Boxing;6/13/2009; Clottey-Cotto

[Ghost Kid]

Weigh in starts in a couple minutes:
http://assets.espn.go.com/livenow/livenow43.html

 

[Kramden]

Where's Clottey, in the steam room?

:142smilie :142smilie :mj07: :mj07:

 

[Ghost Kid]

Cotto
146
Clottey
147

Good staredown!
I like it.....Clottey seems very relaxed
Cotto not so much
but Cotto is always like that

 

[gardenweasel]

Weigh-in live at 1pm est on hbo/boxing.com. I'm leaning Cotto's way. Think he's simply the better guy.

 

[weepaul]

I think Cotto wins this all the way. It should be a distance fight but I don't know how well Clottey stands up to body shots.

 

[Ghost Kid]

 

[gardenweasel]

what is that?..a bad angle?...i thought clottey was a smidge taller?...

 

[frank s.]

They have Cotto at Boxerc @ 5'7" and Clottey at 5'8" and yet Cotto looks the taller man. No wonder I get headaches sometimes!!!

 

[THE KOD]

Though Clottey has two losses on his record, both came under unusual circumstances. He was disqualified for a head butt against Carlos Baldomir in 1999, and suffered a broken hand during his fight against Antonio Margarito in 2006.

?I feel that I am undefeated,? Clottey (35-2, 20 knockouts) said. ?When I get to the ring and Cotto beats me fairly, I will tell everybody that I lost for the first time. But for now, I doubt that I am going to lose. I feel I am going to win the fight.?
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Here is a differant take on Clotty commenting about this fight Saturday night .

I take nothing away from Clotty or his chance to win. Its just that these are two tough guys with a ton of ring smarts. Neither will tire early. They will both be well conditioned and capable.

see you after the dance is over

 

[Zerwas]

I'm looking at the Lederman props of Cotto vs. Clottey....

Clottey to be ahead after 3 looks ok.
Do you know if Lederman is biased towards Cotto!?

I'm not familiar with all HBO broadcasts, so maybe you can help me out...

 

[frank s.]

Be careful with this one. My first inclination was to go down the same path, but I have been reviewing Clottey's fights, and I ain't as sure as I once was. Seems the African needs to warm up and get a feel for his opponent. This isn't written in stone of course, as he may do the opposite. The prop is usually +1.5 pts. 1st 3 rds. so Clottey would just have to win 1out of 3. If the price is right, I'll do it also. There is always the outside chance of a knockdown/KO, but I don't see it.