Was part of the reason Cotto performed poorly against Clottey...

Stop making excuses.

Cotto performed poorly because of styles. Clottey gave Cotto very few openings and Clottey is pretty underrated as fighter.

Has people forgotten their performances against Judah. Cotto KO'ed Judah, but he got hurt multiple times. Clottey kick the **** out of Judah and made him quit. Clottey's performance against Judah was better than Cotto and Floyd's performance.

No matter how you cut it, Clottey is a good fighter and Cotto is on the same level. No excuses, they were fairly evenly matched, that's why Cotto didn't look good.