Ricky_ wrote:Taansend wrote:I think Canelo destroys Cotto. I've always been a fan of Cotto but his time is up. The win over Martinez flatters him. I hope they can make the Canelo fight though. It will be a great event.
Canelo will be eating left hooks on his way to the canvas. Cotto's brother nearly knocked him out, Miguel will finish the job, he's a class apart from Canelo technically.
Hello Ricky,
Obviously everything - up to the fight - is speculation on our part.
But if you think that he will lose to Miguel because of a difficult 2nd round against a seasoned fighter with a 31-1-1 record when he was 19 years old I have to question your sanity.
Miguel Cotto is a shoe in a lower level hall of fame but he is now an old 34. His recent record is pretty shady. He beat a Martinez who lost against a very average (but tough) Murray. He dispatched a lower level Rodriguez. Lost to both Mayweather (no shame in that) & Trout (by 9 rounds), beat a half blind Margarito and scraped past an old drunk in Mayorga.
I honestly think that Margarito had heavily loaded gloves in their first fight & that ruined Cotto. That's just my opinion & Cotto's still a class fighter (he will be as long as he lives) but he took some abuse that night.
Something got (illegally) punched out of him that night & it's a testament to the man that he's still performing at a high level. But I see a 4/5 round win or kayo for Canelo. Bigger, younger, fresher. In their prime Cotto may have been better but his prime was 7 years ago.
