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dsimpson wrote:Mayweather really is on another level. He basically took the piss out of a three weight world champion last night. He was in control throughout. Cotto did well and all credit to him, but I didn't sense he Pushed Floyd onto the ropes, I sensed Floyd actually chose to fight there. Quite incredible, but rather than thinking he's slowing down I tend to think he actually held Cotto up in there.

Teddy's Toupee wrote:

dsimpson wrote:Mayweather really is on another level. He basically took the piss out of a three weight world champion last night. He was in control throughout. Cotto did well and all credit to him, but I didn't sense he Pushed Floyd onto the ropes, I sensed Floyd actually chose to fight there. Quite incredible, but rather than thinking he's slowing down I tend to think he actually held Cotto up in there.

Did you type this post with one hand?

stujones wrote:Fight pretty much went as I thought, Cotto's sheer strength made it one of Floyd's tougher fights. Floyd isn't a 154 lbs fighter...... the strength of more natural 154 lbers are going to give him some problems. He has the skill to outbox most, but finds it more difficult to control them, cause even shots that hit arms can have an affect at 154.

He's had two fights at 154, against geniune 154 lbs fighters.... and he has ha relative struggles (by Floyd's standards) in both. It might be that I am doing DLH and Cotto a disservice, perhaps they have the skill set to give Floyd problems at 147 also (providing they make the weight well) - these are among his two best opponents P4P also.

I said in my prediction, and generally got criticised for it, that Cotto at 154 is a tougher ask for Floyd than Manny at 140/147.... I still think that is the case.

Gray-Fox wrote:Oh yeah, and Mayweather had a wrist injury going into this fight.

Teddy's Toupee wrote:

Gray-Fox wrote:Oh yeah, and Mayweather had a wrist injury going into this fight.

Not as damaged as your wrist is going to be with all the todger-tugging you're doing over "PrettyBoy".

Purse Bid Shakedown wrote:

stujones wrote:Fight pretty much went as I thought, Cotto's sheer strength made it one of Floyd's tougher fights. Floyd isn't a 154 lbs fighter...... the strength of more natural 154 lbers are going to give him some problems. He has the skill to outbox most, but finds it more difficult to control them, cause even shots that hit arms can have an affect at 154.

He's had two fights at 154, against geniune 154 lbs fighters.... and he has ha relative struggles (by Floyd's standards) in both. It might be that I am doing DLH and Cotto a disservice, perhaps they have the skill set to give Floyd problems at 147 also (providing they make the weight well) - these are among his two best opponents P4P also.

I said in my prediction, and generally got criticised for it, that Cotto at 154 is a tougher ask for Floyd than Manny at 140/147.... I still think that is the case.

Why did Cotto ask Margarito for a 150 CW in the rematch if 154 is his best weight?

Gray-Fox wrote:Floyd was 147 on the night.

Gray-Fox wrote:Watch this too...Post fight presser - Floyd pretty much addresses what we've been talking about.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1PNyWoV ... zHFlTtsUsQ

I disagree with Floyd that there's no one out there for him. Martinez and Pac fights need to be made.

King Geedorah wrote:Floyd battered him seemingly at will and I felt that the 2 of the 3 or 4 he dropped were by his own doing as he snatched a breather. There was one point, think it was the 7th or 9th, where there was zero pop on Floyd's shots and my heart was in my mouth, but it looked like he was just cruising, which is amazing when you consider how good Cotto is at that weight.

I agree with the guys in the studio, though, as he is slowing with each fight. Floyd can't punch in more than 2-3s anymore, which is a shame as he can put his shots together. The other problem is that he didn't hit with enough power to stop Cotto, he probably figured this out by the 5th and just went for the decision win, although a left through the middle late hurt Miguel. Maybe his hands were feeling it as the rounds ticked on?

There were a few times when shots went in that surprised Mayweather, that was the major concern for me as he usually times the incoming fire. Naturally, there's a bit of fade and wear and tear so it sounds like nit-picking, but there are signs that he isn't the force he once was.

Despite all this, he'll stand Manny on his head based on recent performances. Especially if Manny-Bradley turnes into the type of god awful maul that I'm expecting and once again shows that Pacman is leagues below Mayweather when it comes to technique and the fundamentals.

Cotto performed well an' all, I thought he'd get snotted about early and take a knee in the 10th to prompt the ref to stop it, but he gritted it out and gave himself a little lift at just the right times. Ironically he looked OK when he tried to box Floyd, but adopting that style tired him as he had to be super concentrated, he looked more at ease when cutting the distance and putting the pressure on.

Mayweather cops a lot of shit, but he took on a reinvigorated guy who is finally fighting at his optimum weight and barely dropped a round unless he wanted to.

HBO need to get someone else to interview him post-fight though. Merchant sees these interview spots as the latest chapters in the Larry Merchant show and his flyaway tuft of hair was distracting, especially at 6am in the morning.