How long does Cotto have?

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I love watching this guy, but I can't help but wonder with all his wars how much longer Cotto will be able to remain at the top of the sport, I mean at 27 he has already had a number of difficult, wearing fights.

There's a difference in difficult fights and a war.
I would have to ask how you determined which fight was a war.

Ricardo Torres

Def. a war I agree 100%


Corely had his moments in the fight and Cotto was rocked but I would not consider it a war.


I would not consider this a war. He went the distance with a tough opponent.


Come on this fight a war?
I'm sorry but I think you and I have very different opinons on what a war is.


I have no problem with calling this fight a war. Especially in the early rounds. The later rounds were all Cotto IMO and it was one sided.

Shane Mosley

Hardly a war man.... Very different fight for Cotto he showed another side to his boxing ability and fought well.

its not like this is a huge number, but it takes its tole on a fighter. I see hope in that Cotto now uses his jab so effectively that guys like Gomez, and I think even guys like Lovemore will no longer present a problem for Cotto because his jab can now dictate the pace of every fight he is in, especially against slower fighters. That being said he does have good defensive skills IMO, but because he is offensively oriented he is bound to get hit more than guys like RJJ and Mayweather.

Do you guys see him becoming more of a boxer, or does he have 3 or 4 more years left? Or 5-6? Or will he be like Hopkins and fight into his 40's even though Cotto gets hit a lot more than Hopkins used to.

I can def. see him around for 5-6 years still. All in all I think he's been in 1 war with Torres and 2 difficult fights where he got rocked vs. Corely & Zab. I really don't see him stopping soon or those things having a major impact.

Totally agree with Mick here except his war with Torres he hasn't really ever been in an aging fight, His fight against Ndou he fought on the back foot and was never in any danger, Ndou won some rounds and it wasn't an easy fight, but i still think Cotto was comfortable for majority of the fight and boxed smartly.

I thought Cotto beat up Corley pretty bad except for the 3rd round i think it was, where Corley stunned Cotto with a temple shot and Cotto was in trouble for about 1 minute, i thought it was a pretty easy fight for Cotto.

How was his fight with Abdulauv tough Taeth ?? i only gave Abdulauv 1 round, Cotto countered Abdulauv all night and shut his eye completely forcing him to quit, i wouldn't even call that a tough fight let alone a war.

Cotto vs Judah wasn't a war Judah had a few moments in the early stages where he rocked Cotto, but other than that it was a one sided beat down.

Mosley vs Cotto was a fight that didn't catch fire for me. It was mostly a boxing match with some heat exchanges here and there, Cotto was hurt bad only once in the fight but other than that i never thought he was really hurt.

I think Cotto can carry on for quite along time with his new and improved boxing skill, like i said in the other thread he is patient and works behind his jab a lot more now, and takes less risks which will allow his boxing career to go on for at least a good 5 years no question IMO. Cotto has been rocked but so does every boxer even the grear Sugar Ray Robinson was rocked and dropped early in his career.