Miguel Cotto vs Yuri Foreman face to face

June 5
At New York (HBO): Yuri Foreman vs. Miguel Cotto, 12 rounds, for Foreman's WBA junior middleweight title; Vanes Martirosyan vs. Joe Greene, 10 rounds, junior middleweights

Foreman's eyelid looks like it hasnt healed 100%

Might see plenty of blood Sat night

Cotto grabs a trinket on Saturday. We might see the return of the body puncher , Foreman doesn't have the plaster (cough) I mean power to back Cotto off.

hardcoreBEE24 wrote:

Cotto grabs a trinket on Saturday. We might see the return of the body puncher , Foreman doesn't have the plaster (cough) I mean power to back Cotto off.

I think Cotto will look great against Foreman. I think we will see the old punishing Cotto. Then maybe people will drop the shot stuff.

I think Cotto has a tough go of it.

He's smaller than Foreman. He's not faster than Foreman. He's not the better boxer. I'm not even sure he has the edge in the power department.

I'd love to see Cotto win, but I think this is a bad match-up. He may even get stopped late.

NBrooks5 wrote:

I think Cotto has a tough go of it.

He's smaller than Foreman. He's not faster than Foreman. He's not the better boxer. I'm not even sure he has the edge in the power department.

I'd love to see Cotto win, but I think this is a bad match-up. He may even get stopped late.

I really hope you are wrong.

NBrooks5 wrote:

I think Cotto has a tough go of it.

He's smaller than Foreman. He's not faster than Foreman. He's not the better boxer. I'm not even sure he has the edge in the power department.

I'd love to see Cotto win, but I think this is a bad match-up. He may even get stopped late.

Thats how I see it, Foreman's size, speed, and technique overwhelming the smaller Cotto

Foreman is no push over, he's a solid Jr MW, not like he's beaten a bunch of bums at 154

This is a win-win for Arum, either keeps his PR cash cow going, or gets a new Jewish-NYC draw

The size difference has concerned me right from the beginning in this fight. Also, I think many underestimate Foreman a bit simply because he doesn't have much power. This is an interesting matchup and I just have a feeling it is all wrong for Cotto.

NBrooks5 wrote:

I think Cotto has a tough go of it.

He's smaller than Foreman. He's not faster than Foreman. He's not the better boxer. I'm not even sure he has the edge in the power department.

I'd love to see Cotto win, but I think this is a bad match-up. He may even get stopped late.

You don't think Cotto has the edge in the power department? That's probably the only thing that Cotto has locked!

i think cotto will make more of a fight out of this than what people are expecting him to. plus he does have manny steward in his corner so i can't really knock him for going that route either

freddie1437 wrote:

NBrooks5 wrote:

I think Cotto has a tough go of it.

He's smaller than Foreman. He's not faster than Foreman. He's not the better boxer. I'm not even sure he has the edge in the power department.

I'd love to see Cotto win, but I think this is a bad match-up. He may even get stopped late.

You don't think Cotto has the edge in the power department? That's probably the only thing that Cotto has locked!

I've never seen Cotto's power at 154. And lately his power hasn't been enough at 147.

Power to hold Cotto off. FOreman may not have the power, but he might have the legs and reach. he boxes 12 rounds of every fight. He has quick feet, quick hands, and a big time reach advantage.

captainanddew wrote:

Power to hold Cotto off. FOreman may not have the power, but he might have the legs and reach. he boxes 12 rounds of every fight. He has quick feet, quick hands, and a big time reach advantage.

Exactly, people put too much emphasis on power, Foreman has the size to hold Cotto off.

WAR COTTO! He's going to get on the inside and bust up the body of the Rabbi

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Ali_1748 wrote:

captainanddew wrote:

Power to hold Cotto off. FOreman may not have the power, but he might have the legs and reach. he boxes 12 rounds of every fight. He has quick feet, quick hands, and a big time reach advantage.

Exactly, people put too much emphasis on power, Foreman has the size to hold Cotto off.

Foreman is the same height and has about the same reach as Margo. Cotto had success against the cheater until the plaster came into play. I really think this comes down to who can outbox the other.

SlickMoneyXL wrote:

Ali_1748 wrote:

captainanddew wrote:

Power to hold Cotto off. FOreman may not have the power, but he might have the legs and reach. he boxes 12 rounds of every fight. He has quick feet, quick hands, and a big time reach advantage.

Exactly, people put too much emphasis on power, Foreman has the size to hold Cotto off.

Foreman is the same height and has about the same reach as Margo. Cotto had success against the cheater until the plaster came into play. I really think this comes down to who can outbox the other.

Margarito doesn't use his size, he fights in the trenches with you, Foreman sticks behind his jab.

Margarito tries to go into the trenches with you. Exactly. And when he is on the outside he doesn't stand tall like Foreman does. Foreman uses every inch of his height and tries to keep fighters at distance with the jab and quick right hand.

I've got to eat my crow, I guess.

Nice professional performance from Cotto. I've seen Foreman look much much better, but he may have been intimidated by the big show.

Was it just me or did it look as though Cotto was surprised when Foreman hit him flush and it didn't hurt him?

I think Cotto should go back to 147 and call out/fight Berto.

soonermark890 wrote:

hardcoreBEE24 wrote:

Cotto grabs a trinket on Saturday. We might see the return of the body puncher , Foreman doesn't have the plaster (cough) I mean power to back Cotto off.

I think Cotto will look great against Foreman. I think we will see the old punishing Cotto. Then maybe people will drop the shot stuff.

Man that was a smart statement.

Cotto lost to two top fighters (yes, Margo included) and people were quick to dismiss him. Put Cotto's resume on just about anyone else and see if they only end up with 2 losses.