The Cotto from Quintana fight or Cotto from the Foreman fight, Which Cotto is better?

Technically, the Cotto from the Foreman fight, but he still had that unbeaten confidence, and aura of some kind of Terminator for the Quintana fight.

Really is a toss up.

 

So different

Easily the Quintana fight.

Cotto was and is Shot since the Manny fight,

 

The Cotto from the Quintana fight had unwavering confidence in his abilities and approached the fight with the mental edge that we haven't seen in a while. He pulled no punches and fought with a killer instinct; his movement, his patented left hook to the body and his punch selection was so fluent, so natural, it was second nature.

Under Manny Stewart he seems restrained, he's still aggressive but it feels like he's thinking in there. His approach is a little more contrived, and although his footwork has improved it's still feels like a watered down version of Cotto.

My theory on Manny Stewart is that when it comes to tall fighters he is an expert; he will transform a good fighter into a great champion. But when it comes to shorter more aggressive fighters he doesn't do them any justice. He's the kind of trainer that pressure fighters need when once they hit a certain age because he knows how to correct bad habits and re-instill fundamentals that older fighters rely on more and more when thier youth and explosiveness begin to fade. He is a great strategist as well but he incorporates a little bit more patience in his approach which can hurt or help a fighter depending on their style.

Hearns, Lewis, W. Klitschko are guys who benefitted most from Stewart's school of boxing.

Jermain Taylor and Miguel Cotto became less effective because Stewart suppressed their natural instincts.

 

theirs a difference, the Cotto of today is not shot as everyone says and he has become a better boxer but he doesnt have that aura of invisibility that he had for Quintana anymore

 

It's tough to say... I'd say skill wise the Cotto from the Foreman fight, but if I'm forced to say who was the better fighter I'd actually go with the Cotto from the Quintana fight.

 

quintana cotto> Cotto now>Pacquiao Cotto

 

Any version of Cotto pre-margartio / pacquiao was better simply for the fact he still had his confidence , and he wasn't damaged . These days he's a lot more hesitant to engage and he doesn't seem to be able to soak up damage all too well anymore. But he also seems to have worked on some of his technical flaws and that's helped too.

 

^^ Now> .........Pacquiao version and that is all that matters...

Cotto is better becaue he has learned from his mitakes, is not coming in drained to benefit the smaller dude, will fight at his comfortable weight and no need to shed extra pounds...confidence at an all time high by beating one of the 2 men that cheated him...

 

Miguel switching southpaw to beat Quintana was badass.:yep

 

From a purely technical standpoint, Cotto looked better in the Foreman fight, but it's unclear how powerful Cotto's offense is at this point; he hasn't been able to use his pressure-fighting style as much against bigger men at 154. So if he's able to replicate confident offensive performances like Quintana or Mosley while still having the added benefits of better fundamentals and new dimensions in his movement, then I'd consider him better now.