game to give Cotto some type of advantage.

[FeFist]

A week ago, he was pretty confident about Cotto beating GGG; I guess in that week Freddie analysed his footage.

[-Makunouchi-]

Ist funny, before Cotto fought Martinez, people said that Cotto is small even at 154 and should get back down to 147 and now People are saying he should stay at 160!! Cotto should not fight GGG because he would get murdered.
Cotto vs. Canelo could be made at a catchweight of 156, that would be no Problem for both fighters. But first lets see if Canelo can beat Lara.
Im sure Canelo can only lose by KO though because he will have the judges on his side. I smell robbery in this fight. I dont see Lara knocking Canelo out, he could only win on Points if judges are neutral.

Spot on, people on nsb are mostly fanboys. They tend to bend anything for the fighters they root for. Typical typical nsb posters.

[PR ESQ.]

Just having some fun with the Cotto fanclub who suddenly think Cotto has become an unstoppable monster because he got Martinez at a perfect time. If these guys really think so high of Cotto (Middleweight #1 etc) they shouldnt have a problem with him fighting GGG? What are they afraid of?

Bring it...i would love to see Cotto v. GGG