Cotto-Foreman: Does Miguel have anything left?
May 19th, 2010
By Jim Dower: The fight between WBA light middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-0, 8 KO’s) and former WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s) is less than a month away and there is questions whether the 29-year-old Cotto has anything at all left in the tank. On June 5th, Cotto will be stepping up a weight class to fight Foreman for his World Boxing Association junior middleweight title at Yankee Stadium, in the Bronx, New York. For boxing fans, they don’t quite understand why Cotto, a well known fighter, is interested in taking on what some people see as an obscure paper champion in Foreman.
Cotto could have selected Foreman in a move to show boxing fans that he’s still relevant by picking up another strap, even it’s one that boxing fans could care less about. So, Cotto could be facing Foreman for that reason. He also could be taking on Foreman to please his promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank. Foreman is also a Top Rank fighter, like Cotto, so by fighting him, Cotto is increasing Foreman’s value among the boxing public. It’s a fight that will give Foreman a big shot in the arm to becoming a named fighter.
Foreman has been on television a number of times in the U.S., but due to his unappealing style of fighting, which includes a lot of clinching and running, he hasn’t picked up a big fan base outside of the New York area. Cotto could help Foreman pick up more fans whether he wins or loses against Cotto. There’s also the prospect that Cotto, by winning the WBA junior middleweight title, would have something that Pacquiao wants – a chance at grabbing an 8th world title. Pacquiao, of course, could fight WBC light middleweight champion Sergio Martinez, but then again he’s more dangerous and he’s not a Top Rank fighter like Foreman and Cotto.
I’m sure that Cotto has selected Foreman to fight for one or perhaps all of those reasons. However, Cotto may not have enough left in the tank to pull off the victory and could end up pretty much getting retired by Foreman. A loss against the light hitting Foreman, a very real possibility given how bad Cotto has looked recently, could be the final straw in Cotto’s career. It would be his third defeat in his last five fights and an almost sure sign that he’s past his prime. Cotto would likely continue with his career if he’s beaten by Foreman, but I think he won’t have much luck.
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i suggest..
mayweather margarito
and the winner fights the winner from martinez pacman. both fights take place at 150. on 1 card.. the reason i want this is that martinez will try that extra bit harder incase margarito upsets mayweather and martinez gets a chance to get revenge on margareeeto.
ino it wont happen but it would be good. i’d probably settle for mayweather pacman and martinez vs margareeto on one card.
@leconghoan
sorry dude but ur name really cracks me up…i think you haven t been following cotto’s career so better think about what you say…uhm, honestly, i think cotto got beat by margarito because of his wraps issue… have you seen margarito s fight recently? he doesn t look as strong as before he was caught red handed.. and for the pacquiao fight? cmon man, pacquiao is the greatest fighter who ever walked the face of the earth.. given that info, how do you think he got the first round against manny? it means he s that good… he can go toe to toe with manny… i m sorry bro but i think ur name sounds like an asian exotic food…hehehehehe… ur idea of boxing is also kind of off for me… it s like a lesbian posing as a man…
NEL,I COULDN’T AGREE MORE,I DONT SEE FLOYD OUT SCORING COTTO EITHER,OR PACQUIAO…I DONT BELIEVE FLOYD CAN STAY IN THE RING WITH THEM FOR 12 ROUNDS…IF YOU OTHER PEOPLE DON’T AGREE THEN JUST WAIT UNTIL THEY MEET,YOU’LL SEE WHAT MEAN
ok piero..168!!!you idiot,you think cotto is that stupid?you gotta be kidding me…168!!!haahaaahaaa!!thats an insult…you say foolish things…you should be a clown…think about joining a circus its better for you…you can never be as great as me,I’m no loser…FOOL
COTTO STILL IS YOUNG AND HE REALY NEVER BEEN KNOCK OUT WHAT IM TRYING TO SAY IS THAT HE’S NO VARGAS.THE TRUTH IS THAT HE NEVER BEEN K LIKE THAT HE GOT BEAT UP HIS SHIN IS NOT A QUESTION IS MENTAL AND A GOOD GUY TO GUIDE HIM BACK TO FORM EMANUEL WILL FINISH WHAT HIS UNCLE DIDN’T WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND WORK SOME BALANCE.YOU HE WAS STILL IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING WHEN THE MARGARITO FIGHT CAUSE HIM AND HIS UNCLE SPLIT UP HE WENT INTO THE CLOTTEY FIGHT WITH NO GOOD TRAINER BY HIS SIDE AND THE BIGGEST FIGHT OF HIS CARRER TRAIN HIM SELF.THE JAB IS THERE THE GREAT HOOK TO THE BODY AND HEAD A RIGHT HAND WILL MAKE HIM MORE COMPLETE AND IF HE COULD FINE A WAY TO SEE PACQUIO AGAIN I REALY BELEIVE THAT HE WILL HAVE A BETTER SHOT OF WINNING UNLESS PACQUIAO WANT TO FIGHT FOR THE 154 TITTLE BUT AT 145.
