Thread: Floyd's chin and stamina?

Mayweather has one of the best defenses ever, this coupled along with his boxing skills/talent makes him damn near unbeatable. He can take a great fighter, like JMM or a good one like Hatton and make them look like a fucking amateur. Floyd might do the same thing to Cotto, he certainly will be a big favorite May 5th.
What if however, Cotto is able to make a fight out of it, connecting with powerful shots to the 35 year old Mayweather's body and head, and pushing him like he's never been pushed before? The question is, how well would Floyd's chin hold up if he's getting hit with big shots to the head and how well would his stamina hold up if Cotto effectively works the body?

Think about it, Cotto has everything to win, and nothing to lose, because nobody is expecting him to win.

Thoughts?

Floyds conditioning is second to none. I like cotto but his body shots will connect with floyds arms and elbows.
Floyd will be on the offensive in this fight and his reflexes and countershots will win him the fight via KO or points.
I wish cotto all the best and he is still a good fighter esp at this weight but floyd will be too smart for him and all the fighters 154 and below

Floyd's stamina is the best in the sport, I've never seen him out of breath or looking fatigued. I don't think Cotto will be able to maintain a body attack because he will have counter punches coming his way.

It's a good question but I just don't see this happening, Cotto is no longer the vicious fighter he was he's more of a boxer now.

Idk. Hard to tell. He only averages 36 punches per round.

He never looks tired because he always dictate the temp of the fight. If he feels a little tired he will just cover up and move and pot shot. Its true that he only throws very few punches and that is so he won't get tired. You have to take him out of his tempo to get him tired but its a very hard thing to do.

My opinion is that well, Floyd is 35 years old, he very probably is the best x, but I'd rather say: has been the best x for years instead of "is", just because I'm tired of watching lots of shameful failed exclusively post fight excuses that the analysts give when they say oh he turned out to be past his prime . Age affects timing and reflexes first and even if he wins easily as he probably will, I think that this fight at these ages favours cotto at least 1% more than if they had found in cotto's prime, because at those ages floyd was proved to be very good too, although many ones wouldn't agree with this because they see cotto as someone extremely good in his prime but pacquiao gave him such a beating that i don't rely.

Originally Posted by Maravilla2012

He never looks tired because he always dictate the temp of the fight. If he feels a little tired he will just cover up and move and pot shot. Its true that he only throws very few punches and that is so he won't get tired. You have to take him out of his tempo to get him tired but its a very hard thing to do.

I just like to see how Floyd's stamina holds up if he's being pressured an getting hit with effective punches, about the only fight I can recall Floyd being hurt, and in danger of losing was the 1st Castillo fight. Cotto might try studying some tapes of that fight.

Castillio vs Floyd I - round 7:

I think Floyd had a rib injury going into that fight.
With that in mind, Cotto might wanna watch the 2nd fight a couple times too.

Originally Posted by Mars_ax

Originally Posted by Maravilla2012

He never looks tired because he always dictate the temp of the fight. If he feels a little tired he will just cover up and move and pot shot. Its true that he only throws very few punches and that is so he won't get tired. You have to take him out of his tempo to get him tired but its a very hard thing to do.

I just like to see how Floyd's stamina holds up if he's being pressured an getting hit with effective punches, about the only fight I can recall Floyd being hurt, and in danger of losing was the 1st Castillo fight. Cotto might try studying some tapes of that fight.

Exactly I feel that Cotto has to make it a fight and rough him up. A lot of people are saying he has to jab and box with Floyd to win. But thats the mistake alot of fighters make , they go in there and stay at Floyd's tempo only throwing one punch at a time which is when Floyd just counters it. Cotto will have to throw combinations and get out of there as soon as he is done throwing it. Just hope that Cotto's stamina holds up

I agree the best defence is avoiding fights.

Originally Posted by Maravilla2012

He never looks tired because he always dictate the temp of the fight. If he feels a little tired he will just cover up and move and pot shot. Its true that he only throws very few punches and that is so he won't get tired. You have to take him out of his tempo to get him tired but its a very hard thing to do.

I dont think the tempo of how he fights is as much to do with his stamina as much as it is his dedication to the sport. He has fought higher paced fights before and been fine. Jesus Chavez and Philip Ndou immediately spring to mind as does his fight vs Augustus.

Sure he's older now but this is a guy who spars 15-20 minutes straight sometimes with fresh rotating opponents. I think the least of Floyds concerns is stamina when it comes to figuring out his gameplan.

Originally Posted by imp

Floyds conditioning is second to none. I like cotto but his body shots will connect with floyds arms and elbows.
Floyd will be on the offensive in this fight and his reflexes and countershots will win him the fight via KO or points.
I wish cotto all the best and he is still a good fighter esp at this weight but floyd will be too smart for him and all the fighters 154 and below

let's hope for Floyd's sake that that's not the case, the last guy to take Cotto's "body shots" on his arms ended up with his arm being fractured and losing the fight by TKO, if Cotto uses his jab and works Mayweather's body he can give him plenty of problems

Originally Posted by Althugz

Originally Posted by Maravilla2012

He never looks tired because he always dictate the temp of the fight. If he feels a little tired he will just cover up and move and pot shot. Its true that he only throws very few punches and that is so he won't get tired. You have to take him out of his tempo to get him tired but its a very hard thing to do.

I dont think the tempo of how he fights is as much to do with his stamina as much as it is his dedication to the sport. He has fought higher paced fights before and been fine. Jesus Chavez and Philip Ndou immediately spring to mind as does his fight vs Augustus.

Sure he's older now but this is a guy who spars 15-20 minutes straight sometimes with fresh rotating opponents. I think the least of Floyds concerns is stamina when it comes to figuring out his gameplan.

Sparing is not the same thing as being in a fight with someone who's really trying to do damage to you.
I believe I raise a good question, sure Floyd could end up dominating Cotto, he has that kind of ability, but what if Miguel can put some hurt on him and takes him out of his usual rhythm? Who knows "Superman" could be ripe for the plucking.

P.S. Win, lose or draw, there's no way that Floyd knocks Miguel out, that just ain't gonna happen.

Originally Posted by boyla

I agree the best defence is avoiding fights.

lmao, we can hope that he might have overloaded his ass accepting a fight with Cotto.