Thread: How good was Rick Hatton?

Certainly Cotto could be completely outclassed & stopped late, I mean the guy is fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr. who is as dominant a fighter as there has ever been (I still don't like him though). Maybe I'm hoping too much, but I've seen what De la Hoya did to bother Floyd, I've seen Zab bother Floyd, I saw Shane rock Floyd really good, and I can see Cotto having success vs Floyd's style. I think with Miguel having seen Pac's speed, Zab's speed, Shane Mosely's cageiness, and having been in with extremely durable fighters recently I just think he's well prepared. Granted preparing to fight Floyd is like preparing to fight a Klitschko brother, nobody has the exact same style or skill level, but you can mix and match and prepare yourself better as a fighter.

All I do know is that Cotto will come to fight and he'll go after Floyd, Miguel has wanted this fight for a LOOOOOOONG time and now it's his moment in the spotlight, he can shock the world

We all agree it seems.

We hope Cotto will win, we don't like Mayweather.

But we still think Mayweather will win!

It's going to be the usual, we convince ourselves they have a chance, then we realise we've forgotten just how good Floyd is.

Originally Posted by El Kabong

Certainly Cotto could be completely outclassed & stopped late, I mean the guy is fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr. who is as dominant a fighter as there has ever been (I still don't like him though). Maybe I'm hoping too much, but I've seen what De la Hoya did to bother Floyd, I've seen Zab bother Floyd, I saw Shane rock Floyd really good, and I can see Cotto having success vs Floyd's style. I think with Miguel having seen Pac's speed, Zab's speed, Shane Mosely's cageiness, and having been in with extremely durable fighters recently I just think he's well prepared. Granted preparing to fight Floyd is like preparing to fight a Klitschko brother, nobody has the exact same style or skill level, but you can mix and match and prepare yourself better as a fighter.

All I do know is that Cotto will come to fight and he'll go after Floyd, Miguel has wanted this fight for a LOOOOOOONG time and now it's his moment in the spotlight, he can shock the world

Hope you are right.