Cotto's "yes" men all around him

Actually think Roach made a good point about Cotto having no real leadership in his camp outside of himself. Think his camp is just staying status quo since he dropped his trainer a couple fights ago. I know Roach talks alot of trash, but I do think that Cotto has stagnated as far as his growth as a boxer and will just be coming in as the same Cotto in his previous fights. This is not a bad thing by any means, as that Cotto can certainly beat Pacman. But for such a big fight and vs an opponent who has a trainer that focuses on bad habits to capitalize on in fights, I think Cotto may run into trouble. I think team Cotto may be banking on the idea that the Cotto that beat Clottey will be able to beat Pacman. May happen, but I like fighters with corners that have a solid gameplan. I really dont think Cottos trainer/corner/team has a gameplan other then to fight as he always has. I think this could be a mistake in a fight against a fighter like Pacman and a trainer like Roach.

 

But is he really going to "surprise" pac? Thats the thing. Cotto does the same thing and does it well. Hell, for all purposes Cotto is undefeated.Pacs camp knows exactly what hes going to do though and Cottos camp may not be ready for what Pacman can and will do. Doing the same thing over and over and having some bad habits can be a potential problem if your fighting an opponent that has the ability to dissect those bad habits and use them to their advantage. But again, those bad habits havent caused Cotto to lose. And again, Cotto has never fought a fighter like Pac, although Cotto has a damn good resume. Fight is up in the air for me.

 

No, but thats because Hatton really didnt follow a plan and was "brawling Ricky", and Mayweather didnt do a good enough job to incorporate new training with his old style and get the game plan ingrained in the brain. And there was that one X factor of Pacman. Its true, you cant teach an old dog new tricks, but you can certainly improve and correct upon things. You cant go changing Cotto at this point, why? The guy is a winner. But, you do have to tweak and change things here and there and I just dont think Cotto camp/trainer is doing that and it may have a considerable impact vs this particular opponent.

 

Ya, you made a good point. Yes men around all boxers, agree. My point is with his training, in particular, his trainer. Theres a reason he was the assistant up until recently. Doesnt mean he cant be/turn into a great trainer for Cotto. Just comes off to me as a guy who is just maintaining Cotto, but adding nothing. Again, I may be completely wrong and maintaining Cotto may be all that is needed since he has consistently won. Dont fix it unless its broken, but theres always room to upgrade/correct things so they dont go broke.