Look at that clip Philla put up... Notice how Pac wasn't even really looking up at Cotto as Cotto was contemplating the jab. He was looking at his feet. As soon as he hit that quick stutter-step to set his feet, Pac would duck, and lunge in low with the left hand. It wasn't until he posted that slow-mo gif until I looked at other footage and noticed that pac was doing that from the second round forward. Cotto also sets and dips his shoulder before throwing a powerful left hook. Same thing. Minus the jab and left hook, Pac left Cotto pretty much weapon-less from about the 4th or 5th Round forward.
I am still undecided about Cotto. He is one of my favourite fighters, but he seems to have lost a step since the Mosley fight. His once unquestionable relentlessness seems to have deserted him and he seems to be gassing around the middle of the fight. Although as with Hatton i wont make my decision until there next fight after Pac. Pacquaio is obviously a special fighter.
Nah....Cotto is far from finished. I actually think we may see a better Cotto at 154. I feel he beats Yuri....and with that win in a new weight class I think it rejuvinates Miguel....we'll see.
No he has a few fights left just God forbid him fight another aggressive, in your face the whole time fighter. He should beat Yuri Foreman, George Foreman, or any other Foreman man enough to face Cotto.
Cotto is a mystery, we don't know what he has left. =Thats one mystery and I don't know why he would take this fight!!! = thats the other!
Let me say it 1 (ONE) more time: 2 losses, not 3, but 2 (TWO)... AND BOTH can be argued they weren't fair fights, yes, BOTH of them. 1st, illegal wraps & 2nd, PED's. Yep, not agreeing to random blood testing on the biggest fight in history is something that, IMO, is like making a guilty plea or at least a no contest, which is another way of saying you're guilty....With that being said, I think Cotto can recover from those 2 losses very well, he's still young and I've noticed how ppl over here @ ESB overstate losses like these, then again, IMHO... About him going up in weight, I see that as an unnecessary move unless he really plans to retire next year & all he wants to do is add another title in a dif. weight class. IMO he could/should get a new, real trainer and fight Berto for a title @147, something I'm very confident he could do with not too much trouble. Then, after becoming a champion 1 more time he's back in the mix and can wait 'til the dust settles from the results of JC-pac & FM-Mosley ... remember he still got wins against JC & SSM.
As an "elite" fighter, yes. Pacman further took something away from him, both mentally and physically.