Canelo withstood Kirkland's rush in straight forward style fairly well, he got tagged a few times, but never seemed in any danger. I was surprised Kirkland wasn't KO'd in the first round because of how wide open he was to counter, but Canelo missed a series of right handed uppercuts on him. Kirkland didn't use many angles, he just rushed in took the brunt of the punches well, but then would get clipped every so often.

Miguel Cotto won't do that vs Canelo, I predict that fight will have a slower pace to it as Cotto is a more cerebral fighter than Kirkland. Miguel will pick his spots to box and his spots to dig in...if Miguel can get behind that jab and win the first half of the fight that's good, but the problem comes when Cotto runs out of energy. Does Cotto have the power to stop Canelo? Does he have the power to drop Canelo? I think we see a much closer fight between them. I dont' care who wins at this point, I've always been a Cotto fan, but I just think it's ridiculous anytime a boxer tries to make his own little weight class and for Cotto it's like 150-152....what you can't make 147? Then lift more weights and be a good junior middleweight! Or at the very least fight at 154 and don't do the catchweight bullshit