Cotto outweighed Abdulaev by 20 pounds

much better conditioned tonight and it showed

His footworks is getting better with each outing. Just a year and a half ago Cotto didn't move that well. He had good lateral movement and moved side to side well but didn't do anything with it offensively. He was slighly sluggish and flat footed and didn't get any lift after moving laterally. He had to start his offense go forward or fully stopping. He impress me more each time. He should be patient and wait another year to develop and figure out what style he wants to stick with. He has a very good overall package and could change his style accordingly to any type of fighter though, but that takes a lot of prep work and scouting.

yea cotto was in great condition

I think he looked bigger than his last fight. His footwork was great side to side, move and reset and lunge every once in a while with the left hook or stiff jab and stop and jab. Can I point out all these things are natural to me that is why I notice them without ever stepping a foot in a gym. :D Cotto has a lot of talent but he is not as strong as I thought, he can still get by with his great conditioning. In the early rounds of this fight when he was getting caught with the right he seems a bit troubled, but he showed he has a strong mentality and fought threw it.

damn if that was excellent, then Oscar , Zab and mayweather are god It was extremely good for a young fighter who's facing an in-your-face pressure guy who is very tough and can take a good punch. Oscars footwork has never been anything special IMO but it was pretty good against Trinidad.

corley vs cotto http://www.fightnews.com/1photos/cotto_corley_bn14.jpg n ill get the abdulev one later

Yes his footwork was excellent...he moved very well side to side to throw the pressure fighter off and away from Abbies right hand. He used his feet well to manipulate Abbie for bodyshots as well and reset well after throwing combinations. All signs of excellent footwork...and he kept it up for 8 1/2 rounds. Did you not see this or what? damn if that was excellent, then Oscar , Zab and mayweather are god

Yes his footwork was excellent...he moved very well side to side to throw the pressure fighter off and away from Abbies right hand. He used his feet well to manipulate Abbie for bodyshots as well and reset well after throwing combinations. All signs of excellent footwork...and he kept it up for 8 1/2 rounds. Did you not see this or what? I agree he kept his footwork up through the whole fight but its not until the 8 round that you start to see the footwork fade so we can't if he can keep that movement up for 12. It looks like he had a decent shot at it though.

Cotto did his best work when moving..but when stood still..Abdullaev.was hitting him with good shots...if he was better adapt to hit while moving..he would of given Cotto much more trouble...Mayweather..would..give Cotto fits

great footwork?? lol, yeah but he didnt seem as big as when he fought ChOp Chop at the weigh in. In the ring i couldnt really tell the difference between his last fight. But if they didnt weigh him tonight he probably was really up there. Last time he fought everyone mentioned the weight difference between him and Corley, they praobly tried to hide it this time, since hes HBO's newest kid Yes his footwork was excellent...he moved very well side to side to throw the pressure fighter off and away from Abbies right hand. He used his feet well to manipulate Abbie for bodyshots as well and reset well after throwing combinations. All signs of excellent footwork...and he kept it up for 8 1/2 rounds. Did you not see this or what?

i really liked this fight...... i thought it might have been a blowout or a surprize KO by abdulleav but i didnt think it would be this competitve.

great footwork?? lol, yeah but he didnt seem as big as when he fought ChOp Chop at the weigh in. In the ring i couldnt really tell the difference between his last fight. But if they didnt weigh him tonight he probably was really up there. Last time he fought everyone mentioned the weight difference between him and Corley, they praobly tried to hide it this time, since hes HBO's newest kid exactly like with gatti after people started taken notice of the weight differences they suddenly stoped showin his wieght the nite of the fight but i think its more toprank then hbos doing

I thought Cotto looked to be about 149/150. He wasn't that much bigger than Abdullaev and certainly not 20 pounds. He looked nowhere close to 157 like he was for Corley. If he were that heavy than he wouldn't have been able to sustain that great footwork. Abbie looked around 144 and Cotto 149 imo... great footwork?? lol, yeah but he didnt seem as big as when he fought ChOp Chop at the weigh in. In the ring i couldnt really tell the difference between his last fight. But if they didnt weigh him tonight he probably was really up there. Last time he fought everyone mentioned the weight difference between him and Corley, they praobly tried to hide it this time, since hes HBO's newest kid

I thought Cotto looked to be about 149/150. He wasn't that much bigger than Abdullaev and certainly not 20 pounds. He looked nowhere close to 157 like he was for Corley. If he were that heavy than he wouldn't have been able to sustain that great footwork. Abbie looked around 144 and Cotto 149 imo... I totally agree, he looked a lot slimmer than when he fought Corley. When he fought Corley, Cotto ballooned up to 157 because he wanted to fight fire with fire to impress the crowd in Puerto Rico. This time with Abdullaev, Cotto had patience and a game plan besides knocking him out. I thought he weighed perfectly tonight, around 147-150.

Yeah it didn't appear to me that Cotto was as big as he was for Corley.

I thought Cotto looked to be about 149/150. He wasn't that much bigger than Abdullaev and certainly not 20 pounds. He looked nowhere close to 157 like he was for Corley. If he were that heavy than he wouldn't have been able to sustain that great footwork. Abbie looked around 144 and Cotto 149 imo... he seemed so much bigger to me, but you are probably right

I thought Cotto looked to be about 149/150. He wasn't that much bigger than Abdullaev and certainly not 20 pounds. He looked nowhere close to 157 like he was for Corley. If he were that heavy than he wouldn't have been able to sustain that great footwork. Abbie looked around 144 and Cotto 149 imo...