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I've been biting my lip here, but fuck it, I reckon Geale is gonna beat him. Have they weighed in yet?
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90 minutes until the weigh-in for on his tweet
Miguel Cotto Brings the Brawl to Brooklyn
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On Saturday, and for the second week in a row, the Barclays Center in Brooklyn will play host to big-time boxing. Last Friday, Amir Khan ignited enough combinations to win a unanimous decision over Chris Algieri. “King Kong” has never been known as the king of fistic excitement, but this was a thrilling contest. It was also one that will add muscle to Khan’s resume–a resume that Khan fervently hopes will make him Floyd Mayweather Jr. next opponent.
Tomorrow, Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32 knockouts) will be aiming his potent left hook at the body and cranium of Australian Daniel Geale (31-3, 16 knockouts).
Cotto is a longtime resident of Caguas, Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico has produced as many boxing greats per capita as any place in the world and Cotto is one of the most popular Puerto Ricans fighters in history.
A veteran of epic brawls with Pacquiao, Mayweather, Mosley, and Martinez, the tattooed 34-year-old pugilist, with the glint of a Spartan warrior, is one of a tiny cadre of combatants who can flatten an opponent and make him a millionaire at the same time.
In this HBO telecast tussle, Cotto will be defending his WBC middleweight world championship. The weight limit for middies is 160 pounds. But Cotto’s heavyweight ability to put spectators in seats gives him the leverage to set the terms. Intent on annoying and siphoning off some of Geale’s strength, the Cotto team demanded that this fight take place at a catchweight of 157. There is some concern as to whether or not Geale can come down that low.
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The promoter, Gary Shaw, said, “Miguel has not directly threatened me with this, but Cotto would be within his contractual rights to walk away from the fight if Geale is unable to make weight.” Unlike most catchweight contracts, this one does not include any financial penalties for failing to make weight.
Cotto is a converted southpaw with a jack hammer jab and one of the most punishing left hooks in the bruising business. An offensive juggernaut, Cotto has also developed a formidable straight right.
A recent knockout victim of Gennady Golovkin, Geale is two inches taller than his foe and enjoys a substantial reach advantage. The spirited Aussie is a busy fighter with a respectable jab and good footwork. It is, however, unlikely that he will be able to keep the relentless Cotto at arm’s length. When Cotto breaks the perimeter, Geale will probably try to deal with his shorter rival with uppercuts; however, that will leave him open to the kind of hooks that could easily render Geale horizontal.
Cotto’s trainer Freddie Roach said, “Geale is the naturally bigger guy. We are ready for anything. We are prepared for him to try to impose his size. And if he wants to box we are ready for that too.”
Peering into his crystal ball Roach predicted, “I see Miguel winning by knockout in the late rounds.”
If Cotto passes the Geale test, it will most likely be on to a mega-bout with Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, and then perhaps a final exam with that other middleweight champion, Gennady Golovkin.
War Miguel !!!!!!
Cotto 153.6 and Geale 157 and he looks weight drained
Cotto has the weight advantage in ink alone. The guy is starting to look like a colorful Mardi gras float. Geale looks like a guy who just read the script and refused a blindfold as he's being marched in. I like Cotto, I really do...but I hope he gets his half ass kicked acting like this. Poser.
I want Cotto to win, I can forgive him for his diva attitude for his first defence.
Geale looks awful. Guess that's how you pretend to be a MW, fighting people that look like they were pulled from a refugee camp. I've always liked Cotto but I'm done with him. It's been years of diva BS and Roach deck stacking. This whole "rebirth" is a sham, might as well travel in a side show cart. It's time for Cotto to go if he can fit his head into a plane door. And it's time for Roach to take his racist lying deck stacking ways to a hospital where he can lie to nurses instead of boxing fans dreaming what he says is true.
Wow, this has a horrible looking undercard. Seems pretty much a one fight show tonight.
I would like Cotto to win , and I have to say Geale looks more drawn than a pair of blackout curtains during an air raid.
Miguel Cotto 153.6 vs. Daniel Geale 157Quote:
Originally Posted by bzkfn
(WBC middleweight title)
Wilfredo Vazquez Jr 126 vs. Fernando Vargas 124.4
Zhang Zhilei 262.4 vs. Glenn Thomas 215
Junior Younan 172.4 vs. Mike Sawyer 178
Jose Lopez 126 vs. Angel Luna 125.8
Dustin Fleischer 142.6 vs. Karim Miller 140.8
Shawn Simpson 119.6 vs. Damon Simon 119.6
well I had this set to record but I've been on the piss for pretty much half of the day and it's kicking off in 20 minutes so I may as well watch it live...or at least try to watch it live and fall asleep before a punch is thrown, at least I can say I tried
Vazquez vs. Vargas on now. Surely Roc Nation could have put some sort of undercard on. 8 rounder as chief support? I hope this isn't PPV in the US.
They're only showing the one fight on normal HBO.
That was a pretty dull, uneventful fight. Vargas just stalking, Vazquez trying to box of the back foot.
79-73, 78-74, 77-75 for Vargas. Wow, I thought they'd rob him. He deserved to win, can't argue that, he landed the better, cleaner, effective shots. Vazquez just lost to a guy with 9 losses. Prob best to find another occupation.
Was not watching it really. Uninspiring fight. Steve Bunce getting a boozer's strawberry nose on him.
That's some fucking haircut in the ring right now. Haircut of the year so far easily.
Thought Lampley was going to make a mess in his shorts there for a second..Geale at 182 lbs now :vd:
hbo are estimating geale is weighing around 175 tonight....
157 to 182?? WTF?
Box Nation said earlier Geale weighed in at 182 on fight night.
That's a Chavez Junior-like weight jump.
Not sure I buy that. Making 157 must have killed him if trueQuote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing
He looks swollen and half asleep , not healthy at all. Cotto has already gone 5 rounds standing in his corner.
apparently he was fully dressed when he weighed 182, no idea if that makes a huge difference though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing
Good round for Cotto.
Geale looking like the mediocre fighter he is
Yeah... nothing to do with Cotto.... :rolleyes:
Geale looks soft in the middle. He's throwing arm punches that look like they have no power behind them. Might of overestimated him by calling him mediocre
Damn dude. Nice hook!
DAMN..... what a "mediocre" left hook!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
157 obviously killed him. That was bullshit.
Geale isnt great but that was fairly impressive from cotto... Looking forward to him v canelo and the winner taking on ggg.