Quote Originally Posted by Rican
What people don't seem to understand is that Cotto has just as good a chance as anyone who has supposedly had a chance in the past. Factors:

1. Mayweather has little power to KO Cotto. Thus, this fight is going th distance if Floyd wins.
2. Mayweather is not a motion guy. What I mean is that he doesn't float like a butterfly. He simply makes you miss to the head. Baldomir, Oscar, etc. have tried to hit Floyd in the head, but were unable to do so effectively. Judah was the only one to do it with success (he knocked down Floyd, but it wasn't called). Main point? Mayweather's body is easy to hit. That's Cotto's strength right there. Cotto should focus on that and hit Floyd in the body, arms, shoulders, everywhere but the head. This will wear down Floyd, who has a nice physique but seems so brittle/little that I don't think he can sustain a pounding of the likes that Cotto gives.
3. Because of Cotto's ability to cut the ring off (as opposed to following Floyd around like de la Hoya did), Cotto has a great shot.
4. People keep talking about Floyd's speed, and he does have speed. But Cotto fought an arguably faster Judah, and a more powerful one, and it did not seem to affect Cotto at all. Remember, Cotto is willing to take a punch to throw one, and little Floyd's feather fists will not stop Cotto from coming.
5. Floyd will NOT be able to keep Cotto off him. Cotto is too strong.
6. As de la Hoya showed, if you have a good jab you can have success against Floyd. Cotto's jab is awesome and strong!! Cotto also seemed prepared for Judah, meaning they watched tapes and knew how what to do to beat him.
7. Cotto can deal with fast punchers. He has fought Corley (who did catch Cotto in the temple and made him shake), Sosa, Paulie, and Judah and they were all unable to stay away from Cotto. Arguably, Mayweather is on another level, but how much faster is he than them that will stop Cotto?
8. Whether Cotto has no chance at all or not he might as well get a shot. What's the worse he could do? Lose like everyone else before him, that's all. But the possibilities are exciting!!
9. Floyd will only make the fight if he gets the money. Arum, give him the money. Invest in Cotto because if Cotto beats him, then Cotto will be in the driver's seat and Mayweather will have been knocked off.
1, Nothing wrong with a distance win for Mayweather
2, Gatti said the exact same thing. Didn't exactly work for him
3, What's the point of cutting off the ring if you can't connect?
4, Judah has no idea how to use his speed. Mayweather does
5, It still won't matter
6, Cotto ain't Oscar. And Mayweather is definitely not Judah.
7, Cotto has big problems with fighters with faster hands. See Corley and Torres fights
8, Yes he should get a shot
9, Yes, Arum pay them both