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With all the talk of Cotto Mosley and Mayweather Hatton, in both instances you have a speed guy and a hardened slugger looking to body snatch. However the differences between the two fights are pretty major in alot of ways when you look beyond just the paper matchup.
A good body attack needs a couple things, for one, you need to be inside, period, you need to be in range to throw that ****. For two, you need good footwork and the ability to work well in and out of clinches. One last thing you need..someone standing in front of you giving you enough body to make it happen.
Watching Cotto/Judah i have noticed something, when judah was moving in and out throwing combinations before the low blow fiasco, he had cotto in control and was doing what he wanted to do in the first couple rounds even stunning him early. However, In about round 4 or 5 Judah started doing what i mentioned above, giving him body. By that i mean standing there making himself a target. At this point Judah crumbled.
Also, you guys remember the Quintana fight? Quintana never had his footing in that fight and was easily demolished, a fight i lose 20 dollars on. Quintana gave cotto nothing to fear, barely any counters, nothing to give cotto anything to think about and got his ass destroyed in vicious fashion.
One thing i notice about Cotto is that if you continue throwing punches and flurries, he takes them, but he keeps coming, however hes not invincible, if Mosley can keep up the flurries and throw with authority, Cotto may not answer the 12th round. But if he stands dormant and his defensive lapses allow Cotto to subdue him with his body attack, Mosley is in trouble just like Judah was, his speed will dissapear and he will crumble, Cotto is too strong.
Now ill touch on another fight, one i watched for about the millionth time. Chavez vs Whitaker. That fight stands out in my mind as to what happens to a body puncher when a defensive GENIUS is at the helm. Whitaker moved, stood toe to toe, countered and left Chavez confused. Chavez is easily a top 5, hell top 3 body puncher of all time, and had no idea how to solve the whitaker puzzle. This is because whitaker DID NOT give Chavez a target, he moved laterally, used his footwork and countered, there was little chavez could do but wail and chase.
I use this example because some questions have come up about mayweathers "body" and what happens when he gets hit. I will tell you, Mayweather doesnt give you a whole lot of anything. He forces you to lunge at him and create openings, the problem is, you get hit on the way in. Despite what alot of you think, getting his ACCURATELY over and over again hurts, and despite what you guys may think, Floyd is a decent puncher, especially someone his own size and has the potential KO anyone from 140 down since thats close to his own natural weight. Mayweather uses his shoulder and gives you a look that is very hard to solve, mostly because while your trying to solve it, your getting hit in the ****in face.
Hatton will likely attempt to chase mayweather, and in the midst of that, when mayweather stands toe to toe, and gives him a different look, he will have to solve that too, because missing punches is discouraging and annoying, and if the ref is someone who DOES NOT allow hatton to hold and hold and hold, Hatton will be forced to use angles and create openings, and we all know against mayweather, this is easier said than done. This is why the Hatton fight has made Mayweather a huge favorite, we have seen him against Jesus Chavez and JLC twice, we have seen him in pressure fights, the difference is, this is 2007, not 2002, hes smarter, stronger and his Boxing IQ is absolutely brilliant, and you need more than heart and will to beat him, you need a strategy that will work, and given the problems mayweather presents, its very hard to rule against him.
Thats my opinion anyhow.
A good body attack needs a couple things, for one, you need to be inside, period, you need to be in range to throw that ****. For two, you need good footwork and the ability to work well in and out of clinches. One last thing you need..someone standing in front of you giving you enough body to make it happen.
Watching Cotto/Judah i have noticed something, when judah was moving in and out throwing combinations before the low blow fiasco, he had cotto in control and was doing what he wanted to do in the first couple rounds even stunning him early. However, In about round 4 or 5 Judah started doing what i mentioned above, giving him body. By that i mean standing there making himself a target. At this point Judah crumbled.
Also, you guys remember the Quintana fight? Quintana never had his footing in that fight and was easily demolished, a fight i lose 20 dollars on. Quintana gave cotto nothing to fear, barely any counters, nothing to give cotto anything to think about and got his ass destroyed in vicious fashion.
One thing i notice about Cotto is that if you continue throwing punches and flurries, he takes them, but he keeps coming, however hes not invincible, if Mosley can keep up the flurries and throw with authority, Cotto may not answer the 12th round. But if he stands dormant and his defensive lapses allow Cotto to subdue him with his body attack, Mosley is in trouble just like Judah was, his speed will dissapear and he will crumble, Cotto is too strong.
Now ill touch on another fight, one i watched for about the millionth time. Chavez vs Whitaker. That fight stands out in my mind as to what happens to a body puncher when a defensive GENIUS is at the helm. Whitaker moved, stood toe to toe, countered and left Chavez confused. Chavez is easily a top 5, hell top 3 body puncher of all time, and had no idea how to solve the whitaker puzzle. This is because whitaker DID NOT give Chavez a target, he moved laterally, used his footwork and countered, there was little chavez could do but wail and chase.
I use this example because some questions have come up about mayweathers "body" and what happens when he gets hit. I will tell you, Mayweather doesnt give you a whole lot of anything. He forces you to lunge at him and create openings, the problem is, you get hit on the way in. Despite what alot of you think, getting his ACCURATELY over and over again hurts, and despite what you guys may think, Floyd is a decent puncher, especially someone his own size and has the potential KO anyone from 140 down since thats close to his own natural weight. Mayweather uses his shoulder and gives you a look that is very hard to solve, mostly because while your trying to solve it, your getting hit in the ****in face.
Hatton will likely attempt to chase mayweather, and in the midst of that, when mayweather stands toe to toe, and gives him a different look, he will have to solve that too, because missing punches is discouraging and annoying, and if the ref is someone who DOES NOT allow hatton to hold and hold and hold, Hatton will be forced to use angles and create openings, and we all know against mayweather, this is easier said than done. This is why the Hatton fight has made Mayweather a huge favorite, we have seen him against Jesus Chavez and JLC twice, we have seen him in pressure fights, the difference is, this is 2007, not 2002, hes smarter, stronger and his Boxing IQ is absolutely brilliant, and you need more than heart and will to beat him, you need a strategy that will work, and given the problems mayweather presents, its very hard to rule against him.
Thats my opinion anyhow.
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