Cotto Vs. Angulo who takes it?

[Rantcatrat]

This fight he clearly landed only one punch to end it. One right hand on Julio and Julio was down for the count. If it happened in the 9th round doesn't mean it wasn't a one punch KO. Julio and Cintron, who both rely on power, weren't willing to trade with Angulo and chose to box for a very good reason. Who goes around KOing everybody in the 1st like Mike Tyson? Thats extremely rare power. But its undeniable that Angulo has one punch KO power. Go back over his fights.

fact is Julio was already worn down, if you wanna go by that Mayweather Ko'd Hatton with a one punch KO , fatigue had already set in when Julio got stopped

like i said, who of note has Angulo stopped aside from Julio (which Kirkland had already done)?

and back to the main focus of the thread, Cotto is a better technical fighter than both Julio and Cintron, leading to my pick that he'd completely school Angulo, especially when he's completely one dimensional and vastly unproven

I would argue that Cotto would probably get winded and go down in the same way if they fought hence the outcome would be the same. Cotto wont trade with him, he's bigger and will be alot heavier then he is, so he's gonna move around spend energy and then be very susceptible to a KO from being worn out.

Cotto did get hit by some shots that Foreman threw at him and while Cotto took the shot it was coming from one of the lighter hitting fighters in that division, Angulo is on the other end of that spectrum. Lastly Cotto best not tangle with Angulo inside as Angulo throws some big short shots and would ruin Cotto faster that way then if he tried to outbox him before the gas tank runs out.

Cotto only tired down against Margarito cause of the broken nose, it's not like he has bad stamina, i'm not saying he has Mayweather or Pacquiao like stamina but IMO he'll beat Angulo easily, people are giving him (Angulo) more credit than he actually deserves

Not true. At least not for me. I like any of the other top guys at 154 over Angulo: Dzinziruk, Martinez, Williams, even Spinks although I would pick Angulo over Cintron in a rematch.

With Cotto v. Angulo, two things stick out to me. First, in all of his illustrious career, Cotto had the most trouble against a one dimensional, pressure fighter in Margarito. Styles make fights. Granted, over the first 4-5 rounds, he outboxed Margarito, and I can see Cotto outboxing Angulo over the first half of the fight, but Angulo's style is very comparable to Margarito, and I believe that Angulo would own the second half of the fight, just like Margarito did against Cotto.

This brings me to my second point. Cotto's loss to Margarito (which I think being truthful with ourselves we can attribute to Margarito's cheating) took a lot out of him. I honestly believe that. Add on the devestating knockout loss to Pacquiao and Cotto looks a little shopworn. Now take a somewhat shopworn Cotto who had problems with a bigger, pressure fighter in Margarito, and put him in with Angulo who is a true junior middleweight and who actually is bigger and punches harder than Margarito, and to me that spells t-r-o-u-b-l-e for Cotto.

Bottom line: if Cotto couldn't sustain Margarito's pressure when he wasn't somewhat shopworn, how can he sustain Angulo's when he is somewhat shopworn?

El Terrible, if we haven't agreed yet, let's do it now, if this fight happens, Sig Bet all day my man. Put your money where your mouth is. Out of curiousity, how would you feel about a Cotto v. Dzinziruk matchup?

Lastly, let me be clear, I am a big Cotto fan. I think he is a tremendous fighter and I want him to go out like the champion he is. I'd like to see him score a huge pay day against Chavez Jr. if he beats Duddy and then retire.