Mayweather/Cotto
yuichi
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The closest thing I've personally seen to Mayweather being somewhat in danger is when De La Hoya was using that stiff jab and backing him onto the ropes in the first couple rounds. Other than that, the dude seems flawless.
Seems to me like he's approaching greatest pound-for-pound fighter ever status. Wrong or right?
Seems to me like he's approaching greatest pound-for-pound fighter ever status. Wrong or right?
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Very very possible. A near flawless fighter.
I felt like Round 2 of the Mosley v Mayweather fight was the closest thing I've ever seen to Mayweather being in trouble or tested.
I don't feel exactly like the creator of this video does, but I will say this is the closest thing I've seen to a Mayweather knock down...that I can recall.
The Cotto Mayweather fight was incredible. Between the 11th and 12th round, Mayweather looks totally spent and possibly shook in his corner. He's gasping for air and his mouth is almost trembling...I don't think he was nervous or out of control...I just think he was really fucking exhausted. Best Mayweather fight I've seen in a long time and best PPV main event I've seen since....Pacquiao vs. Cotto.
Did anyone see Cotto kiss his son pre fight tho? Maybe I was too sauced by then, but that shit looked a little suspect.
EDIT: Thought I'd share a pic of tha man fridge that was stocked for the fight...I was going to make sure I enjoyed the fight no matter what.
I dunno about that. Seems a bit premature. I will say that before the Alvarez Mosley fight (Mosley undercard, never thought I'd see the day), I was pulling for Mosley to be the old vet who destroys a kid and gets a bit of dignity back...but after Mosley's early and blatant headbutt I wanted Alvarez to embarrass that chump...and that is exactly what he did.
Mad respect to Alvarez for fighting through that really nasty headbutt and convincingly beating the hell out of Mosley....Alvarez had a damn vagina on his eyebrow after that headbutt and fought through it.
eh...
floyd went to the ropes to make it look exciting... b/c if he had fought the whole fight in the middle of the ring it would have been dull... floyd knows people say his fights are boring compared to manny's, so he tried to liven it up... he realized early on that cotto couldn't hurt him, too...
I kinda agree with this. Almost seems Floyd took some time to brawl it up for the fans. He made a shit load of money.
I disagree. Mayweather is the most gifted fighter I've seen but the idea that he could fuck-around/toy with Cotto is a little over the top. And I felt like this fight kinda proved that.
Besides, the vast majority of the exciting exchanges were in the center of the ring. When you get Mayweather in a corner or against the ropes, he just goes into defense/counter mode and it gets less exciting IMO. The left shoulder rolls to protect his jaw, the right arm covers the entire right side of his face and he just leans back against the ropes to dodge pretty much anything that comes at him....he turtles on the ropes...hardly exciting when he does that IMO.
Mayweather on the ropes pretty much equals Philly Crab defense all day
i am not saying he was toying w/ Cotto... i am saying he realized Cotto wasn't going to hurt him, so he did not have to do his super cautious shoulder roll/countering all night... it's a tedious style, but it is what floyd is best at... if there was any risk of him losing the fight, he would have stuck to it... floyd went with a style that played totally against his natural inclinations and he still won easily... i think Cotto won a few rounds in the middle of the fight, and just barely...
i do like how floyd as been trying to engage more in his last few fights, but i feel like if he ever fights Manny, he won't fight that way... we'll see the old floyd then...