Cotto and the junior middleweight division
March 24th, 2011
By Luis Berrios: Miguel Cotto the proud fighter from Puerto Rico, now a junior middleweight, people are asking “why Cotto hasn’t fight any of the best from the middleweight division?” the reason is simple, he is adapting to this weight class. Cotto moved last year to the junior middleweight division, after the Manny Pacquiao fight. What Miguel is trying to do is fight his way back to the top to get another fight against Pacquiao.
One of Cotto’s mistakes against Antonio Margarito and Pacquiao was his poor defense; he always lowers his arms to throw a punch and that’s when he was tagged by a counter punch. Steward is doing a great job improving Cotto’s defense. I agree on the decision to fight Ricardo Mayorga, a guy with a name and little left on his tank, this was a warm up fight for Miguel, he needed this fight to test his new shoulder and the result was good. I wanted to see more action on the fight but I was happy with Cotto’s performance, he was calm, dancing on the ring, throwing nice combinations, getting back to his original workaround to destroy the opponent, he didn’t need to rush his work, he needed more than just a simple KO, he needed to prove his workout with Steward is working, his stamina is improving and he hasn’t lost his boxing abilities.
To be honest I don’t see Cotto fighting any of the top middleweights top contenders because he only has 3 fight lefts. His rematch against Antonio Margarito, it will be at 154lbs. I don’t know if the tittle will be on the line. This will happened because Cotto needs to prove that he is back and his lost against Margarito didn’t affect him. After this fight he maybe go back to welterweight (147lbs) for a warm up fight against any of the top contenders, like Andre Berto, to seek a fight against Manny Pacquiao at welterweight. There is no secret that Emmanuel Steward wants Cotto to fight Paquiao at welterweight.
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Those 37 year old legs will not stand those body hits !
Cotto will beat Martinez at 154 pounds !! If they match them up Martinez , cotto it’s too good of a body puncher for Martinez !
@yatusabes, totally agree the man is very humble, never shyed from a fight, He too me is a true warrior, and the list of people he beat is pretty impressive…it just seems on here there is alot of anti-cotto articals….
I liked this article but i hate how many people like tohate on cotto. Cotto is not afraid he has never backed down from any one. But the bad thing is Cotto does what arum says. Either vway cotto is a great not good but great boxer and he will go down as one of the best in history.Honestly he has nothing else to prove and I believe a win over Margarito will solidify his career.After that either fight paquiao again or martinez who are the best out there than retire because Cotto has beaten some of the best fighters of his time and almost any one he ever faced like Judah and future hall of famer shane mosley(not shot mosley who mayweather fought and pacman will gight but the good mosley)cotto has nothing to prove and honestly Dizinzurik is nothing great, Erislandy Lara is nothing but a young inexperinced fighter who i will admit has skills angulo is nothing. I mean do I have to keep going?
@boxing not boxing fan is that stupudityblinded me
@boxing fan dude you must be the one that did not see cotto vs mayorga fight. Cotto looked amazing great jab great movement great defense so stop hating. Dizinziruk looked horrible against martinez no match no skills cotto would kill dizinziruk.
@GKHAN
I think Julio Cesar Chavez JR. would be a great fight for Cotto. This fight has everything boxing fans want to see.
The son of a legend putting his undefeated record against Cotto would bring in great PPV numbers and would give Cotto another noch on his resume towards his impending fight with Manny.
Cotto will defeat Martinez at the 154 pounds ! Martinez had never faced a body puncher like cotto!
@Aguas Buenas,
Well said. 2 more fights against contenders of 154 division and Cotto would have passed his warm up. I think he has improved his defense with the aid of his new trainer but the awesome power is still there.
Martinez weights an average of 160. If Martinez will insist butting in among Cotto’s challengers, he should go down to 154. But where is the greatness on Martinez part? He challenges smaller opponents.
Great article. I agree that 154 is not a division to jump into and start challenging the top belt holders. The move
with Stewart and slowly making your way up in this weight
class is the way to go. Cotto against Manny will be a good
fight but if its at 154. At 147,however, Cotto will be faced with the same issues, weight wise, that he faced in the first fight and the outcome will be the same.
Yeah, Cotto still adapting to his weight. But he seems to be comfortable in 154 division. I think it won’t be long before everyone can say he has redeemed himself. Forget about Pacquiao and forget about going down to 147. He’s done with that weight.
Yes I understand when a fighter goes through what cotto has been threw, But at the same time I see a better (improved)over all from boxing skills ,slipping punches, and of course what I think he really learned is calma ,patience, I believe @ thirty if Cotto trains well he does and will have up to 5 good fights in him.
Miguel fighting Manny again would be the same result- blood bath for Miguel. This is good for the money, though, because millions of their countrymen will die to see the fight, no matter what. But it would be the same result. This could be Miguel’s retirement party and he would be laughing his way to the bank as he goes on retirement on the beautiful island of Puerto Rico.
the writer needs to learn how to write properly, and cotto doesnt need to fight the best in the division, he has nothing to prove.
I like how people say cotto suck cotto it’s done, but they still want him to fight the best middleweights and the crazy thing it’s he would never say no to any fighter !! And still people there who seem to think he’s done !
@ BoxingFan
Why do you think it would be so bad for Sergio Martinez to fight Cotto? Do you think its so crazy for a 154 pounder to fight a 154 ponder?
Dude learn about boxing before you make comments, You make yourself look dumb.
@ BoxingFan
What are you smoking? Dzinziruk would beat Cotto bad. You must have not seen the Cotto/Mayorga fight right. Cotto is a great boxer but I think he’s losing it bad and quick.
Heis a good fighter but one of those hungry 154 pound dogs like Kirkland would eat him like a steak.
@ F.L.A. -WE-DON’T-PLAY:
You must be crazy if you think Cotto can’t beat the guy that Martinez just beat. And, Martinez should stop fighting guys like Dzinziruk and fight some real fighters.