HBO Poll: Cotto Punches Harder Than Pavlik

[-Antonio-]

Cotto is not a huge puncher. He's just extremely consistent. Even his jabs are power punches.

[KING •]

Cotto is a genuis body puncher. He understands better than anyone in decades the dividends that can be reaped by concentrating on the torso.

But he is NOT an especially hard puncher, whatsoever. For as strong as he is he's a shockingly average hitter.

I'd like for someone to explain to me how he is a P4P hard puncher. I'm open to being convinced and fully objective. Help me out..

Here's a recent breakdown from myself..

Quoted for truth...

[-Antonio-]

Cotto is not a huge puncher. He's just extremely consistent. Even his jabs are power punches.

But...his commitment to punching the body makes him a devastating body puncher. I can still see him knocking someone out with a single left hook to the body, where as if he knocked someone out with one shot to the head/chin, I'd be surprised.

[KING •]

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