Miguel Cotto: Boxing's most underrated jabber - too bad he underrates it too (GIFs)

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and I think this is what made cotto mentally get psyched out ass well because manny and ko seem to go hand in hand so even when he was knocked down the first time he wasn't hurt but the crowd just made it seem worse than it was and so he must have been thinking in his head "**** I got to do something else" when infact it was him leaving his jab and allowing manny to sit on the ropes without doing much to him which started the ball rolling for pac's victory

 

For someone with such a great jab, he really needs to complete the devlopment of his right hand so as to complement it. The jab, even if you double or triple off of it, must be accompanied by rights, then followed by left hooks upstairs or downstairs. Cotto actually has a pretty decent right hand which he used very beautfully in the Mosely fight. He's pretty good at leading with it actually. But he would really need to continue to develop it because, as of now, he is unfortunately a one-hand fighter.



Against an elite southpaw like Pac, you simply will not beat him with just your left. This was what led to DLH's downfall vs Pac, and, unfortunately, Cotto's as well: the complete reliance on the left hand. In fact, it's much harder for an orthodox fighter to hit a good southpaw with left hooks or jabs, for that matter, than with lead and power rights. A powerful, versatile right hand that can be thrown in lead or as a 1-2 or 1-2-3 is the antidote to a southpaw. In the clips you showed, notice that every time he rocked Pac with that stiff jab, Pac was a sitting duck for a power right but Cotto couldn't pull the trigger, perhaps due to a lack of confidence in his right.



Despite what I said about southpaws being harder to hit with an orthodox fighter's left, Cotto did land many nice jabs and some very impressive uppercuts with the left but his right simply made zero contribution. Had Cotto been prepared, trained, and willing to let his right go, I believe he would have defeated Pac but he was fighting with only half of his body and against Pac, a guy who has indeed learned to use his own right and now has a real two-fisted attack, you need all your tools if you are going to win.



I agree with you fully that Cotto should base his style around the jab. Cotto simply does not have the chin nor puch resistance to be a boxer-bully-brawler type at the elite level. He simply doesn't have anything remotely like a DLH, JMM, AA, Holy or Tua-type chin, in fact I think his chin is even a little below average. So, he should indeed base his offense around the jab, but he must develop that right to go along with it! It is not too late for him to do this but he needs a trainer to do it and obviously Joe Santiago didn't devote much time to integrating Cotto's right into his arsenal, despite the almost 4 month training period. I'm sure Steward would have, especially against a southpaw.


Sorry for the long-winded post but I wanted to be as through as I could concerning my take on Cotto's offense and the limitations of it. :nut

 

I love his jab. Its a little like the one Rafael Marquez has.

 

I remember reading that Cotto is a natural southpaw but fight as an orthodox

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