Was anyone else concerned by the fact that Cotto tired in the Mosley fight??.?

Question

I was thinking that the constant pressure from Cotto could possibly be too much for Mayweather but against Mosley he got tired in the later rounds.........that's the first time i've seen that from Cotto and for the first time I doubted that he was the man to take Mayweather down.........before i was farely confident that the constant pressure would eventually break Floyd down......after seeing that he got tired I wonder now whether he can keep the pressure on for the full fight against Mayweather........was anyone else concerned about this???

I realize it was a very tough, hard fight and that a lot of fighters would've worn down but Mosley seemed to be still going OK.

Answer 1

Nah, I'm not concerned, I think Mosley was a tougher fight than Mayweather would have been.  I think both Cotto and Mosley would have given Floyd a serious test, and so does Floyd, that's why he has avoided these two guys like the plague.  I always figured Mosley had the style to beat Floyd, and to tell the truth, I was very impressed with Cotto.  I didn't expect Cotto to beat Shane, when he did, it pretty much sealed his status as the premier welterweight in the world.  There is talk of Cotto/Margarito at Yankee stadium sometime within the next year, that one should be great.  Mayweather really has no business at 147, Floyd, like Hatton is too small for the welterweight division.  Guys like Clottey, Williams, Margarito and even Quintana would give Floyd fits.

Cotto's win over Mosley was impressive enough on it's own, Mayweather isn't worthy of the comparison.  Floyd has to beat a serious welterweight before I give him the dominate status he holds at the lower weights.

Answer 2

the only difference is that floyd would never attack cotto like mosley did. Cotto did take slot of punishment from mosley agreesive ofence. But cmon floyd can't do that against a true prime welterweight. He couldn't even throw combos against dlh and dont pressure like cotto does. But their is no point in talking about. This match cause floyd will never fight a prime cotto or any other prime welterweight.

Answer 3

I thought the Mosley vs Cotto was a very close fight, i have it on DVD and watched it at least ten times now, and Shane Mosley could have got the decision in that fight at the very least a draw... but its also the best I've seen Cotto box, i think Mayweather is far too accurate for Cotto and would stop Cotto.

Answer 4

You should be because it was the body punching of Mosley that did it. Gomez is a heck of a body puncher!

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Answer 5

He's fighting Gomez, not Mayweather.  Of course he was tired.  He did fight a lot, it was 12 rounds against a major opponent so that's not strange.  He will destroy Gomez and after that will come a great fight agains either Mayweather, De La Hoya or a rematch against Mosley.

Answer 6

Here is the short answer, (since I am about to go to bed, haha)

The only way Cotto wins that fight it's by TKO, this could happen in any round, but Floyd knows that Miguel is slow so he is going to box him and win by decision. That simple.

If it goes to distance it's all mayweather since he is more active, but it all depends if Cotto can get that big left hook to the body, and cross him at some point in the fight.