Cotto vs. Geale, GGG vs. Monroe, and Kirkland vs. Canelo

Cotto vs. Geale, GGG vs. Monroe, and Kirkland vs. Canelo

By M.DeTyrone

Miguel Cotto 39-4 (32KO) will be facing his 20^th ex or current world champion and will be in his 23^rd  world title fight defending his WBC Middleweight title for the first time vs. Daniel “Real Deal” Geale 31-3 (16KO) on June 6, 2015 at the Barclays Center in NYC in a catchweight of 157 lbs. This is an interesting fight because Geale is a legit middleweight with a height and reach advantage over Cotto.  Geale’s a solid veteran within the middleweight division being once a champion. However, Geale’s been dropped multiple times throughout his boxing career and not so long ago lost via a third round TKO vs. the casual fan and boxing media heralded GGG. 

In Geale’s last six fights he has a record of 4-2 (1KO) vs. opponents with a combined record of 165-12-3 and versus ex or current world champions he has a record of 4-3 (1KO). There are questions about Cotto’s victory and power by a section of boxing fans, which don’t recognize Cotto’s victory over Sergio Martinez, has a legitimate victory commenting that Martinez was with one leg and one arm, which cause his defeat. 

On June 6, Cotto will have an opportunity to demonstrate his power and boxing skills in the middleweight division vs. Daniel Geale, which is one of the only two ex-champions, which the boxing media darling GGG has ever faced in his career. A convincingly win will place Cotto in line for a possible rematch vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. or a fight vs. the alleged new Mexican star “Canelo” Alvarez in September 2015.

Geale is a solid boxer with good footwork and he’ll give a small Cotto a strong fight, but I see Cotto winning via decision. Cotto could come out and surprise everyone and KO Geale, or Geale can end up winning a split decision. This fight maybe more competitive than what many are lead to believe.

Gennady “GGG” Golovkin 32-0 (29KO) faces yet another opponent that he can walk down and slugs upon on that has no power to keep him honest and can expose his bad defense. His next opponent will be Willie Monroe Jr. 19-1 (6KO) Yes! Monroe Jr. has only six KOs and before that Murray had only 12 KOs making GGG’s current two opponents with a combined KO record of 18 KOs. Monroe’s last six opponents have a record of 91-57-2! Well the casual fans will enjoy the KO and claim GGG is the greatest Middleweight of all time that has only faced two ex world champions.

Boxing is business with many interest involved and the boxing media, social network, and online sites are just mere propagandist tools promoting boxers based on emotions and business marketability not current accomplishments or abilities etc…  

The result “Canelo” Alvarez vs. Kirkland has taken a life of its own with the same boxing media that exaggerated up Manny Pacquiao’s skills as an extreme threat for Floyd Jr. These are the same people in the boxing media accountable for creating overwhelming expectations and a false reality for “The Fight of the Century” and are now claiming with an anxious desire that Kirkland vs. “Canelo” will save boxing or bringing it back.

Kirkland must go into this fight with the intent too methodically hurt Alvarez badly and destroy him on the inside with a body attack without giving any space for Alvarez to move. The light puncher Nobuhiro Ishida has hurt before Kirkland and so did Angulo, Canelo’s team understands this weakness, and they are strongly relying on that fact. Maybe relying on this fact a bit too much and are over confident in Canelo’s power. Will Canelo’s power will be enough to hurt Kirkland? Maybe, although Canelo’s power is exaggerated his last true KO was against a 39-year-old former Jr. Welterweight Carlos Baldomir in 2010, and made to cut weight after their fight weighs in.

Alvarez hit Angulo with all he had, yet Angulo never visited the canvas. “Canelo” been badly hurt before by a blown up lightweight journeyman named Jose Miguel Cotto, and he’s build a pro record defeating blown up welterweights that fought at the Jr. middleweight division, and those boxers have since then moved down to the welterweight division.

Kirkland can match Alvarez in physical strength and can overwhelming in power and brutality, but I comment again that this fight has the looks of a step up for a Kirkland failure. I could be completely wrong and I hope that I’m. Because motivated Kirkland is an extremely dangerous boxer an unrelenting force of ruthless power. If Alvarez doesn’t hurt Kirkland and Kirkland comes in motivated and finds a way to fight Alvarez on the inside and land power shots then expect Kirkland to send “Canelo” to nearest Texas Medical Center or Hospital in Houston.

All indicates and points to a Kirkland set up for an epic failure resulting in a “Canelo” looking like this elite boxer-puncher, and give his blind fans something to follow. Many don’t seem to understand is that the boxing media and business need a Mexican boxer, which can generate money of a huge ethnic demographic that supports its boxers blindly. Without Anne Wolfe training Kirkland and an unknown trainer on his corner, and the long layoff of inactivity, the boxing fans expect a Kirkland defeat. We can end up with a surprise and Kirkland comes in gangbusters and hurts “Canelo” badly, but I expect the referee and judges will protect “Canelo” Alvarez. I wouldn’t be surprised that if Kirkland is slightly hurt they will prematurely stop the fight.