Not sure but Cotto doesnt seem to throw body punches/hooks like he used to...

This :deal

 

Hmm whats the difference? its the same to me, only the angles were different:bbb

I guess the level of competition has a lot to do with it, you wont be as confident against somebody you know who can hurt you bad if you make a mistake. :hey

 

Against Clottey he needed to punch quick and get out of range. Clottey was a lot faster than he expected, i think. In addition, that shell-defence makes it pointless trying to get much leverage behind the shot. There just wasn't the space to land it.

He threw some good stuff against Mosley, Gomez and Jennings. He landed some thudding hooks against the ropes against Clottey. He can still do it, but he looks for angles more.

 

Its all good man, Maybe this training vids just arent showin us what we want to see=):good

 

I've noticed that in all of Cotto's fights since Judah. He doesn't commit to his punches at all anymore. It looks like he wants to throw and then get the **** out of the way. Still good, defensive minded, but I could tell his punches don't have the crack that they used to.

Another thing, this mentally of his, it does cost him nowadays, most notably in Margo fight. He gives away his ground as soon as he gets it. He hits someone then gets out of the way when he should stay on cuz the guy was a bit dazed, but he doesn't see that, he sees, "Cotto, run."

 

I think is a result of the opponents more than anything else. In the Margarito fight i believe he didn't want to risk getting hit by the uppercut(it happened anyway) and Clottey is just very difficult to deal with also.

 

This may be the case, and that worries me a little from a Cotto perspective. Pac's gonna be giving him all sorts of crazy angles, and if he's throwing differently in order to not get hit, then I think he's giving up one of his advantages.

We'll see come fight night tho, I guess...

 

Cotto was in one of those type of fights where most boxers leave something behind in the ring.

There's many examples of fighters who have never been the same after a brutal fight.

Who knows about Cotto, we need to see how he fares in future fights.

 

I'm also surprised at how little is made of the fact that Cotto has pretty much been training himself for like the past 5 fights. If you look at it that way he's doing a damn good job. Imagine what he could accomplish with a real trainer in his corner?

 

The word "stiff" that Kirk used reminds me alot of how fighters look when they're bordering if not already shot.

Good eye Kirk, and reason to be concerned. You should know, you've already seen that with a huge favorite of yours, Fernando Vargas.

Who knows what the hell happens to the human body/ brain when you take a real bonafide beatdown the fashion Vargas got vs Tito, and Cotto did vs Margarito.


I'm no expert on the subject, but I'd imagine that something in the brain permanently shortcircuits during a beatdown, that prevents the body from cooperating in the same fluid form it once did before the short circuit.


I'm seeing what Kirk's talking about, although thank God not to the extent that was prevalent with Fernando Vargas.