So who would be the perfect trainer for miguel cotto?

Bernard Hopkins. Watch Cotto v Margarito and you will see why.

 

cotto's pretty poor defensively to be honest. but it's so common with guys who are use to getting through fights on their power that it's unlikely to change him now.

cotto is probably always going to be a bit limited because of it - just like tszyu and tito were before him.

all good fighters though.

 

i agree with you totally in theory. but its hard to change him now.

 

I actually think Cotto has an underrated defense. He knows how to get out of trouble, particularly. Excellent ring movement.

 

****, welcome back. how long was the ban?

i think he's ok with his uncle tbh. he gets hit as much as he does because of the way he fights more or less. if you notice him fight defensively, he's already solid and adept at it.

 

i think what he is trying to say is, hopkins clinches, cotto doesnt. thats why margarito was able to land so much. cotto refuses to clinch, so he gets hit alot :good

 

Nazeem Richardson.

Judging from the recent Margarito & Pavlik fights, he knows how to get his man setting the pace, fighting their fight, and making the most of their offensive skills, which Cotto has in abundance.

 

all Cotto needs to do is avoid uppercuts lol and he'll be fine. i hate when he goes down low and puts his gloves to the sides and leaves his chin vulnerable to a goddamn uppercut :fire

 

i agree with some of the comments that say cotto gets hit too much and opens his guard too much in exchanges and when attacking.

i also agree with the posts that say his defense is underrated. people tend to treat the current incarnation of cotto as though he is the same fighter who was once nearly stopped in that wild brawl with ridcardo torres.

miguel has made a ton of progress since that time...the move up in weight has beefed up his chin because he doesn't have to dehydrate to make weight, he works far more effectively behind the jab and he remembers, these days, to keep his hands up in front of his face on the ropes. let's give the guy credit where it is due.

i think that--and i admit, his fighters have been getting beat up over the last few years--buddy mcgirt could probably do excelllent work with cotto. cotto has, i think, all of the determination, toughness, desire to mix it up that made arturo gatti's partnership with mcgirt so fruitful. buddy is one of the best at getting hard, rough fighters who are also athletically and technically capable to remember their skills while not forgetting that they possess the stuff to go at their opponent like a predator.

 

I saw your thread and Eddie Mustafa instantly popped into my head.:good

 

i agree with you completely. it was awful to watch him eat those left and right uppercuts at every moment he should have been cruising in the early going against zab judah in their messy--and eventually one-sided--fight.

i think buddy mcgirt could probably help to plug that hole too...get miguel to stop leaning off to the left or right when coming in. i think miguel does this as a means to try to stay out of harm's way while loading up the next shot, but it has the opposite effect.