Miguel Cotto to return in the fall

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Cotto should fight Canelo. If he fights him on the inside I see a long and uncomfortable night for the boy. To me Canelo just seems too robotic to keep Cotto from moving in behind that stiff jab and deft movement and once he's there I think Cotto just has too much experience and craft for him. As long as Cotto stays there and smothers him after he throws combos he should be relatively safe. If he pulls straight back out like he puzzingly did against Mayweather I see him getting caught right on the end of Canelo's punches. If he tries to outbox/punch him I see the same thing happening except he tires and gets pummeled into submission. Either way it would be an interesting fight.

Cotto doesn't have the chin to hang with Canelo.

There's no doubting Canelo can punch but the only way I see him tagging Cotto consistently is if Cotto chooses to fight him from the outside. It's true what finito is saying, I've seen Cotto get on his bike and when he does he throws stingless combos and his lack of stamina caches up to him even quicker. That would be suicide against Canelo who would end up walking him down against the ropes or worse a corner and start beating the shit out of him. But I've seen strong, robotic guys like Canelo before, they've got power but only at full extension and if you smother them up close they're completely different. I don't see any inside game from Canelo either he just puts on the earmuffs and weathers the storm. Canelo has a beautiful pull back counter right that he throws over jabs but Cotto's jab is more cultured then anything he's seen before, he works behind it beautifully and I don't see Alvarez connecting with that right at full extension especially if Cotto doubles up on it.