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cotto gonna get ktfo
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Mick... what if Zab wins on fnf and then beats Cotto and you have to eat your words Then how are you gonna handle everyone going at you and danny_g?
You can say "What if" all you want. He's just rating Judah's chances. I don't rate them much better. But anybody could be wrong. He'll probably spark Pito. Pito was at his best at lightweight years ago. Cotto is a different kind of animal.

Honestly, you can't compare the Cotto of today against the Cotto against Torres. He has grown exponentially since then. He's not just a guy who bullrushes inside with earmuffs on and hopes not to get hit. I used to be as down on Cotto as anyone but he really is a changed and complete fighter.

Zab on the other hand is not a complete fighter. He's just not a very good fighter and a fighter who's will has been broken time and time again when faced with any sort of relentlessness. The last guy he beat who actually tried to fight him was Rafael Pineda. And an old and past his best Pineda almost beat Zab. Before that it was Corley. That fight was just as close as the Pineda one.

On the other hand...the way to beat Judah is to beat him with straight rights. Though another way is to have him backing up a lot without having him moving side to side a lot and it wouldn't be unreasonable for Cotto to accomplish this while scoring to the body with the hooks and break him down there. Floyd proved you could get him with left hooks. But it's still not the greatest style matchup for Cotto. He'll probably be troubled for a while until he hurts Judah that first time and Judah breaks down. He doesn't know how to get hit.

The way Judah he is probably going to have to go at Cotto is about the same way he went as Tszyu. Circle around most of the time then lunge in, try to get a couple off and get away just as fast. Bang away with straight punches and uppercuts. But I really believe that Zab doesn't have the poise to fight like that for 12 rounds. And the first time he gets hit coming in or moving out...what happens? 2 rounds of fighting like that versus Judah and he was already backing straight up with his hands down. Baldomir took 7 rounds to finally hit him good and when he did, Zab shut down. Cotto won't take 7 rounds.

Judah is a spectacular fighter when you put a fringe contender or worse in front of him.