Mayweather vs. Cotto post fight Thread -DON'T make new threads about the fight

[Steak]

You may be right, but do you really think Pac would step up like Floyd and fight Cotto at that weight with no catch wheight? I seriously doubt at and to me, that speaks volumes about Pac and how great he is supposed to be. Believe me, I think Pac IS great, but he couldn't have done what Floyd did tonight. Just how I see it.

I think Pacquiao would. But, I dont think Roach would. As a trainer, he always is looking for every little bit of advantage.

I dont think the weight made much of a difference at all. In fact, I dont think Cotto tonight was any better than the version Pac faced. If anything he was more shopworn from the accumulated damage from the Pac fight itself.

But, who cares. Great night of boxing. Im off to sleep so cheers for enjoying a real entertaining, high skill match, even if we disagree on some minor points.

[The Gambler1981]

I think the problem with Cotto against Pacquiao is that it's really hard to get close inside to Pacquiao. He will hit you with a combination when a opponent comes inside on him. Floyd wasn't doing that, he was throwing 1 punch and Cotto did a good job of blocking a lot of those or avoiding them. That was Cotto's success getting in on Floyd and trying to bully him with power and roughing him up. But most importantly it prevented Floyd from winding up and hitting him with clean punches which kept him in the fight. I think Pacquiao would KO Cotto again or win by wide UD.

I think it is a matter of pacing, Cotto likes to fight at his pace. Floyd doesn't want a fight a track meet so this was right up Cotto's ally.

Manny on the other hand is capable of forcing a guy like Cotto who is an offensive minded fighter to try and keep up. In reality even if he does good he can't keep up and will get forced to fall apart.

Cotto is a quality boxer and fighter but he is not the sort of boxer than can force a guy to limit his pace at least a high end guy and Manny is certainly a high end guy.

[SweetSciencePHD]

I think some of you are ****in high. I had this scored 7-5 Cotto with him winning rounds 1,5,6,8,9,10,11. That's fair and that's what it was. I don't know where they came up with 118 for Mayweather. It should have at least been a close split decision if it was going for Mayweather at all. It should have been 8-4 Cotto at least, or a draw. Mayweather didn't do enough to win a decision like that, and even the split is questionable. Did the judges bet on Mayweather or something? Was is a phoned in decision, because Mayweather didn't do nearly enough to get that kind of margin. This is De La Hoya all over again, he lost the majority of the rounds but they gifted him the decision, probably to keep the Pacquiao fight intact because if Cotto won there would have been a rematch and the Pacquiao fight couldn't happen later in the year. I am as outraged as I imagine Cotto is. He won that damn fight.

[JOM'S]

What did Floyd say after the fight?

good interview some knacks to manny, respect for cotto, great with the hobo crew and probably not knowing it could have helped sell pac-bradley fight...

[Kagami Taiga]

it was a much much better fight that i expected. i have a newfound respect for cotto. and floyd proved he could outfight cotto. so all those who questioned his comments before the fight, u guys just got it wrong.

and yes floyd looked gassed in this fight, but ive seen him look the same way in the augustus fight when he got his nose broken. cotto really did himself a favor in hitting him constantly with that jab. cotto's new trainer is the truth. expect him to become a rising star. the gameplan was very thoughtout and articulate. so while i thought cotto/pac should never happen again, hey, in 2 or 3 more fights, who knows.

but at the end of the day, theres only one money. and tonite, he continued to prove why hes the best

[i_am_a_champ]

i paid for the fiht

[Carpe Diem]

I think if Cotto tried to do more he would have got hit more in return and would have actually been made to fall apart. Cotto at his best fights at a real measured pace and Floyd doesn't force a high pace, he controls it and limits it. That worked just fine for Cotto and allowed him to stay in the fight.

Guys that force Cotto to work above the pace he wants can blow him out of the water. Him forcing a higher pace would have led to disaster if you ask me.

Exactly. I was one of those Floyd fans who thought that Floyd wasn't going to brutally dominated Cotto. Styles make fights, and Cotto is more comfortable at fighting at a slow pace and he was able to timed Floyd with the jab consistently throughout the fight.

[johncods]

Manny fought Miguel Cotto at 145
Cotto Fought Floyd at 154

There is no more to be said

amd that's suppose to mean what? that cotto is a different fighter? Then the hatton that fought pac was better than the one floyd fought?

[RichCCFC]

Back to thinking Pac could beat Mayweather again..

completely different styles but Mayweather slowed down and his face busted up.. looked rocked and tired on more than 1 occasion.

[Da Hammer]

I dont really think its that hard to get inside on Pacquiao. The real issue for Miguel is his type of guard...its useful for covering a lot of your head with minimal effort, but in reality it is wide open for uppercuts, and can be bashed through with clubbing force.

Pacquiao seriously damaged Cotto with his left uppercut, which is the punch that dropped him in the 4th, and because he turns through his punches with his legs he basically was able to sneak right through Cotto's guard in many cases. Mayweather is more accurate, but hes much more of an arm puncher, which means that Cotto was able to negate a number of his punches more so than Pacquiao.

Well you can get inside on Pacquiao but you are going to eat a couple of punches doing so. And pacquiao's punches hurt. They accumulate over the course of the fight. And I agree that Cotto's weakness is the uppercut, both Margarito and Pacquiao punished him when fighting up close with those uppers and even Clottey landed some good uppercuts in his fight against cotto. Honestly fights like these is why i hate when people use the triangle theory because as is always proven styles make fights.