Re: Mayorga Vs. Cotto for March??

Originally Posted by
El Kabong
Mayorga just beat Michael Walker and you guys think he can not only compete with Miguel Cotto but beat him into submission?!?!?! Just what the fuck are you smoking? Sure Miguel Cotto has had his tough fights, sure he got out sped by Manny Pacquiao and cheated by Margarito and he's had trouble in other fights but Ricardo 'wide swinging, one punch at a time, chain smoking, probably can't legally make 154' Mayorga hasn't really been knocking the top competition dead recently.
Cotto doesn't have to be Willie Pep to outbox Ricardo Mayorga and he doesn't have to be Oscar De la Hoya or Tito Trinidad to hurt him either. Miguel Cotto will touch Mayorga up to the head and to the body, weaken him a bit, and Cotto will coast a bit in rounds allowing Ricardo to throw a billion punches and tire himself out, and then Mayorga will eat some counters, probably have a broken jaw, and then Cotto will finish him off.
Miguel Cotto might not be competing at the very elite level of the sport (like with Pacquiao or Mayweather) but he's still world class and Mayorga hasn't been world class since 2005 vs Piccirillo....oddly enough I think that's the last time he LEGALLY made 154 as well.
Walker is no world beater but he was a hell of a lot more dangerous than Yuri Foreman...
I love Cotto. I am a Cotto fan and a huge Mayorga fan.
I think it will be a competitive fight that can go either way.
Could Cotto have beaten Vargas at 162 and sent him into retirement ?
No.
Could Mayorga have outboxed Mosley for a disputed SD win ? No as he clearly was KO'd in the 12th, desptie leading on one scorecard becus the Goddamn ref did NOT sent Mosley to the neutral corner when he knocked Mayorga down !
Mayorga has strength, size, and power, and Cotto has superior boxing skills and a great body attack.
But Cotto is not as good as he once was, and never once was he as good as Tito and Oscar.
Its gonna be a good fight. If it gets made.
"You knocked him down...now how bout you try knockin me down ?"
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