Comments Thread For: Roach Confident Seven Week Camp is Enough For Cotto

[Luilun]

This will be the Roach excuse for losing I only had 7 weeks to prepare

[Zaroku]

This will be the Roach excuse for losing I only had 7 weeks to prepare

Exactly. Canelo is gonna break cotto down.

[Unseen]

As people age, their body can't train as hard, but also, they have learnt pretty much all they can or at least what their body can do as muscle memory. It's just getting sharp if you have been a pro like 15 years

[PRBOXINGCOTTO]

Cotto is a veteran and stays in shape he doesn't Ballon after a fight like other fighters it's 1 less week whoopy doo cotto is going to break down this kid who will rely on his power but can't hit anything if it's not in from of him

[big_james10]

It doesn't matter how many weeks Cotto trains. He will still knock Alvarez out in seven rounds -- eight if the referee is Steve Smoger, who will give Alvarez 30 seconds to get up from a knockdown.

This fight will be Froch/Bute II.

[jri9d0]

It doesn't matter how many weeks Cotto trains. He will still knock Alvarez out in seven rounds -- eight if the referee is Steve Smoger, who will give Alvarez 30 seconds to get up from a knockdown.

This fight will be Froch/Bute II.

Speaking of which who will be reffing this fight?

[KnickTillDeaTh]

Whats funny is, typically the older fighter should have the long training camp (around 10-12weeks max) and the younger fighter should be at about 8 but its the opposite between the 2. We may have a hug fest if it goes past 10...

It's only typical because older fighters usually have trouble making weight, and their bodies don't react to the training as quick as a younger fighter. In this case it's reversed because the younger fighter Alvarez, has a large amount of conditioning and weight to lose, while the older fighter Cotto, came in to camp near fighting weight and condition. I have never seen a Cotto fight that was hug fest, I really don't know where some of you guys get these notions from.

[KnickTillDeaTh]

Not sure about this. Im a hardcore Cotto fan and I would like to see a 10 week camp, 2 to break the ice, get back into the routine, 6 really hard and 2 to peak/maintain.

In this case, Cotto is pretty much in weight but unless he was doing some serious endurance/cardio I dont know where he stands with his conditioning...we will find out soon.....

10 weeks of training is overkill, especially for a fighter of Cotto's boxing age. 1-2 weeks of conditioning cut, Cotto is already on/close to weight and conditioned. 1-2 weeks to get back in to boxing rythm (you called braking ice), also cut, because Cotto just fought in June vs Geale. At this age Roach is training Cotto smarter not harder. There are portions of training where Cotto will go hard but it won't be 6 weeks straight, it will only be specific, like mit's, or a long sparring session. If you trained a fighter with that schedule, your fighter would have peaked in week 8, and you would still have 2 weeks to go. Not only that, an older veteran fighter would be lucky to make it to the first bell, he would be completely wasted. 6-8 week training camp is fine for Cotto at this stage.

[mathed]

6 week, 8 weeks, it doesn't matter because Canelo is going to fold him up.

[FBLM]

I agree, eight or more is overkill.

Depends, on the shape a fighter comes in.

I seen fighters coming in that needed way more time then 8 weeks, but I also seen fighters who came in ready at the start of camp and pretty much burned himself out mentally more then physically in camp.

Then theirs those fighters who are in camp 24.7 mentally strong and they don't get burned out mentally or physically.

You got to remember working out is a chore very few people love to do it, so alot get burnt mentally and physically eventually especially if camp goes harder then they mentally prepared for.