Roger Mayweather not impressed with Cotto, thinks he would beat him in his prime

By Dan Ambrose: Roger Mayweather (59-13, 35 KO’s), the trainer and uncle for WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., isn’t that impressed with his May 5th opponent WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto, according to examiner.com writer Chris Robinson. Roger thinks he would take Cotto if he were in prime. It’s hard to argue that point with Roger, as he was dangerous in the ring in his prime, winning two division world titles before retiring.

Roger said to examiner.com “I can’t see why Cotto is making that money. Why? He ain’t done s***. What has he done?”

When asked whether he thinks he could have beaten Cotto while in his prime, Roger said “Hell yeah, I’d take him.”

Roger does have a point in asking what has Cotto done. In looking at Cotto’s record, he’s beaten some fighters but he’s struggled against the good fighters like Zab Judah, Manny Pacquiao, Joshua Clottey, Antonio Margarito and Shane Mosley. Those are by far the biggest wins of Cotto’s career, and things were pretty bleak in most of those fights. Cotto turned around the Judah fight after being staggered by him by landing a hard low blow that took the air out of Judah.

Cotto was beaten by a prime Margarito, and looked to be on the verge of being beaten again by him last December when the fight was halted after the 9th due to Margarito’s right eye swelling up. Cotto won a questionable 12 round split decision against Clottey, a fighter that was completely out of his league against Manny Pacquiao.

When you look at Cotto’s resume, he really hasn’t dominated the good fighters and has those questionable wins over Clottey and Mosley. You can’t really say that Cotto has had a spectacular career. He’s been more like a better version of Marcos Maidana. Cotto brings excitement to the ring because of his brawling style of fighting, and he also brings a lot of drama due to his vulnerability. He’s someone that can win but there’s always the treat of him losing as well.

I do think a prime Roger “Black Mamba” Mayweather would beat him. Roger was a very good fighter in his prime and beat a lot of tough guys like Livingston Bramble, Vinny Pazienze, Terrance Ali, Harold Brazier, and Miguel Gonzalez. He lost to a lot of guys as well, but the fighters that Roger lost to where really good. He was beaten by the likes of Julio Cesar Chavez Sr, Pernell Whitaker, Rocky Lockridge, Tony Baltazar, Freddie Pendleton and Kostya Tszyu.