MIGUEL COTTO the story so far...

[Hacienda]

www.livefight.co.uk

For Cotto fans!

[Puya]

great post CC

[El Gamo]

Wicked read,CC. I really hope Miguel reverts to being more of a boxer particularly against the monsters like Williams and Margarito and the slick guys like Quintana and Collazo! I'm nervous but confident,we shall find out soon enough if he suits the weight.

[Hacienda]

Thanks El Gamo - a few spellings need sorting out but overall im happy with it.

I preferred to write a 'factual' piece rather than an opinion.

[SigmaMu]

Miguel Cotto en la division Welter, va ser un monstro en el ring.

What will Hatton do? Should he vacant and run? Or should he stay and defend?
I would love to see this fight in both the 140 and the 147. Wouldn't you?

BTW nice read. Cotto is by far my favorite fighter today.

[aangel]

Great read. I cant wait to see who his next opponent is gona be.

[willnav]

Great article with some good facts. The only thing he forgot to mention was the left hand fracture on the Paulie fight.

[B@rr3r@]

Cotto Would NOT Beat Hatton.....

No one would at 140 not even Flloyd

[killersheep]

Cotto Would NOT Beat Hatton.....

No one would at 140 not even Flloyd

Cotto destruiría hatton muy rápidamente
Sin duda alguna

[El Gamo]

Cotto Would NOT Beat Hatton.....

No one would at 140 not even Flloyd

Spouting off random arguments/statements with no basis on fact whatsoever...and neither Cotto nor PBF are at 140.

[Gandalf]

Cotto Would NOT Beat Hatton.....

No one would at 140 not even Flloyd

Spouting off random arguments/statements with no basis on fact whatsoever...and neither Cotto nor PBF are at 140.

Cotto hasnt yet fought at 147, so Barrera is kinda right....and I kinda agree with him. Im not as sure on the outcome but Hatton would beat Cotto at 140 and would give PBF fits...

[SigmaMu]

Cotto Would NOT Beat Hatton.....

No one would at 140 not even Flloyd

Spouting off random arguments/statements with no basis on fact whatsoever...and neither Cotto nor PBF are at 140.

Floyd would out box Ricky Hatton and Cotto would eventually adapt to Rickys constant jump in and grab you technique and eventually Ricky would get dropped. You think Ricky's face looked bad after the Collazo fight? Lol Cotto would turn Ricky into the elephant man. Both of these fighters would beat Hatton because they have more skills and they have more brains. Floyd would cry again and again to the ref about Ricky's holding. (I Think PBF's elbow would be all in Hatton's face too) Cotto would eventually keep hitting Ricky below the belt and put Ricky in check for doing so much grabbing.

[Gandalf]

Cotto Would NOT Beat Hatton.....

No one would at 140 not even Flloyd

Spouting off random arguments/statements with no basis on fact whatsoever...and neither Cotto nor PBF are at 140.

Floyd would out box Ricky Hatton and Cotto would eventually adapt to Rickys constant jump in and grab you technique and eventually Ricky would get dropped. You think Ricky's face looked bad after the Collazo fight? Lol Cotto would turn Ricky into the elephant man. Both of these fighters would beat Hatton because they have more skills and they have more brains. Floyd would cry again and again to ref about Ricky's holding. Cotto would eventually keep hitting Ricky below the belt and put Ricky in check for doing so much grabbing.

Cotto really doesnt strike me as being a skilled fighter. He seems to make his fights more difficult than what they are on paper...

Hatton would beat him concisively....PBF is a different story...

[SigmaMu]

Cotto Would NOT Beat Hatton.....

No one would at 140 not even Flloyd

Spouting off random arguments/statements with no basis on fact whatsoever...and neither Cotto nor PBF are at 140.

Floyd would out box Ricky Hatton and Cotto would eventually adapt to Rickys constant jump in and grab you technique and eventually Ricky would get dropped. You think Ricky's face looked bad after the Collazo fight? Lol Cotto would turn Ricky into the elephant man. Both of these fighters would beat Hatton because they have more skills and they have more brains. Floyd would cry again and again to ref about Ricky's holding. Cotto would eventually keep hitting Ricky below the belt and put Ricky in check for doing so much grabbing.

Cotto really doesnt strike me as being a skilled fighter. He seems to make his fights more difficult than what they are on paper...

Hatton would beat him concisively....PBF is a different story...

There were people on the net on another forum, saying Cotto was slow, he had no skills, he was one dimensional and that he would be exposed by Paulette Malignaggi. I found out later that most of these were white or Italian people who had never followed Miguel's Career at all. They were all just saying the same things over and over again. I was like WTF are these people smoking? The only thing I could not argue was that maybe, just maybe Cotto has looked a little chinny but that has not stopped him from brawling. The early Cotto was slick, with a turtle shell defense who would go to the body like nobody elses business and did a great job of cutting off the ring. He has changed a lot since then and I have seen him do a lot of different things since he turned pro. He has a lot of gears. I like the early Cotto who would not allow himself to get hit so much. His corner tells him to do one thing and he ends up just going out there and doing what he feels like doing. This might come back to haunt him? I don't know. I think that is what Evangelista Cotto is there for right. I think we will see a the old Cotto again once the opposition get's better. I will give credit to Ricky for stopping an old Kostya Tszyu, we can't take that away from him. The Collazo fight was a tough challenge for Ricky and he should move back down and duck Cotto as Cotto is rumored to move up. Collazo does not have near as much pop in his pep as Cotto does. At 140 it would be a tougher fight for Cotto. @ 147 it would be a tougher fight for Ricky. I still put my money on Cotto based on what I have seen both fighters do in the ring.

[aangel]

Cotto vs common opponets
Sosa- tko 4 mayweather ud12- paul spadafora 12 ud
branco-tko 8 Gatti 12 ud
corley tko 5 mayweather 12ud- judah 12 sd
maussa-tko8 hatton 9ko
hernadez tko7 cotto-tko7 harris ud12-urango-tko2 d-hop ud8

on papper cotto did much better than some other fighters so if he made them more difficult what about these other fighters?