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    Default Re: Joshua Clottey vs. Miguel Cotto welter unification fight, who will win?

    Quote Originally Posted by SaddoBoxer View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Taeth View Post
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    I pick the tough defense minded Clottey over Cotto primarily on the basis of their respective performances against their common opponents in Margacheato and Judah...

    Cotto quits against Margo in the 11th round while Clottey took Margo to a close UD loss...

    Judah quits against Clottey in the 9th round while Cotto TKOs Judah in the 11th...

    Clottey is also much bigger than Cotto...
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    How is Clottey much bigger than Cotto who used to come into the ring at light welterweight at 160 pounds before he moved up. ALso Judah was stopped because of a cut wasn't he? He was fighting competitively with Clottey.

    No doubt Clottey has the better chin, but Cotto is faster, hits harder, better technically. I am not saying Cotto can't lose this fight, he looked hesistant and less than impressive in his last outing, but Clottey is definitely the underdog and for good reason. I see this being similar to Cotto against Lovemore Ndou or Abdullaev.
    Clottey has a bigger frame and taller than Cotto... Clottey comes to a welter fight in the 170 lbs. range... You'll be surprise on fight night to see how small Cotto will be compared to Clottey...

    Judah was looking for a way out from that fight... When the ring doctor asked him "how many fingers?", he answered "six"... j/k
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    Clottey is like an inch or half an inch taller than COtto, and I doubt Clottey comes in at 170, I have no seen that anywhere, and besides Cotto comes in at 160-165 which is only 5 pounds less than 170.

    I see it like this,
    handspeed: Clottey
    power: Cotto
    footwork: Cotto
    defense: Clottey
    technique: Cotto
    countering: Cotto
    timing: Cotto
    output: similar
    heart: similar

    The big I think is that Clottey doesn't have that much power, I can't see him hurting Cotto, and I see this fight looking similar to Cotto-N'dou. Clottey will likely back Cotto up, but once he does Cotto will land the harder shots off the ropes, and just look more impressive, and in the middle I think Cotto's superior timing, technique and power will look much more impressive. That being said Clottey has incredible durability, he's hard to hit clean, and he has crazy fast hands, and he throws impressive combinations. The only problem I have with Clottey is he doesn't sit down or follow through enough on his punches.
    Last edited by Taeth; 05-29-2009 at 09:08 PM.

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