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canelo landed 3 best shots of 1st round, but pretty even round.
cotto on toes but staying close and trying to dig in body shots
i gave 1st to canelo

My prediction

Cotto not able to land anything meangfull early and Canelo starts to lose respect... Canelo pressure with faints and flurries and makes Cotto slightly dance... Canelo moves in for the kill, no respect and makes a statement

i saw 2nd same as first.
cotto is busier on his toes in and out but canelo got in better shots.
these are pick em rounds but i gave first two to canelo for landing
better shots

just dont think cotto can keep the cinnamon kid off him

oh geez , Canelo is huge and getting his timing down now , just a matter of time before the KO

cotto still on his toes and still sharp and doing good job blocking canelo's shots.
canelo looking a little sloppy but still getting in better shots.
i gave 3rd to cotto but it was canelo still who got in best shots

well the cinnamon kid going for a ko. as cotto is wining every round5

Canelo needs to jab more , he's loading up for the knock out punch too much

4th even.
both landed goos shots equally but cotto sharper on toes, in and out.
canelo more flat footed and not as busy.
gave it to cotto. these are all pickem rounds by style
2-2 after 4

cinnamon kid is fighting cotto the way pac man beat body punches

TheBeast wrote:My prediction

Cotto not able to land anything meangfull early and Canelo starts to lose respect... Canelo pressure with faints and flurries and makes Cotto slightly dance... Canelo moves in for the kill, no respect and makes a statement

3 rounds to 1 for Cotto thru 4
Canelo came on strong in 5th but Cotto still doing more 4 to 1

couple of good uppercuts from alvarez and hard lefts to body.
cotto retaliates but doesn't land as effectively.
gave 5th to canelo, just based on the effectiveness of his punches.
this is obviously not a count a punch fight
3-2 canelo

3-3 at the halfway stage. Intriguing.

every round so far canelo has gotten in the best shots but has not
been as busy. canelo looking a little tired and flat footed.
cotto on toes and boxing in and out well and busier.
i gave 6th to cotto
3-3 after 6

what will the judges go with , the fewer harder punches of Canelo or Cotto's lighter but more landed punches ?

cotto initiated most of the exchanges, threw more, landed more, and
was a little more aggressive than before. canelo landed a good uppercut
and again i thought the better shots but gave 7th to cotto
4-3 cotto after 7

I have it 4-4 after eight.

Canelo has his best round of the fight 6 to 2 Cotto

Golovkin would take advantage of Canelo's low left hand , he is open for the lead right .

8th round to Canelo

best round of fight so far. cotto MUCH more aggressive and both landing hard shots.
alvarez landed the better shots but cotto initiated the exchanges, threw more and
also got in some good hard shots himself
cotto gets 8th from me
5-3 cotto after 8 with all of them close

Another very effective Alvarez round
6-3 Cotto

Cotto noticeably slower and less active

i could almost cut and paste these rounds
cotto on toes in and out and busier. canelo lands better shots
9th to canelo because canelo's shots were better than cotto's work rate
5-4 cotto

5-5 two to go.

Better activity by Cotto, but Canelo landing very hard 7-3 Cotto

same again, although 9th cotto did a lot more moving and was less aggressive.
even round in my book. hard to pick. they landed good shots evenly but cotto's
movement and canelo's lack of aggression is the reason why there wasn't as much
action
i think i have it 5-5 after 10