By Scott Gilfoid: Super middleweight contender Andre Dirrell is siding with undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. in his May 5th fight against WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto, according to the examiner.com. Dirrell knows how good Mayweather Jr. is and sees this fight as one of your basic slaughter, comparing it to Mayweather’s easy win over Arturo Gatti in the past in a 6th round wipe-out in 2005.

Dirrell told interviewer Chris Robinson at the Examiner.com “He’s [Mayweather] technically too fast, too skilled, too precise. Miguel can be hit. He gets bloodied; he’s right there for you to hit; he’s slow and Floyd is just too precise.”

I’m not much of a fan of either Mayweather or Cotto, but Dirrell knows better than anyone how good Mayweather is because he’s seen him up close in his gym in Las Vegas and is well aware of his talents. Dirrell reminds me a lot of Mayweather with his silky smooth movements around the ring and his ironclad defensive skills.

Cotto looks vulnerable to be sure. He seems to run into trouble when he gets hit a lot and I haven’t seen him face anyone good for such a long time. Maybe it’s an accident that his promoter kept away from dangerous opposition the past few years.

Cotto resembles a plodder with his slow feet and his almost complete preoccupation with throwing power shots. He doesn’t seem to ever just look to connect with fast shots. Everything is power with this guy. I think maybe his trainer might make some small changes to his game for the Mayweather fight but I wouldn’t expect more than a tiny change to Cotto’s game. It won’t be enough for him to beat a fighter like Mayweather. Cotto would need to change 90% of his game for the positive for him to have a chance at beating Mayweather.