On Saturday night May 5th, at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Miguel Cotto will attempt to become the first man to defeat the pound for pound king, Floyd Mayweather Jr. Forty two have attempted and forty two have come up short, Money May always seems to find a way to get the job done. So what chance does Cotto have if any, of being the first fighter to get the job done and hang an L on Mayweather?s ledger? At this point, it?s very hard to really say. I mean we can all sit here and try to find ways on how to beat Floyd, but when the time comes and the bright lights are upon you, reality then sets in and we discover firsthand that the madness of it all is far more precious on the outside than it is on the inside.
Cotto must find ways to get back to the core, get back to his roots, the fierce body punches must come back in order for Cotto to have any real chance to win this mega fight. Cotto can not afford to experiment with Floyd in there, by that I mean that Cotto should not even think of trying to outbox the wizard. Parish the thought, there is no boxer out there alive that can come close to outboxing Floyd. Trial and error is a mother when facing something on pure speculation. They say that the jab is the key to everything in boxing, very true indeed, but throwing the jab the wrong way will always bring demise to your near future. When throwing your jab, you must push off your back foot and step with your front foot. Cotto does exactly that, only Cotto seems to always lift his lead foot when he jabs. Cotto has gotten away with that exaggerated jab with others in the past, but against the trained eye of Floyd, Cotto will get timed and caught with something that Cotto never saw coming.
When fighting Floyd, Floyd seems to almost always give away the first few rounds to his opponent. Floyd does this to feel out his opponent and to catch on to bad habits and flaws. Once Floyd sees something that his opponent continues to do, it is then that Floyd will adjust and will then begin to pick his opponent apart. One can only hope that Cotto?s brain trust picked up on Floyd?s late start by now, so with that said, Cotto should not give Floyd every single look early on, do not blow your load prematurely. It?s not a 40 yard dash race, this is a marathon. I strongly feel that the first few rounds are the most important rounds when fighting a mastermind like Floyd. Floyd will allow you to get away with sillyness early, then make you pay later. One must flip the script and give Floyd sunshine at the start, then fight like a composed killer to the finish.
But as sick as I think that Cotto?s new trainer is, I just do not see the former University professor, Pedro Diaz, wanting to see his fighter risk giving away the first few rounds to the unguaranteed notion of pulling the rug beneath the wizard. It simply involves too much risk and not enough guaranteed reward. But that is just the thing, one must come forth with the unexpected and change the beat on him to score enough to make a positive impression. Enough, that?s it! No more foreplay, time to give it to you raw. The safe pick is to say that Floyd will beat Cotto on points by unanimous decision. The ultra sexy pick is to pick Floyd by stoppage, which is what I am doing. Cotto will establish the jab early, then Floyd will pick up on the high step and will throw his left jab over Cotto?s right jab to change the face of the fight. Floyd will then switch up and will then tattoo Cotto with lead rights and will find Cotto plenty with right uppercuts. Cotto will then get saved by the ref or Cotto?s corner will waive the white towel. My pick is for Floyd Mayweather Jr. to stop Miguel Cotto in the tenth round.
