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The dude takes a lot of punishment. Even before the Margarito fight fighters were getting clean shots on him. How many times does mosley have to hit him with a overhand right before he adjusts? Margarito landed 4 left uppercuts in a row on cotto many times throughout the fight. Mosley hurt cotto to the body plenty of times except mosley is old and couldn't finish. HBO and Jim Lampley try to fool you with the "cotto defense is underrated hes catching and dodging a lot of shots!" they also failt o mention that marg was hitting cotto cleanly the whole fight. Cotto career will not last long at this rate, and I highly doubt he can come back like he was before after the beating he took.
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It has improved greatly and he has a pretty damn good defense for such an offensive fighter. -
His defense could be better.Comment
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Yeh the uppercuts Marg was catching him with were sick!
i kept thinking why isnt he blocking that shot now
he caught you like 3 times on the spot lolComment
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I have been saying this for years...
The General Concerns I have with Cotto....
Cotto has been on cloud 9 before he was even a champion,
Now that Cotto has become boxing Last hope to become the Anti-Floyd....., He has left himself no room to grow as a fighter... To have the experience to be able to defeat Mayweather and it's now too late. So much hype and money have went in to this kid, and I mean kid, that he has to fight the best in the division now.
No More Unproven Contenders Like Gomez,
No More Past their Prime Old Fighters Mosely in which He barely Wins..
No More fighting non active fighters like Judah
He now has to fight Prime,Active, Young , P4P, Highly ranked Fighters....
There is no more grace time.....The Time is Now....
And His First Test is Margarito....
Remember Cotto has never had to beat a Champion For his Title...He has always fought fellow contenders for vacant titles....
I have been seeing this coming though, but the commentators on HBO are just commenting on the good things they see. Instead of the little things he does wrong that champions will see and will counter, and will not miss. He still gets hit a lot, and wastes a lot of punches. Sometimes he punches from too far out and leaves gaps where he can be countered or beaten to the punch.
- Zab Judah Show you how to counter him....
- Shane Mosley show you how to pressure him
- Demarcus Corely Show you how to accurately hit him...
and Margarito will Probably show how can he handle being hurt by somebody who can finish the job
And all those fighters all had defaults in their game....Either they were too old, primes their prime, not active before fighting him, or basic contenders.....
Steward,Merchant and Lampley make him out to be some phenom, because he's KO'd a bunch of lightweights, contenders,and Past their prime fighters
when they know he's starving to make the weight.
I am not saying Cotto doesn't have a chance against Prime Young P4P Fighters
but he still might be too green to face the guy that His Fans and Arum are expecting Cotto to now fight. "Mayweather"
He still has very good skills, power, and a lot of heart, that will keep in the fights. Unfortunately, he still gets hit a lot, and wastes a lot of punches.
And Everybody Knows Mayweather Is the Most Accurate, Counter Puncher probably in Boxing History.....and with 25 Knockouts on his records
2 on them coming in his last 5 fights... and 4 of them coming against Top, Young, Prime, Active, and some even Undefeated Fighters.
Cotto Flaws....Of Getting alot , and wasting a lot of punches, Is a flaw you can not afford to have against The Elite Fighters....., and The Most Elite Fighter in Mayweather...Comment
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