Quote Originally Posted by Lyle View Post
Alfonso Gomez had fought at 160 so don't give me that "he had no business being in the ring with Cotto" bs!


Sure Floyd is technically skilled and has great handspeed and a different kind of power than Cotto or Toni but I just think he's a fragile fighter and no one has really put him to the test other than an old De la Hoya and hell I think Floyd was lucky to get away with that fight with a 0 in the loss column. Oscar didn't try to punish Floyd...everyone wants to work in around Floyd's defense via the jab and combinations....Miguel will beat up the defense and Floyd will take punishment either on his defense or through his defense.


Cotto is waiting to be an attractive fight for Floyd....and that is smart because when Floyd wants to fight HIM and not the other way around Cotto then holds all the cards and can affect the amount of money he's going to get AND more importantly the size of the ring.
I guess it's easy to say, after the fact, that Gomez had no business being in with Cotto{seeing as how it went down}. I just never personally really thought he had a chance in hell to win that fight.

All credit to Gomez for taking the shot given to him, and best wishes to him, but he was so outclassed as to almost be criminal. But I guess those things happen. I think Gomez would have done better to get a couple of other fights with, say, Cintron or Clottey, etc., before trying to get in with Miguel. Kind of like Hatton fighting Collazo, then Urango and Castillo and thinking he could go to war against Floyd?? Kind of putting the horse before the cart. I understand though the financial/notoriety gains from doing those kinds of things, but looked how it ended up working out...pretty bad. I wonder if Gomez wishes now he had maybe climbed the ladder a little more cautiously. All respect to him though.