LET ME SAY SOMETHING BEFORE I CLOSE I REALY THINK THAT IF COTTO WAS TO MEET WITH FLOYD IT WILL BE REAL INTERESTING BECAUSE HIS STYLE IS MADE FOR FLOYD REAL GOOD JAB KNOWS HOW TO SET PUNCHES UP AND HE WONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT POWER PUNCHES COMING HIS WAY BECAUSE FLOYD WONT WANT TO FIGHT WITH 8 OUNCE GLOVE HE WILL WANT 10 THIS WILL GIVE COTTO A BETTER SHOT BACAUSE I JUST DONT SEE FLOYD OUT SCORING COTTO.
Cotto will win this fight there is no doubt about that.
Cotton still one of the best he will beat foreman by ud!
I fear for cotto’s health. the beatings at the hands of pacman and margarito and to some extent clottey have really taken their toll on this great fighter. i feel, however it’s wrong to write him off completely at this stage. let’s gauge his performance against foreman and then make informed guesses!
Cotto end his caree and say goodbye forever to boxing after that fight.
Piero cotto will not be 168 pounds..that’s just the most stupid thing I’ve ever heard.. More like 160 max because he is not draining himself to make w8 so hence won’t need to put much on after the weigh in.. If he does come in 168 then him and his conditioner are on crack and he will lose. What do you predict?
despite losing twice by knockout, cotto is still an ecxellent technitiant, foreman will be suprised by his punch accuracy, foreman doesnt have the power to trouble cotto- expect cotto to win by a landslide points victory.
You’ll see the difference between cotto at 147 and cotto at 154 trust me on that. he might not have lost a lot of speed but he will be made to look slow and clumsy by foreman. he ain’t going to stand there infront of cotto like clottey or sugar shane. Those punches that he does get off won’t affect a 154 pounder with a good chin like foreman.
@hand wraps.. yeah pacman is on steroids…anything new?
I still believe in cotto!! Cotto will be back!
no no yes yes.. the true is cotto best days are over nothing to hate well im boricua but that dont means i run from reality he will loose to yori. he haves a good coner emanuel one of the best . the promblen is he comes to late to the coner to save . a man who only has bad days left .
Geezz, Another article full of nonsense! cotto hasn’t looked good since the margarito loss, he’s not the same fighter, blah, blah, blah,. you guys sound like a broken record. give it a rest already.. boxing is just like any other sport were athletes sometimes have bad days, or an off night. it’s natural cause were only human! kobe, lebron, jeter, eli manning, jerry rice have all had off games but that doesn’t make them scurbs, cause no ones perfect. cotto is the same way, he’s had a couple of off fights but that doesn’t make him a shot fighter, it just hasn’t been his night. Mark my words, Miguel cotto will be champion again, and will jump on the victory lane soon. stay tuned haters!!!
