Comments Thread For: Bob Arum on Cotto vs. Golovkin: "Are You Crazy?"

[bojangles1987]

If he vacated I wouldn't care as much

I wouldn't care at all. The belt is the only reason I care.

[Slowhand]

While I can agree with most of ur post I'll say this ; boxing is a game of attrition , therefore a hefty amateur background is not solely a benefactor but a double edge sword as it also equals more wear and tear . As far as technique being the reason for the distinction in power I'll say this ; Kovalev merely tapped Caparello to the front of his body from long distance and forced him to take a knee . There was no shifting involved . Lomachenko is probably the only one who is really using some advanced footwork and technique . Kovalev simply uses his inordinate power as his vanguard and anticipates that his opponents chin win succumb under his pressure before his does under yours . He does nothing special ! GGG does angle his toes inwardly when in close and aiming for kidney shots but that's about it , outside of that he does nothing really special as his footwork is average at best at any other distance . The main commonality is that they all sit heavily on their punches and rely heavily on mere power . I think Lomachenko is the distinguished boxing wizard out of the bunch ! For the record , I'm not concluding that these guys r all dirty , but what I am stating is that I'm su****ious and I feel I have a reasonable right to be as I watched Trinidad
ruin careers while most cheered on the KO campaign . I also watched unprecedented history while McGuire and Sosa was on their history making home run campaign . If history has taught us anything it's taught us to think critically when these sort of record breaking anomalies start occurring with high frequency

You´re not looking closely enough. The power those ex Soviet schooled boxers have (GGG, Kovalev, Kudryashov etc) is based on their balance and technique. No pointless flashy dancing around but always moving and placing their feet with one purpose only: to be in position to really hurt the other guy at any given time. Also, their (physical) strength is where it really counts: mid section. Just look at GGG and Monroe, you should see what I mean. I´m tempted to say too many US fighters spend too much time and energy to look pretty at the weigh in. And yes, I am over simplifying and generalizing.

[Weebler I]

I think the real question we should be asking is r these Eastern Europeans clean fighter or r they taking some new undetected enhancement that is giving them inordinate power .

I'm not saying they r dirty but my antennas do start to go up a bit when I see Lomachenko , Kovalev , GGG and Beterbiev all displaying similar power and iron chins . Since they r all Eastern European it does make me wonder ? And no , I don't think it's the f..king DEAR HEARTS either !"

Lomachenko has no power, neither does Gradovich, Glazkov, Korobov or Shafikov.

Golovkin, Kovalev and Beterbiev are all based in North America, attending separate North American gyms.

[Ilpo]

I think it is unbelievable how much crap people give to Geale. This is a haaaard fight for Cotto. I personally believe that Geale is goingto win on points, if not robbed. He is the bigger man, and very capable boxer if he wihes to do so.

Geale will outbox Cotto worse than Trout did. There are weight divisions for a reason.

[-PBP-]

This fight will never happen. And he's right about Geale.

[borikua]

Cotto has his own weight, 155. Ultra Welterweight? lol Fok it he deserves it.

[bigjer88]

All these guys would beat him. Even Broner, Thurman, Bradley, Crawford, Brook, Marquez and Spence beat him. A perfect opponent for Cotto would be Khan. That is an easy win for Cotto.

However I would root for Cotto against Maidana and Khan as hard as it is to believe for some people on this site.

Broner, et al. would beat Cotto? That's some crazy talk right there.

[bopbopbbe]

cotto kills him...you can't go from fighting some bum called monroe to fighting a legend like cotto..bumlovekin will sign another lousy fight and say that no one else wanted to fight him..same old story..i wonder who his next opponent will be..baby face ahmed from the first contender show would make a great candidate

Are you joking Monroe would beat Cotto LOL.

Are you forgetting Cotto got his ass handed to him by Austin freaking trout.

[New England]

people like to forget cotto to a risk by going up and fighting martinez who people said cotto would duck then preceded to say he had no chance all way up until cotto knocked him down and busted his knee up now he gets no credit for the risk he took. because of the risk he took now u guys want him to fight the even bigger ggg? get the **** outta here and i dont want to hear he should vacate crap hell vacate when he dam well pleases ggg is not god

good freaking lord.

[New England]

Are you joking Monroe would beat Cotto LOL.

Are you forgetting Cotto got his ass handed to him by Austin freaking trout.

half of them weren't watching boxing then.