Cotto vs Chop Chop Corley

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it was early in his career and they did talk about the weight issues, same way Khan's people were talking about him having difficulty at making 135, why do you think Cotto only fought like two or three more times at the weight and jumped ship afterwards? and aside from "Manos de lleso" who's really made Cotto look like he did against Corley? no one really, he's given it to everyone just as good as he's gotten it, he's been rocked but he's hurt everyone he's fought, including Clottey and Mosley, not enough to be anywhere remotely close to stopping or dropping them (besides Clottey) but he shook them up, Cotto at 147 is a completely different fighter than he was at 140

yeah.. that was early in cotto's career.. that dont matter.. but manny got knocked down very early by body shots and all that bs..
by saying that you just contradicted yourself when you keep pointing out that manny was stopped by a body shot... well that was early in his career too

this was your post by the way


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Originally Posted by AirJordanIV
Hey all! Just watched this fight and can't help but to think Manny will hurt him the same way Corley did in the 3rd round of their fight. Corley hurt Cotto with a right hook from the southpaw stance and I feel Manny would too. I think that Corley was strong but not as dynamic as Pac... Or is this an unfair assessment being that Cotto was a lot younger then and still dealing with a learning curve a the time. What do you think?

first off Cotto was already having trouble making weight, Corley's power was underrated (he managed to rock Judah and Mayweather), and Cotto has since fought opposition that is leaps and bounds above Corley and has performed very well, using the same logic as the one you put forth, Pacquiao will probably fold cause well he was stopped very early by body shots, and Cotto is the best body puncher with killer power that he's faced in a long long time

To be perfectly fair, I think that Cotto has been hurt tons of times, but Manny has been stopped by a Flyweight fighter with decent power. Cotto has fought some big (Clottey), guns blazing (Torres), fast (Judah), smart (Quintana), durable (Mosley) people. I'm not saying Manny hasn't had a great career thus far. But its a matter of where you have campaigned.

Manny was stopped by a body shot and was totally drained going into that fight with 3-K Battery M. He also was a midget. I think it's fair to say that that was then and this is now, just as it's fair tio say Cotto was somewhat drained when he fought Torres.