Will Steward rejuvenate Cotto's career?

no trainer in the world can fix a glass jaw when that glass is shattered. although cotto has never had much of a chin...so mebbe if he works heavily on his defense...but nahh man, i think its too late.

It's an improvement from where Cotto was at as far as his corner is concerned. Steward over the yrs has been very vocal about the mistakes Cotto makes in the ring. If he can somehow clear up a good majority of that and also focus on Cotto's attributes to tighten those up, It may work out to be a good move. We'll find out in June. This is my thought as well, i think steward could be good for him because he sees things in cotto that others were overlooking. His commentary in the Margaritto fight was brilliant, Lampley and Co were all talking about how baddass cotto was doing and Steward was noticing the decline in the fight.

Cotto has looked like ass since firing his uncle, honestly i thought that would help him, but it hasn't. So the big war w/ marg plus firing his uncle, i think cotto needs a break and a new trainer, but i don't think he's finished i think he just needs to rebuild from the ground up, get rid of the bad habbits he's picked up after the margaritto fight.

It's an improvement from where Cotto was at as far as his corner is concerned. Steward over the yrs has been very vocal about the mistakes Cotto makes in the ring. If he can somehow clear up a good majority of that and also focus on Cotto's attributes to tighten those up, It may work out to be a good move. We'll find out in June.

Im under the impression that Cotto is done as a fighter. But something hes been missing lately is a strong trainer in his corner, a smart trainer. Maybe Steward can help his career in a major way. It doesn't hurt to have Steward but at this point its probably too late. Not sure if he can really fix Cotto's defense. He has always be susceptible to the uppercut and shots down the middle

Cotto finished? WTF is wrong with you people? I guess this is why I don't even come into NSB anymore, this place is fukin retarded. He might be the world beater some thought but he's a damn good fighter and I think a change from trainer will help him out a lot. Sometimes a fighter just needs a change of scenery, something to get them away from the distractions he had before. Cotto is a tough fighter and will give anyone a hell of a fight. Good post ... completely agree !!!

i think it can if cotto beats foreman. he'd have another belt in another division. and he can defend it and bank off that.. i can see james kirkland coming back and using cotto as a stepping stone. that would be nice. but at the sametime i can see arum not making it happen so golden boy doesnt cash in. bobby doesnt do what helps the sport he does what helps his pockets

Cotto hasn't been the same mentally since Margarito and the Pacquiao beatdown wouldn't of helped his confidence. Steward could improve Cotto's defense, and might be able to bring Cotto back mentally. Overall though, i don't see him making much of a difference. At least he is an improvement from yes-man Santiago. :)

Cotto finished? WTF is wrong with you people? I guess this is why I don't even come into NSB anymore, this place is fukin retarded. He might be the world beater some thought but he's a damn good fighter and I think a change from trainer will help him out a lot. Sometimes a fighter just needs a change of scenery, something to get them away from the distractions he had before. Cotto is a tough fighter and will give anyone a hell of a fight. i agree somewhat.....cotto is a good fighter, and will give anybody a tough fight, but that's what they said about clottey too. the point of the thread was whether or not steward could get cotto back to that "elite" level he once had. IMO he's not the same guy since margarito, and when he's in there with good competition, he's now prone to getting hurt earlier and earlier in fights. i think cotto will probably stay TOP 5 in w/e weight class he enters, but i don't know whether it's too late at this point for steward to add enough wrinkles to the dudes game to have him considered a threat to "world class" fighters. i also agree with the dude who said it's up to cotto....you have to wonder whether he even believes himself, he belongs in there with the best fighters. doesn't matter how good, or how good he thought he was before, his confidence has to be shaken a bit, given what's went down in his last 4 fights.

done against top competition? give me a break. the guy's only two losses came at the hands of, suspended for attempted cheating, plasterito and the other one who's considered one of the top 3 greatest of all time - manny pacquiao. i mean ... let's be real now. I think he has a good chance against Foreman, but that's not top level comp. Like it or not, Cotto had the fight beat out of him against Margacheato. You don't come back from that kind of beating.

Yeah he gave Pacquiao a hell of a fight. he done miles better than clottey hatton oscar

no, steward will not help cotto, he will run him into the ground, steward is the beginning of the end for cotto, the real end. bad move on cotto's part......

Cotto's done against top competition, but he could stick around and beat 2nd tier fighters. There's no shame in that. He's put in his work and probably deserves a little bank account padding.

Cotto finished? WTF is wrong with you people? I guess this is why I don't even come into NSB anymore, this place is fukin retarded. He might be the world beater some thought but he's a damn good fighter and I think a change from trainer will help him out a lot. Sometimes a fighter just needs a change of scenery, something to get them away from the distractions he had before. Cotto is a tough fighter and will give anyone a hell of a fight. I guess you missed those brutal beatings he took by Pac and Marg. On top of getting hammered by Clottey.

Cotto finished? WTF is wrong with you people? I guess this is why I don't even come into NSB anymore, this place is fukin retarded. He might be the world beater some thought but he's a damn good fighter and I think a change from trainer will help him out a lot. Sometimes a fighter just needs a change of scenery, something to get them away from the distractions he had before. Cotto is a tough fighter and will give anyone a hell of a fight.

I dont think he can do much, Its up to Cotto tho Thats true he has to listen and be ready physically too.

If I had to guess I'd say no. But it would be nice to see him recover somewhat.

The only thing this relationship will rejuvenate is Steward's back account.