I can agree with that. I was always taught though, that to put real power into the hook or uppercut is to bend your elbow, otherwise it's 'just a swing'. I didn't see the fight but had Cotto been working on that side of the body for a while or was one of the few punches that connected there? Whatever it is, that punch definitely worked for him.
No, Cotto only landed a handful of decent body shots the whole night. But they were visibly effective. Some of them were right hands to the pit of Foreman's stomach.
That was a beautiful series of video capturing what you can't see in real time. Flinching is the body's reflexive reaction to extreme pain, just like the very quick reaction you'd get sticking your finger into the flame of a lighter or getting shocked. Looking at the second part of the initial vid, look at Foreman's right arm immediately flinching to cover the liver about the right mid axilliary line, adducting and moving posteriorly about the glenohumeral join and flexing at the elbow joint...for those mofos who doubt that it hurt.
The first one seemed to get him off balance as much as it hurt him. He quickly reset his feet and pushed Foreman away. The second one was partly absorbed by his guard. He'll always be a little fragile, but he minimised his risk. That was Foreman's only real success and, soon as Cotto got back to the jab, he wasn't able to take advantage again.
That's a great exchange. Look how Cotto sneaks that left uppercut in at the end. That made Foreman think twice. That's the tightest combination punching I've seen from Cotto since he beat Judah.
Yes, thanks to your excellent anotomical description I can now see that it hurt him, I couldn't see that before. For the record you can't move a joint posteriorly, that's not correct anatomical language.
Definitely the most effective I've seen him with the left uppercut to Hopefully there'll be even more improvement in his next fight With some intelligent opponent choices, there's definitely good wins out there for him.