By Dan Ambrose: Floyd Mayweather Jr. says he’s ready to get down to some serious business on May 5th against WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto, and he’s ready to butcher Cotto and send him down to the canvas in defeat in their HBO pay per view fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Cotto vs. Mayweather
Cotto with real chance of beating Mayweather and ruining Pacquiao dream fight
By Allan Fox: Floyd Mayweather Jr. still hopes to fight WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao at some point in the near future if the two fighters can agree to the money split among other things before they can step into the ring.
Cotto will be eating a lot of uppercuts from Mayweather on May 5th
By Dan Ambrose: Having essentially abandoned all the good teaching that he got from former trainer Emanuel Steward with the signing of a new trainer in Pedro Diaz, WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30 KO’s) has fallen backwards into his old way of fighting with the bent forward position and the squaring himself in front of his opponents.
Cotto: I feel more motivated to beat Mayweather than when I was getting ready to win my first title
By Dan Ambrose: The Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight has given WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto more motivation than he’s had in years, saying more than he’s had since he first won a world title years ago. Cotto has had big fights since then against Manny Pacquiao, Shane Mosley and Antonio Margarito, but for some reason Mayweather stands out for him.
Diaz believes Cotto will hand Mayweather his first loss
By John F. McKenna (McJack): Trainer Pedro Diaz believes that his fighter WBA light middleweight champion Miguel Cotto definitely has what it takes to hand undefeated superstar WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather (42-0, 26 KO’s) his first loss. Of course that is what you would expect a trainer to say who is preparing his fighter for arguably the biggest fight of his career.
Steward: Cotto is lowering his head too much in training; Mayweather will take advantage of that
By Dan Ambrose: Miguel Cotto’s old trainer Emanuel Steward doesn’t like what he’s seen of WBA light middleweight champion Miguel Cotto after seeing some of his recent training video. Steward says to eastsideboxing.com “Mayweather will systematically pick him apart.”
Dirrell: Cotto is too slow, Mayweather is going to beat him
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.
Cotto: I’ll beat Mayweather with power and pressure
By Dan Ambrose: WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30 KO’s) thinks he’s got the keys to beating undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) in their May 5th fight by putting pressure on him and landing big power shots. It sounds like the beginnings of a plan but one that’s already failed countless times over by other opponents that Mayweather has soundly beaten.
WBC Diamond title up for grabs in Cotto-Mayweather fight
By Chris Williams: The World Boxing Council Diamond title will be up for grabs in the May 5th fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Miguel Cotto at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to the Record. Cotto will already be defending his WBA junior middleweight strap, but the WBC Diamond trinket will be an amusing addition to the collection of straps.
Cotto’s game plan won’t work against Mayweather
By John F. McKenna (McJack): World Boxing Association (WBA) light middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30 KO’s), who faces undefeated superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) on May 5 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, is in the midst of developing a game plan with which he hopes to defeat Mayweather.