Comments Thread For: Cotto: My Brother, a 135-Pounder, Badly Hurt Canelo

[Beater_of_ass]

It's difficult to tell if he's improved under Roach. He's looked better but the competition under Roach has been piss poor. That in itself makes it far harder to assess any improvement on Cotto's part.

Canelo may not be any better with regards to his tangible boxing skills, but he's become more experienced and has become a better fighter since the Mayweather fight.

You could say the same thing about GGG who has he fought? GGG has the goods so does Cotto and its obvious how he has improved.

The opposite is true for Canelo, his competititon has progressively gotten worse since the Mayweather fight, not better and he only looked impressive because Kirkland has a glass jaw. And really at the end of the day Geale/Martinez are MUCH higher caliber of fighters than Kirkland and Angulo.

[gmc_rfc_06]

You could say the same thing about GGG who has he fought? GGG has the goods so does Cotto and its obvious how he has improved.

The opposite is true for Canelo, his competititon has progressively gotten worse since the Mayweather fight, not better and he only looked impressive because Kirkland has a glass jaw. And really at the end of the day Geale/Martinez are MUCH higher caliber of fighters than Kirkland and Angulo.

Really?

That version of Martinez was not MUCH higher calibre than anyone. He was coming off a fight in which he was dropped multiple times and given a gift decision against Martin Murray.

Then there's Geale, who lost his title to Darren Barker, was flattened by Golovkin in 2 and found it hard to make weight.

Lara, that is a MUCH higher calibre fighter.

[justblaze813]

" stop acting like a b*tch, you scared " - Lil Jon

[bigjer88]

Saul "Canelo" Alvarez is gearing up to face WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto on November 21st at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. For Canelo, it won't be the first Cotto that he faces.

Back in 2010, Canelo made his HBO Pay-Per-View debut against Miguel's older brother, Jose Miguel Cotto. The fight was held on the Floyd Mayweather vs. Shane Mosley undercard on Cinco De Mayo weekend.
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This is really just another example of boxingscene taking a quote out of context and turning it into a headline to generate readership/comments. Cotto definitely knows that Canelo has improved significantly since he fought Jose Cotto. If he doesn't know that, then he deserves to get knocked out (and I'm a Cotto fan).

[LouIE G]

Oh what a difference 5 years makes.. Not only is Canelo a better fighter but he can take a better punch too. If Cotto is banking on what his brother was able to do against a very Green very Young Canelo, then hes already a beaten fighter heading into the fight November 21..

[Beater_of_ass]

Really?

That version of Martinez was not MUCH higher calibre than anyone. He was coming off a fight in which he was dropped multiple times and given a gift decision against Martin Murray.

Then there's Geale, who lost his title to Darren Barker, was flattened by Golovkin in 2 and found it hard to make weight.

Lara, that is a MUCH higher calibre fighter.

Lara has never held a title, Geale was MW champ twice. Broken down Martinez is still double the fighter Angulo and Kirkland were, seriously how can you even debate this? In this era of millions of belts, you have to get at least one to be taken somewhat serious.

[Motofan]

Lara has never held a title, Geale was MW champ twice. Broken down Martinez is still double the fighter Angulo and Kirkland were, seriously how can you even debate this? In this era of millions of belts, you have to get at least one to be taken somewhat serious.

[Larry the boss]

Not a good angle for Cotto to take since Manny beat him like a step child after only having 3 fights over 130

[Kagami Taiga]

None of this means anything of course. Just a reason for fanboy to go to war. This fight is as 50/50 as it gets. Cotto is aged and sand that I think he'd beat canelo quite easily because canelo is a lesser skilled version of Cotto.

[New England]

the mere fact that you think that I can control anyone on NSB/BS is preposterous. Each to their own but the childishness is not limited to Boriquas for certain...

i don't think you can control your little buddies. i'm sayin ghtat you'll need to control them if you don't want me to make mention of their childish attitude toward cotto's status and handling after the martinez fight.