Comments Thread For: Canelo Vows To Stop Cotto From Reaching The Judges

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Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (45-1-1, 32KOs) has a clear goal in mind when he enters the ring in November 21 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.

Canelo will challenge Miguel Cotto (40-4, 33KOs) for the WBC middleweight championship. The bout takes place at a catch-weight of 155-pounds.

The 25-year-old fighter is taking no chances with scorecards or potential politics and wants to prevent Cotto from reaching the judges.
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[Johnny_Roa]

Cotto is taking a knee

[KnickTillDeaTh]

Don't think Canelo has the stamina to consistently press the action. It's obvious they believe the Margaritto approach is the way to defeat Cotto. As I have said before, people tend to forget that Margaritto walked through hell fire and got his ash kicked for 7 straight rounds. I don't think Canelo has the chin to take that much punishment over the majority of the fight, and not enough stamina to ware down Cotto in the second half of the fight. Canelo will have to manage the ring and distance more then apply pressure, which means he will need to cut the ring off and force Cotto to engage and trade shots, where Canelo can then counter. If he follows Cotto which is what Margaritto did, he will lose this fight convincingly, because Canelo has to set to land his punches, doubly so for his power, and he will find it hard to catch up to Cotto, and land solid punches while moving forward, especially if Cotto is landing his jab. Canelo also has to find chances to lean on Cotto when ever they are close, it will help to tire Cotto and put pressure on his legs, which will later slow his movement.

[Progrssive_Jedi]

Canelo should win this

but I wouldn't be too surprised if he didn't.

[Progrssive_Jedi]

Don't think Canelo has the stamina to consistently press the action. It's obvious they believe the Margaritto approach is the way to defeat Cotto. As I have said before, people tend to forget that Margaritto walked through hell fire and got his ash kicked for 7 straight rounds. I don't think Canelo has the chin to take that much punishment over the majority of the fight, and not enough stamina to ware down Cotto in the second half of the fight. Canelo will have to manage the ring and distance more then apply pressure, which means he will need to cut the ring off and force Cotto to engage and trade shots, where Canelo can then counter. If he follows Cotto which is what Margaritto did, he will lose this fight convincingly, because Canelo has to set to land his punches, doubly so for his power, and he will find it hard to catch up to Cotto, and land solid punches while moving forward, especially if Cotto is landing his jab. Canelo also has to find chances to lean on Cotto when ever they are close, it will help to tire Cotto and put pressure on his legs, which will later slow his movement.

Damn, do you lose points or only jcj0427?

[1hourRun]

You went the distance with old man Mosley ; didnt press vs Trout, you struggle with Laras movement and Floyd walked your ass down -- thats right I said Floyd ! so unless you plan on KO Cotto you got a long night ahead of you.

[KnickTillDeaTh]

Damn, do you lose points or only jcj0427?

Yes the amount that he has to pay if Canelo loses, which is in the parenthesis, is the amount I would have to pay him, if Cotto loses. Basically all the points he had on the day we made the bet. Funny thing is, we made that bet after the first negotiations broke down.

[RED REP]

Cotto is taking a knee

Cotto will take a count or two! I'm so confident Alvarez will beat Cotto down after a few rounds of feeling out. Cotto is in serious trouble! I cannot wait on get onto here and find all these Cotto fanboys!

[RED REP]

Don't think Canelo has the stamina to consistently press the action. It's obvious they believe the Margaritto approach is the way to defeat Cotto. As I have said before, people tend to forget that Margaritto walked through hell fire and got his ash kicked for 7 straight rounds. I don't think Canelo has the chin to take that much punishment over the majority of the fight, and not enough stamina to ware down Cotto in the second half of the fight. Canelo will have to manage the ring and distance more then apply pressure, which means he will need to cut the ring off and force Cotto to engage and trade shots, where Canelo can then counter. If he follows Cotto which is what Margaritto did, he will lose this fight convincingly, because Canelo has to set to land his punches, doubly so for his power, and he will find it hard to catch up to Cotto, and land solid punches while moving forward, especially if Cotto is landing his jab. Canelo also has to find chances to lean on Cotto when ever they are close, it will help to tire Cotto and put pressure on his legs, which will later slow his movement.

The other side to that is that Canelo hits harder, faster and throws more combinations and is way more accurate, so he won't have to pressure like Marg.

[Lester Tutor]

Don't think Canelo has the stamina to consistently press the action. It's obvious they believe the Margaritto approach is the way to defeat Cotto. As I have said before, people tend to forget that Margaritto walked through hell fire and got his ash kicked for 7 straight rounds. I don't think Canelo has the chin to take that much punishment over the majority of the fight, and not enough stamina to ware down Cotto in the second half of the fight. Canelo will have to manage the ring and distance more then apply pressure, which means he will need to cut the ring off and force Cotto to engage and trade shots, where Canelo can then counter. If he follows Cotto which is what Margaritto did, he will lose this fight convincingly, because Canelo has to set to land his punches, doubly so for his power, and he will find it hard to catch up to Cotto, and land solid punches while moving forward, especially if Cotto is landing his jab. Canelo also has to find chances to lean on Cotto when ever they are close, it will help to tire Cotto and put pressure on his legs, which will later slow his movement.

Canelo and Margarito are not even remotely the same style, nor a good comparison.