Will Miguel Cotto fight in the Southpaw stance vs. Margarito?

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Originally Posted by ThePhantom5

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Can you post them. I'm not doubting you at all I just can't find them on those guys' twitter(probably cause I don't have twitter). I googled their twitter pages but didn't see those tweets...I'm just really interested in this.

[Hyper Knuckles]

Cotto's one of the few good switch hitters who can fight effectively from either stance. I'll argue that he does better at times when he slips into southpaw. Remember, he's a natural righty guys.

[ThePhantom5]

Originally Posted by War Aficionado

Cotto's one of the few good switch hitters who can fight effectively from either stance. I'll argue that he does better at times when he slips into southpaw. Remember, he's a natural righty guys.

He was amazing vs Quintana when he turned southpaw.

[TintaBoricua]

Originally Posted by x3_bazooka_x3

Here is what I can tell you the eye doesnt have to be a target, he can use it as if it were one to draw false moves out of Margarito, in other words we know Tony is likely going to be a bit more protective of that eye meaning that right hand of his will be a bit more active than we have seen before.

Cotto doesnt have to hit the eye all the time touch him there to make Margarito think he is after that eye then use your feints, feint with left hooks upstairs when really you use that move to draw Margaritos right hand up high enough so you can slip that left hook to the body in...

He can do that all night and I am sure he will, alot can be done is Margarito is over worried about the eye...

Yeah, I saw your post in another thread about feigning. It's kind of an advantage I hadn't really thought AT ALL. Margarito worrying about that right eye might decide to focus a lot on keeping a high guard at all, which might leave him open for Cotto's money shot, the left hook.

And like you posted in another thread, it wouldn't be surprising to see Margarito getting stopped by a body shot. Still, my jaw would be dropping to the floor if something like that happened. He is MUCH more vulnerable to the body than the head and he's been hurt to the body as early as round 1 in the Mosley fight from a straight right.

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Originally Posted by War Aficionado

Cotto's one of the few good switch hitters who can fight effectively from either stance. I'll argue that he does better at times when he slips into southpaw. Remember, he's a natural righty guys.

You mean lefty.