Emanuel Berg
2015-06-20 02:56:38 UTC
Hello, RSB folks.
I just saw Cotto vs. Geale. I had Cotto wining that
fight - but not KO-ing Geale so convincingly, and
early in the fight, even with his right hand!
There was a time I considered Cotto an old
30-something fighter with his glory days well in his
past. Then he fought Mayweather and arguably won
a couple of rounds. He started to work with
Mr. Roach and suddenly he is fighting like a 20-some
kid for which there is no tomorrow. Putting Martinez
out of his misery wasn't as telling as this, as
Martinez had had a long stretch of injuries and had
even taken a couple of semi-beatings in recent fights.
In this fight, Cotto disposed of Geale like he was
some new kid on the block that had to be tought the
pecking order of the neighborhood. The only thing
that might cloud the sky is that Geale in his
second-previous fight lost bad to Golovkin - how much
that took out of Geale, no one knows.
Now, Cotto is bound to fight Alvarez. Alvarez is
a great boxer in terms of putting together
combinations, he has power (and the chin to go with
it), but he is a flat-footed fighter, and he punches
big and wiiide. This gets him into trouble against
boxers who move, while looking great against no-hopers
who just charge forward (with sideway head movements
at best) hoping to win with arm punches on the inside
(?!).
Cotto can box and move, but to land his left hook he
must turn himself into a shell, wag forward, and get
close. So, if Cotto executes an all-but perfect game
plan, he will be able to frustrate Alvarez with hooks
and then do boxing with movement as to not get
hit himself.
That is why I have Cotto winning a close fight on
the scorecards.
Golovkin on the other hand is the best "ordinary"
boxer I ever saw. Of course there isn't anything
ordinary about him. He is extraordinary to be sure in
his ordinariness. He punches are perfect and so is his
footwork - or ring movements, I should say, because
his steady and relaxed and supremely confident pace is
the opposite of the jittery, bouncy boxer.
Mayweather and Pacquiao (Pacman of the Morales and
Barrera days) are perhaps "better", but they are not
normal. They don't look and fight like club fighters.
Golovkin on the contrary is like a computer executing
a simulation of a fighter that is spotless. It is
amazing to behold. It is like he can't miss and again,
his punches are just gorgeous.
So if ever GGG fights either Cotto or Alvarez I have
GGG the winner by KO. In the case of Alvarez, I hope
that fight doesn't happen because it might be very
dangerous to Alvarez as he wouldn't know how to handle
the situation.
I just saw Cotto vs. Geale. I had Cotto wining that
fight - but not KO-ing Geale so convincingly, and
early in the fight, even with his right hand!
There was a time I considered Cotto an old
30-something fighter with his glory days well in his
past. Then he fought Mayweather and arguably won
a couple of rounds. He started to work with
Mr. Roach and suddenly he is fighting like a 20-some
kid for which there is no tomorrow. Putting Martinez
out of his misery wasn't as telling as this, as
Martinez had had a long stretch of injuries and had
even taken a couple of semi-beatings in recent fights.
In this fight, Cotto disposed of Geale like he was
some new kid on the block that had to be tought the
pecking order of the neighborhood. The only thing
that might cloud the sky is that Geale in his
second-previous fight lost bad to Golovkin - how much
that took out of Geale, no one knows.
Now, Cotto is bound to fight Alvarez. Alvarez is
a great boxer in terms of putting together
combinations, he has power (and the chin to go with
it), but he is a flat-footed fighter, and he punches
big and wiiide. This gets him into trouble against
boxers who move, while looking great against no-hopers
who just charge forward (with sideway head movements
at best) hoping to win with arm punches on the inside
(?!).
Cotto can box and move, but to land his left hook he
must turn himself into a shell, wag forward, and get
close. So, if Cotto executes an all-but perfect game
plan, he will be able to frustrate Alvarez with hooks
and then do boxing with movement as to not get
hit himself.
That is why I have Cotto winning a close fight on
the scorecards.
Golovkin on the other hand is the best "ordinary"
boxer I ever saw. Of course there isn't anything
ordinary about him. He is extraordinary to be sure in
his ordinariness. He punches are perfect and so is his
footwork - or ring movements, I should say, because
his steady and relaxed and supremely confident pace is
the opposite of the jittery, bouncy boxer.
Mayweather and Pacquiao (Pacman of the Morales and
Barrera days) are perhaps "better", but they are not
normal. They don't look and fight like club fighters.
Golovkin on the contrary is like a computer executing
a simulation of a fighter that is spotless. It is
amazing to behold. It is like he can't miss and again,
his punches are just gorgeous.
So if ever GGG fights either Cotto or Alvarez I have
GGG the winner by KO. In the case of Alvarez, I hope
that fight doesn't happen because it might be very
dangerous to Alvarez as he wouldn't know how to handle
the situation.
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