If you could choose a sparring partner to prepare for the following....

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  1. slystaff

    slystaff Im Banned

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    who would you choose?

    Miguel Cotto
    Floyd Mayweather
    Joe Calzaghe
    Manny Pacquaio
    Paul Williams
    Shane Mosley
    Juan Diaz
    Manny Pacquaio
     
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    Mitchell Kane WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    Pacquiao's so good you need twice the sparring partners? :lol:
     
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    I would have Joan Guzman to help me prepare for Floyd Mayweather.

    Juan Diaz and Miguel Cotto have some stylistic similarities, although Diaz is a couple weight classes smaller.

    I don't know about preparing for Calzaghe or Williams....maybe Chad Dawson?
     
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    I'm assuming we're only talking about active fighters here and guys that are at least close in weight class.


    Miguel Cotto - See Mosley

    Floyd Mayweather - Cory Spinks. Just to get used to guys that are very hard to hit clean.

    Joe Calzaghe - Not sure. Glen Johnson maybe? Veteran fighter who knows the 'tricks' but still has a high output. A southpaw would be better obviously though.

    Paul Williams - A tall southpaw would be nice, but most southpaws don't fight anything like Paul Williams. Not sure. :dunno:

    Shane Mosley - Cotto. Physically strong fighter, with good handspeed and has the extra advantage of having faced Cotto before.

    Juan Diaz - Ricky Hatton. Lots of stamina and always coming forward

    Manny Pacquaio - Edwin Valero. Not they're the same guy both are agressive action fighters with balance issues that can be exploited.

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    EXACTLY what I was thinking!!!
     
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    Andre Berto if I were fighting Mosley.
     
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    Ugotabe Kidding WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    It depends also on how the fighter is. If a middleweight guy fought Calzaghe, it would be necessary to get used to his size, so Dawson cold be a good choise. However if a lt. heavy fought him, the speed and activity factors would be essential, so he might go for a smaller guy (Jermain Taylor perhaps)
     

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