What cotto needs to learn...

BINGO!!!!!!!. I was going to make this exact post. Had he clinched, he would've saved energy. It's part of winning. He needs to learn this big time.

 

agreed.. I respect Margarito dont get me wrong I just dont like his abilities in the ring... being tough aint everything

 

Bump because i think this was the biggest factor in terms of what Cotto could've done differently to affect the outcome of this fight. He needs to learn how to institute this part of this game into his gameplan in these type of situations. Maybe he should've watched Hopkins/Calzaghe!!!

 

Bah, Clinching is half of what is wrong with boxing.

Cotto allowed himself to get backed up into the ropes, and was fighting off them too much. Cotto had some very nice moments in the fight, he didn't vary his punches to the body enough while Margarito pinned him against the ropes and punished the body early.

 

Cotto has to much pride to clinch... He would've gladly kept fighting till he couldnt no longer get up. Great fight... Makes me fired up =D

 

No, that's why this is the sweet science. It's part of boxing strategy. You need to employ it when it calls it for.

 

Cotto fans making excuses? Hew needs to learn how to clinch was his big flaw?
Margarito jsut straight smooth prison raped Cotto systimaticly He won on the cards and had Cotto kneel to him
I give cotto props for doing what Gayweather wont and fight the Man

 

lol...so Cotto needs to fight more like Hatton...

Thanks.

 

If he clinched in addition to all the running he would have lost on points. What he should have learned was to stay off the damn ropes.

 

No. But let's get real, the guy could've had more clinches every so often just to dictate the pace a little bit better instead of running and wasting energy. He was hitting Marg with flush shots all fight long but it didn't have the necessary effects. I mean most guys would've been KOed in the early rounds from those shots. Marg's chin is out of this world. Granite!

 

Bull****.

Clinching is for heavyweighs and older fighters. Younger Tommy Hearns was a great boxer puncher who rarely clinched. If you can move and take the center of the ring, use lateral movement you should do so. I'd rather see Cotto go out like he did, on his shield than turn into John Ruiz or show up looking like Jermain Taylor did against Ouma.

 

No but he should have clinched while on the ropes instead of trading and getting beat up. He was outboxing him easy but was on the ropes sitting there to be hit.