Quote Originally Posted by El Kabong View Post
Quote Originally Posted by erics44 View Post
the cotto fight was one of floyds more entertaining fights and it was a lot closer than people make out, there wasn't too much between then

Cotto was past his peak tho by a couple to 5 years and had been beaten more clearly twice before
Wow, mark this date on the calendar I absolutely agree with everything in that post!


Cotto was always going to be a tough fight for Floyd because he could bang, but he could box and he could switch up righty to southpaw and he could JAB....however by the time Floyd fought him he had some fire taken out of him AND had switched trainers which I think he's never been the same since that time anyway...how can you fully trust anyone in your corner when a trainer who is your blood relative allowed for Margarito to load his wraps? That was a turning point in Cotto's career where he basically had excellence stolen from him...not that he would have remained undefeated forever but Undefeated Floyd vs Undefeated Cotto would have been the BIGGEST test for either fighter bar none Prime vs Prime no angles, no waiting until just the right moment, none of that bullshit. It would have certainly been a bigger feather in Floyd's cap than how it is now and Floyd had his troubles with Cotto and it's not seen as all that impressive of a win.
Floyd had seen Cotto being stopped and fought aggressively to try and do the same. Floyd got a bloodied nose for his troubles and took more chances than I have ever seen since moving up to the weight. It was an entertaining fight but am sure Floyd was disappointed that he did not stop Cotto.