Why are people so down on Delvin? While not elite, Delvin has trains hard and shows up to win. Cotto did what he was supposed to do, KO a guy that isn't on his level and remind people that he is a world class fighter.
What do you expect from back to back losses from the guy? To fight the Klitchs? It was a good stay busy fight and a good warm up bout under Roach :boxing::boxing: haters gonna hate the same ones that can't sleep when Cotto wins and the ones in every Cotto thread LMAO.
All of the above. Rodriguez was put there to make Cootto look good but Cotto showed that he has more left then people thought. How many times have we seen fighters just look a lil good and win fights by decision when we expected a thrashing??? Give him credit for disposing Delvin the way he did. And for anybody that doubts Cotto still, push for a fight between Cotto and Martinez. Simple.
Roach had him aggressive and using his left hook to body early and often. Rodriguez was feeling those from the first one he landed.
Cotto is the reason he won. Nobody has ever put a beating on Rodriguez, even in his losses. He was dismantled and tore apart in 2 rounds.
All of THIS!
Rodriguez isn't a terrible fighter but he is not as good as Cotto and how Cotto fought that fight was not something he was prepared to handle.
That approach is not likely to work as good on a better opponent and it could actually cost Cotto because he has issue fighting at a high tempo for the whole fight.
Because Rodriguez was garbage
That was the whole point of this fight. If Rodriguez would had been competitive in the fight it would had meant that Cotto was done at fighting at the higher level.
The way he handled this fight shows that he has gas left in the tank and is still able to compete at the highest level
Roach had him aggressive and using his left hook to body early and often. Rodriguez was feeling those from the first one he landed.
Cotto is the reason he won. Nobody has ever put a beating on Rodriguez, even in his losses. He was dismantled and tore apart in 2 rounds.
Roach, Cotto, are Rodriguez?
Cause he's supposed to take care of bums like Rodriguez. He did what was expected of him. Easy tunup fight. Roach I think convinced Cotto to be more aggressive also.
Because Rodriguez was garbage
Damn i really HATE to agree with this guy (i don't like racists or morons) but Rodriguez is strictly ESPN level, even Jim lampley pointed that out at the beginning of the broadcast.
Cotto should not be fighting a Rodriguez level guy on HBO but hey with Golden Boy at Showtime HBO does not have much choice i guess.