Cotto was a great champion hee needs to rest now go home sleep
the move up in weight has nothing to do with his speed…its only 7 pounds more than usual….he’s fought just as heavy before and he did well…plus when I fought before at 150,I never felt better I was still fast if not I was even faster and I usually fought at 143-144…so it shouldn’t be a big deal for Cotto…trust me Cotto is going in there stronger,faster and better than he’s ever been…I think it will be all Cotto
miguel cotto is a warrior he never ducked any one and he has only 2 losses ageinst two cheaters one whoo uses loaded hanwraping and the other one is manny pacquiao i use to love manny but when he beat cotto like that i started to get suspicious i mean he took some solid shoots from cotto and evry body knows how hard cotto hits and then when manny refused to take the random blood testing i loss all my love and respekt fore that man i mean its obvius that he is on some kind of roids….. fakt is that miguel is not only a great fighter to look upp to he is some one to look upp to as a man alsoo
Zey understand that styles make fights and foreman has the perfect style to hit cotto with fast combinations and get away. With the move up in w8 cotto will also be slower. This fight is a clearcut UD victory for foreman not because of cotto’s demise but because of how the styles match up
IM SORRY,IN A DOWN FALL OF COTTO
miguel has nothing left
foreman beats cotto
floyd beats cotto
martinez beats cotto
pacman beats cotto again
margacheeto beats him and
even marquez at 147 beats cotto.
moving on..
floyd beats martinez
floyd beats pacman
and martinez beats pacman. these are the results if these fights do take place
Cotto is a warrior plain and simple, to write off him the way he has been is a joke he was beaten convincingly by pacquaio fair enough, but theres question marks around the fight with margarito i firmly believe that margarito had the plaster of paris in that fight, after that fight cotto tore apart an overmatched michael jennings and fought bravely against joshua clottey with a bad cut he hasnt looked bad in any ight really except the loss to pacquaio, even against margarito he was dominant in the first 6 rounds of the fight landing the harder cleaner shots i pedict he will take foreman apart within 7 rounds.
p.p.s And also the reason Cotto is pretty doing this fight is cause he needs someone who can give him a nice and easy fight to get his career back on track and also he has a new trainer (Emanuel Steward) and instead of going right after the big name fight, he’s going to get to know his trainer better so they work better together
p.s. your an idiot if you actually think Pac-man is on roids. Why would they do a urine test if there were drugs you could take that aren’t detected on them. Everyone would be on them! SO before you say only Pacquiao does them, either say everyone is doing them (besides mayweather and mosley cause they took the blood test) or shut up and just admit that mayweather is scared to fight him because he knows this could be his first lost.
‘Pacquiao, of course, could fight WBC light middleweight champion Sergio Martinez’
He’s middleweight champions you idiots so thats not gonna happen. Your gonna see Martinez fight Mayweather. He even said he would like to fight him and Pavlik said we will not be taking his rematch for the middleweight belt and is moving up to super middleweight.
After hoto losses,he needs to retire,relaxe and enjoy a tasty puerco Rico.
beat by plaster lost beat by roids and never wined true champ
I see this site is still a joke with joke writers.
Cotto Cotto Cotto!!
“given how bad Cotto has looked recently”
Beaten by recently voted “fighter of the decade” and a cheater with plaster in his gloves. In between those fights he destroyed Jennings for a world title and beat Clottey without being able to see him. Give Cotto respect he deserves, he’s a warrior and ducks no-one, a rare thing these days.
I dont know why so many writers are doubting coto? Sure he lost a couple of fights, but they were either world class fighthers or cheats.
Foreman will get dished up a large serving of PAIN and will likely end with either a KO or a TKO. Cotto will be looking for redemption to show he is still a top level fighter.
honestly this article sucks..it is totally biased against cotto.. like was stated above-cotto has only lost twice – to a plaster packing margarito and sum1 under the suspicion of using HGH….plus manny steward has cotto punching sharper than watch–just watch and see
he will win june 5 you will see he still is one of the best WW in the world
I think he’l have more than enough to beat Yuri Foreman. Cotto is a warrior and has only been beaten by cheats
Cotto loses 2 fights and people question if he has anything left?
Pac has lost 3 no one asked if he has anything left?
Cotto has lost to the p4p best in the world not counting mayweather and he lost another to a fighter who was proven to have cheated before.
That doesn’t make him empty or done just means that there a p4p champ that beat him enough said.