Miguel "The Surgeon" Cotto

[STEELHEAD]

What about the penguins? How do they relate to depletion of panda bears.

what the.....?

[Addison]

I cant wait to hear about the advantage Cotto's metal rod in his arm gives him if he beats Margarito.

Dude, I've been talking about this for months. Don't cry.

Did I start this thread? Did I?

You make it painfully obvious that this hurts, fanboy.. Painfully.

[-Antonio-]

Dude, I've been talking about this for months. Don't cry.

Did I start this thread? Did I?

You make it painfully obvious that this hurts, fanboy.. Painfully.

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[Addison]

[Puya]

Is Cotto just this so called "freak of nature," or are the laws of physics somehow different when he hits people? Why do his punches create lacerations, severe swelling and bruising on the face, and severe and extreme damage to the body - and yet he rarely drops opponents from the individual punches themselves? Why so many guys taking knees, and looking like they have full blown AIDS after he gets done with them, ect?

...You've heard what I have to say about the pressurized gloves, the clear as day excessive taping, the crushed tops literally bent over and pointing off at an angle because they're wrapped so tight..

I'm not saying it's illegal - who cares, it hasn't been a problem.. But is there an association? Or is this all a coincidence?

Cotto has dropped many of his opponents from single shots to the head. He hasn't knocked them all clean out with one punch, but that's many fighters.

Torres and Pinto both went down from single counter shots to the head. I believe Sosa went down from a single uppercut in their fight (maybe at the end of a combination though).

Paulie did as well. This is without referencing his early career.

Accumlation of punches Alot of them

[BennyST]

Holy dear Jesus! Who is that poor sap bastard? He looks like someone kicked him in the face with a tractor while simultaneously beating on his head with a wood chipper!

[oldgringo]

Holy dear Jesus! Who is that poor sap bastard? He looks like someone kicked him in the face with a tractor while simultaneously beating on his head with a wood chipper!

That's Mo Abdullaev, one of the fellas who beat Cotto in the Olympics. I believe he went on to win gold. Cotto obviously returned the favor in the pros.

He and Vargas could have a nice conversation about this type of thing one day.

That's a good idea. You go to bed.. And brush your teeth, young man!

There it is!

[Dempsey Roll]

Part of it has to do with the fact that he doesn't have that much power. Above average to be sure, but not the one-and-done stuff of the likes of Tommy Hearns. So, he'll catch you clean on the face with a hard shot, but you won't go down, you won't go back, you probably won't get wobbled or buzzed, you'll just feel it. Big time. And he'll hit you again and again and again until the accumulation (and subsequent damage) makes you stop. Plus, his reliance on the body attack is obvious.

It's similar to the situation with Kelly Pavlik. He won't Julian Jackson, backfoot cold-**** you, but he'll wear your face into mush over a series of rounds. Look what happened to Edison Miranda.

I think there's a term that can be applied, one that describes a puncher's power in rather abstract and scientifically unfounded terms, but nevertheless seems to be quite apt in the occasionally physically counterintuitve world of boxing. "Heavy handed". Kelly Pavlik and Miguel Cotto are heavy handed, in the sense that, no matter where they hit you, it hurts, and it feels like they're actually packing rocks instead of fists.

Excellent post.