Why Couldn't Mosley Hurt Cotto?

IMO shane was not a very big puncher at higher weights he fought in(WW, JMW).... the only devastating early KO i can think of was shannon taylor... You've been here since 2004 and you write that? Dude, he brutally KO'd both Mayorga and Margarito. Mayorga couldn't get up for about 5 minutes.

IMO shane was not a very big puncher at higher weights he fought in(WW, JMW).... the only devastating early KO i can think of was shannon taylor...

cotto was pretty drained in his final two fights at 140 and his chin looked shaky but he annihilated that myth when he fought mosley cotto's chin really isnt that bad its not as good as it was in that fight though its becuase miguel cotto has alot of heart and warriors spirit when he is hurt he survives it and ends up coming back with his own barrage of punches but much credit to both mosley and cotto their fight was decent and i would like to see a rematch even at this stage of their careers!

The same reason why Floyd said Cotto is from Pureto Rico. U are a perfect candidate for the ignore list

I've always said I'm SURE Mosley took Cotto lightly, he saw these B-grade fighters hurt him, like corley and judah and thought "easy money" i cant see how else cotto walked through his shots.

He did hurt Cotto and Cotto has a better chin at WW than JWW. Yeah right, tell that to Rito, Clottey, and Pac

Watch the fight again. At no point was Cotto hurt. The cut from the Judah fight inside his mouth reopened. Since midway through the 9th round to midway through the 10th Cotto was fighting off the back foot. What you're referring to is the beginning of the 10th. Shane hit him with a big right hand and Cotto was moving backwards. That does not equate to Cotto being hurt, it's clear as day he was absolutely fine. And Shane is the one who slipped causing the ref to stop the fight so that he could wipe the floor. I just watched again to verify, I will alter my view. My view is that Cotto was backing up as you say, Mosley hit him with a hard righd hand which forced him to hold on then the incident above with the wiping. My view is he was buzzed by the punches before which is why he went to the ropes, I'll concede he wasn't badly hurt.

Watch the fight again. At no point was Cotto hurt. The cut from the Judah fight inside his mouth reopened. Since midway through the 9th round to midway through the 10th Cotto was fighting off the back foot. What you're referring to is the beginning of the 10th. Shane hit him with a big right hand and Cotto was moving backwards. That does not equate to Cotto being hurt, it's clear as day he was absolutely fine. And Shane is the one who slipped causing the ref to stop the fight so that he could wipe the floor. Cotto was definitely hurt between round 9 or 11 not too sure now, He backed off alarmingly enough for the commentator to question what happen to him, They didnt see that Mosley had land a punch on him but cotto played it off well and even won that round by jabbing Mosley.

Well I do think he was hurt which is why he started boxing but against Zab, Clottey, Plasterito, Pac, Corley, Torres we've seen him rattled pretty good, strange Shane couldn't put him on queer street.

He did hurt him, forget which round, maybe 9 or 10. Cotto was hurt, went to the ropes and the referee stepped in and ordered the corner to be wiped up, giving Cotto valuable time. That's not true. Cotto began boxing off the backfoot and the HBO commenators assumed he was hurt because he wasn't pressing the attack as usal. This has been common place in many Cotto fights, like the Kelson Pinto fight for example, where the commentators thought he was bothered by a shot seconds before he dropped Pinto with a counter combination off the ropes. Shane was pressuring Cotto and slipped on a wet spot in the corner. He then stopped his attack and motioned the referee towards the spot You can see it all in this GIF... http://home.comcast.net/~antwuanmax/boxing/cotto-mosley.gif As the GIF clearly shows, it was Shane who wanted something done about the wet spot, and the referee never stepped in until Shane complained about it. This tells me Shane knew Cotto wasn't hurt, or else he wouldn't have let the slippery canvas prevent him from going in for the finish.

He did hurt him, forget which round, maybe 9 or 10. Cotto was hurt, went to the ropes and the referee stepped in and ordered the corner to be wiped up, giving Cotto valuable time. yeah but he didn't have his trade mark explosive power. He admitted it was due to lifting wrong, and I believe him because that sh1t happened to me when I would lift hard for football season, then be stiff as hell with no explosion when basketball and track season would come around (When I use to lift like Mosley, before my S&C educated me on lifting proper).

He did hurt him, forget which round, maybe 9 or 10. Cotto was hurt, went to the ropes and the referee stepped in and ordered the corner to be wiped up, giving Cotto valuable time. Watch the fight again. At no point was Cotto hurt. The cut from the Judah fight inside his mouth reopened. Since midway through the 9th round to midway through the 10th Cotto was fighting off the back foot. What you're referring to is the beginning of the 10th. Shane hit him with a big right hand and Cotto was moving backwards. That does not equate to Cotto being hurt, it's clear as day he was absolutely fine. And Shane is the one who slipped causing the ref to stop the fight so that he could wipe the floor.

He did hurt Cotto and Cotto has a better chin at WW than JWW.

Shane landed many if those big rights and left hands on Cotto but he never rattled him like he did Floyd with only 2 shots. Strange cause Cotto has been hurt by lesser punchers at JW, and WW. Have you ever lifted weight before? Well here is the reason: Shane, in an attempt to move up in the higher weight, lifted to get bigger with strength training. Contrary to popular believe, you actually lose punching power doing that, and when he said along time ago that he was doing Olympic style lifting (heavy amounts of weight with low reps), I knew his power would be gone to an extent, because I have done it and the same thing happened to me. He should have been doing explosive weight lifting (lower amount of weight, with higher reps at a faster pace). He admitted a while ago, in an interview after the Cotto fight, that it was the wrong approach to gaining muscle mass, and he said he lost alot of his power in doing so. He got off that b.s. weight lifting program around the Mayorga fight and he the power that made him great during his LW days against Margarito and Mosley. FWIW this is why Pavlik does that training with the hammer on the tire, and Pac uses Nutritional program to add Mass. Lifting to get bigger is very tricky and unless you know what you are doing, your power, speed, co-ordination and movements will suffer greatly.

The same reason why Floyd said Cotto is from Pureto Rico.

cotto was pretty drained in his final two fights at 140 and his chin looked shaky but he annihilated that myth when he fought mosley cotto's chin really isnt that bad its not as good as it was in that fight though

He did hurt him, forget which round, maybe 9 or 10. Cotto was hurt, went to the ropes and the referee stepped in and ordered the corner to be wiped up, giving Cotto valuable time.