Cotto responds to Trinidad

[Ray*]

All am going to say is Tito comments are motivation for Cotto, personally I sense a bit of envy from Tito, his comments might turn out to be true but they are unnecessary.

[GOD-FR33]

Impressive BUT....

It doesn't matter if he would lose H2H, Cotto didn't give up after getting TKO'ed in back to back years 2008 and 2009 by Margarito and Pacquiao. He kept going and made history, won more titles in 2 more weight classes, as well as helped sell a total of 2.6million PPV's after his two worst defeats (Mayweather, Mayorga, Margarito II, Martinez), and you can add at least 1 million more with what the potential Canelo PPV will do. Why are these numbers important? Because it shows that Cotto is one of the top 3 fighters keeping the sport alive, even after the worst part of his career. Like I said, if I had to choose who I want to be, Trinidad or Cotto, give me Cotto's career.

Cotto is my boy but I have to be honest and not bogus when taking things into context. This run he is on, is impressive BUT look at who he's doing it against. None of those last three opponents can touch Canelo, man. Canelo is a BEAST nearing his prime. Props to Cotto for always fighting the best and never backing down. I cannot see a scenario where he comes out victorious in that fight. His run ends in November. He WILL pass the torch to another promising talent in Canelo. Because Canelo will continue to try and make history. Trinidad was just on another level.

[Mr.Fantastic]

It doesn't matter if he would lose H2H, Cotto didn't give up after getting TKO'ed in back to back years 2008 and 2009 by Margarito and Pacquiao. He kept going and made history, won more titles in 2 more weight classes, as well as helped sell a total of 2.6million PPV's after his two worst defeats (Mayweather, Mayorga, Margarito II, Martinez), and you can add at least 1 million more with what the potential Canelo PPV will do. Why are these numbers important? Because it shows that Cotto is one of the top 3 fighters keeping the sport alive, even after the worst part of his career. Like I said, if I had to choose who I want to be, Trinidad or Cotto, give me Cotto's career.

Top 3 keeping the sport alive? Da ****?!? You do realize this sport is worldwide and not just the US right? There is plenty of boxers out there in the world that could keep it alive. PPV or not.

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

All am going to say is Tito comments are motivation for Cotto, personally I sense a bit of envy from Tito, his comments might turn out to be true but they are unnecessary.

That's what a lot of my PR friends tell me is going on in PR. Maybe Tito feels like Cotto will be loved more than him when it's all said and done.

[ELPacman]

That's what a lot of my PR friends tell me is going on in PR. Maybe Tito feels like Cotto will be loved more than him when it's all said and done.

I think all that is going on is that Cotto is still in the game and obviously has more media attention right now than Tito did or ever had due to social media technology nowadays.

Nobody was tweeting Tito during his haydays and now he has to live with it in Cotto's days. Probably bugs him a tad.

[SunSpace]

First, we need to find out whether Cotto's response is real. That said, Cotto has had the better career out of the two (Cotto vs Trinidad). And, if we measure them up in a hypothetical prime vs prime fight, I also have Cotto winning.

The closest we'll ever come to knowing of Cotto's prime is the first Margarito fight. Even with bricks in Margarito's gloves, Cotto was whooping him throughout much of it. It was beautiful boxing in what otherwise was one of the most brutal fights this sport has seen. For Trinidad, boxers always were his Kryptonite, and Cotto can box as well as anyone when he wants to. Could you honestly imagine a prime Tito pressuring Cotto as well as Margarito did? Margarito was truly a tornado that night. And forget about power, because, as I said, Margarito had loaded gloves.

I just don't see a way Tito wins vs Cotto. With no hand-wraps issues (Tito had them too), or anything of the sort, Cotto stupefies Tito, making him pause in the middle of attacks to reset himself, over and over. It's a tendency Tito always displayed against boxers. He NEVER pressured like Margarito, not even in his prime. Like someone said, he was more of a stalker-type of fighter. This would play into Cotto's advantages. Cotto would outbox him even more easily as the fight wears on, and Tito begins to lose confidence. To be honest, it would not come as a shock to me if Cotto won by TKO (cuts, bruising, corner throws in the towel, etc). Cotto's boxing skills would be the complete difference.

As always, this is just hypothetical. We'll never know what truly could've happened. Although, just saying...Doesn't Tito have economic trouble? How about he comes back for one final fight, and these two guys settle it in the ring? If Tito trained seriously (not being the ballooned up version of himself he was in his final comeback attempts), it's within the realm of possibility that he could make 160. I know this wouldn't mean anywhere near as much as a prime vs prime fight, but it could certainly help Tito out financially, and it would be one heck of an event on an island that desperately needs business. Just throwing it out there lol.

[ELPacman]

Trinidad coming back at 42? I know it seems like all the rave these days for these guys to make comebacks in their 40s, but other than financial gain, there hasn't been much relevant outside of Hopkins.

Also, last thing you want is a great champ like Tito getting badly hurt for a quick buck.

[borikua]

All am going to say is Tito comments are motivation for Cotto, personally I sense a bit of envy from Tito, his comments might turn out to be true but they are unnecessary.

This is what this thread is about, not about some fantasy match between Tito and Cotto.

[swaggertron1]

No, watch Trinidad vs Winky Wright or the DLH fight. Trinidad was so limited, Cotto would just box him like Oscar did.

I want to know when the **** cotto turn into this master boxer?

last I check he got out class and out box by Trout

which canelo out box

[Lords]

Its a toss up between the two on whos career is better thus far but if Cotto beats Canelo then he would move above Tito no doubt.