Who will be the Ring King?

What a great fight this is going to be, I see it as a battle of two undefeated fighters, Mayweather rightly has never seen his 0 go, while Cotto's two defeats have both been controversial.

The two fighters who face off at the MGM Grand

Everyone who knows Boxing knows how good Floyd Mayweather is, in my opinion the guy is a genius, he has unbelievable skills and is what Boxing should be about, which is to not get hit. He might not always be the most exciting fighter to watch, but he really is one of the best fighters of all time in my opinion.


Last time out he had a bit of a farcical fight with Victor Ortiz, it ended very controversially, but Floyd was starting to break him down and would have got a mid to late stoppage in my opinion.


Cotto is a great fighter and is the #1 in this light middleweight division, which is why he deserves so much respect. Last time out he had that massive rematch win over Margarito, breaking the Mexican down, putting serious damage on his opponent's very fragile eyes, the referee stopping the bout in the 10th.


Margarito handed Cotto is his first career loss, a serious beatdown, but then came that controversy with the hand wraps, which put major doubts over the legitimacy over the win. His only other loss was a 12th round stoppage by Manny Pacquiao, a year after that Margarito loss. This is a controversial loss as Cotto was forced to fight at a catchweight of 145lbs, 2lbs under the normal welterweight limit, which meant really Pacquiao was at his strongest and Cotto at his weakest. Considering Cotto went straight up to 154 after that fight says how much of a disadvantage he was.

Mr Flash Mayweather at the fighter's meeting earlier this week

Mayweather has fought just once at 154, which was in that big fight with De La Hoya, one Mayweather did have the edge in, but was scored a split decision. That does suggest Cotto will give him problems, especially as he's just got better and better at this weight, looking very comfortable with new trainer Pedro Diaz, an ex Cuban scholar who certainly has improved the Puerto Rican.


However I just don't think there's an active Boxer who can beat Mayweather, this is going to be a tremendous fight and occasion, but I'm backing Mayweather to win a unanimous points decision.