Cotto - Mayorga Fight Thread

[Master]

Cotto beats Mayorga easy.

[Pavlik]

[Larryboy]

Cotto will win. He's the less washed up of the two anyway, and even if they were at or around their best I'd take Cotto, he's an all round better fighter.

[Ant Live]

Cotto will win. He's the less washed up of the two anyway, and even if they were at or around their best I'd take Cotto, he's an all round better fighter.

At there best? I would never pick Cotto to beat Forrest. So at there best, I'll go with Mayorga just because Cotto chin has never been great. But this fight, we don't know what Cotto is bringing. If he gets backed up, and give Mayorga confidence, it's going to be a long night for Cotto.


Sidenote: Arum is the best promoter today. He already mini promoted Pacman vs Mayorga. Already got Margarito vs Cotto 2 lined up. Already told JMM to get away from DLH in order to get a fight against Pacman. The man sees $$$$$.

[ElTerribleMorales]

Cotto will win. He's the less washed up of the two anyway, and even if they were at or around their best I'd take Cotto, he's an all round better fighter.

At there best? I would never pick Cotto to beat Forrest. So at there best, I'll go with Mayorga just because Cotto chin has never been great. But this fight, we don't know what Cotto is bringing. If he gets backed up, and give Mayorga confidence, it's going to be a long night for Cotto.


Sidenote: Arum is the best promoter today. He already mini promoted Pacman vs Mayorga. Already got Margarito vs Cotto 2 lined up. Already told JMM to get away from DLH in order to get a fight against Pacman. The man sees $$$$$.

at his best i'd never pick Mayorga to beat the Mosley that Cotto beat...

[p4pking]

Cotto will win. He's the less washed up of the two anyway, and even if they were at or around their best I'd take Cotto, he's an all round better fighter.

At there best? I would never pick Cotto to beat Forrest. So at there best, I'll go with Mayorga just because Cotto chin has never been great. But this fight, we don't know what Cotto is bringing. If he gets backed up, and give Mayorga confidence, it's going to be a long night for Cotto.


Sidenote: Arum is the best promoter today. He already mini promoted Pacman vs Mayorga. Already got Margarito vs Cotto 2 lined up. Already told JMM to get away from DLH in order to get a fight against Pacman. The man sees $$$$$.

at his best i'd never pick Mayorga to beat the Mosley that Cotto beat...

Mosley was well past his best by the time he fought Cotto also though, and probably only slightly more faded when Mayorga gave him such a tough fight a year or so later. Going by all that I think there's every chane that a PRIME Mayorga would have won a decision against old Shane, but so what. Prime for prime of course Mosley stops him 10 times out of ten. I don't think Cotto would have really had much of a chance against either at their best though honestly, or many other truly elite welterweights of the last 20 years. Couldn't see Miguel beating a prime Oscar, Tito, Quartey, Forrest, Mosley, Floyd, or even Mayorga due to styles. Obviously they would have all been great action fights, I just don't quite rate his chances.

[p4pking]

Cotto by mid round TKO in this one though.

[TitoFan]

Cotto will win. He's the less washed up of the two anyway, and even if they were at or around their best I'd take Cotto, he's an all round better fighter.

At there best? I would never pick Cotto to beat Forrest. So at there best, I'll go with Mayorga just because Cotto chin has never been great. But this fight, we don't know what Cotto is bringing. If he gets backed up, and give Mayorga confidence, it's going to be a long night for Cotto.


Sidenote: Arum is the best promoter today. He already mini promoted Pacman vs Mayorga. Already got Margarito vs Cotto 2 lined up. Already told JMM to get away from DLH in order to get a fight against Pacman. The man sees $$$$$.

at his best i'd never pick Mayorga to beat the Mosley that Cotto beat...

Mosley was well past his best by the time he fought Cotto also though, and probably only slightly more faded when Mayorga gave him such a tough fight a year or so later. Going by all that I think there's every chane that a PRIME Mayorga would have won a decision against old Shane, but so what. Prime for prime of course Mosley stops him 10 times out of ten. I don't think Cotto would have really had much of a chance against either at their best though honestly, or many other truly elite welterweights of the last 20 years. Couldn't see Miguel beating a prime Oscar, Tito, Quartey, Forrest, Mosley, Floyd, or even Mayorga due to styles. Obviously they would have all been great action fights, I just don't quite rate his chances.

Every time I read that, I gotta bring up Mosley-Margarito, which happened after Cotto-Mosley. Style differences notwithstanding, Mosley brought it that night... and put a fearful beating on Margacheato. So he couldn't have been THAT much "past his best." Now fast forward to Mosley-Mayweather, and THERE you had signs of a Mosley suddenly looking past his best.

[carpetrepairhouston]

Cotto will win. He's the less washed up of the two anyway, and even if they were at or around their best I'd take Cotto, he's an all round better fighter.

as huge of a Cotto fan that I am, I have to painfully agree with this statement. Cotto just isn't the same fighter he was before his assault.