that's absolutely right...cotto is, of course, naturally a southpaw and that fact is very obvious if you pay close attention to his stance and punch delivery. he tends to gravitate, as fights progress toward squaring himself (and thus leaving himself open) because he is feeling the biological urge to switch back to the stance his brain wiring favors. he gets hit, sometimes, more than he ought to for this reason. however, he gains versatility and power in his lead hand. hard to say what he might have done if he trained as a lefty.
he seemed a little slow but I dont think he needed that much speed, look what he did to Jennings, but in the Mosley fight he looked pretty damn fast
Shutting down the left-hand is most important especially with those vicious body shots. Yep, left-hook to the body is his best punch but you never know. Cotto never used it against Margarito. I'm sure Roach would make neutralizing the left a big part of the game plan. That was of course one of the biggest things they worked on for the ODLH fight.
Cotto is as fast as he needs to be....whether its in training or against a slower fighter or faster fighter such as Mosley. Thats why most of his oponents were surprised afterwards in his speed.
sometime in the first 2 rounds, no? I don't remember too well. I could be wrong. If so then my bad, but the point remains. Corley had him on ***** street though.
He was sharp the mosley fight except the last 2 rounds i think. im 65/35 with regards to cottos stamina?
I think against Judah and Torres, Cotto was momentarily an astronomy enthusiast, but with Corley...I think it was more of an equilibrum issue from being clubbed in the temple or ear area. Not quite as bad as Trevor Berbick against Tyson though.... No shame in the game...everyone is human...
it seemed to me that cotto had a hard time throwing the left hook to the body against margarito because of the combination of margo's height advantage and the placement of his elbows consistently at the bottom of the rib cage. that's a tough spot for coot--and the right choice for margo against a shorter, more compact fighter who is best suited to shoot hooks horizontally in straight lines and dig up into the ribcage immediately upon the beginning of impact. cotto didn't have that option, the geometry of the fight worked against that possibility. and, additionally, margo was smothering cotto in close quarters so cotto couldn't throw that left uppercut/hook hybrid to the body that he has been so effective with over the years.
I wonder about stamina myself. He admitted he lost his legs after 6 rounds against Margarito. I don't know why. Could be all the energy he was wasting by constantly moving away but I would not have thought he would lose his legs that quick. Sometimes it's a mental thing with fighters when it comes to stamina. He never had that kind of pressure put on him before.