Floyd-Cotto Rounds 6 and 7, An Indepth Explanation of A Mayweather Adjustment

If you remember this fight, Cotto had a shitload of success in round 6. He accomplished this primarily by "boxing", stuck and moved in this case. The answer to halting him was consistent jabbing, which Floyd didn't start early enough in the round. The rhythm of Miguel's movement would get broken by Floyd's jabbing.

Pedro's instructions for Miguel in round 7 were, "Now you want to box.", because of the success in round 6.

Floyd answers round 7's bell by jabbing the **** out of Cotto to control his movement. The feinting and movement that was effective for Miguel in round 6 didn't work for him no more. Miguel tried to it for about a minute into the round before reverting back to his role as the stalker.

after having success pressuring and brawling with Floyd earlier in the round. Floyd immediately answers back with his own jab, what he does against great jabbers. Cotto does some more sticking and moving. Floyd's adjustment is to jab, which prevents Cotto from SHOOTING as he runs. From here on in the round Cotto does a whole lot of moving but scores little. Cotto scores again when he applies pressure for a few seconds. Pedro telling Cotto to box before round 7 after witnessing his success doing it in the prior round. Floyd begins the round by jabbing the hell out of Cotto to cancel his plans and limit his movement. Cotto gets cut off, hit, and immediately realizes he best revert to the stalker role if he wants to have success.

Floyd makes it a focus to stay off the ropes in a very competitive round 9 and struggles to cut Cotto off at the very end due to a neglect of the jab.

Key Takeaways
*Floyd's ability to cut off the ring is much better when he walks them down behind his jab

*EDUCATED pressure is still the best way to fight Floyd. We don't see enough of this because no one today is a swarmer.