Cotto didnt look the same....

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cotto is the same dude. that gash required a change in game plan. i never seen someone fight well with one eye.

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

Work rate shouldn't win you fights. It's just sad boxing is mutating to this strange business where work rate and drawing power are scoring factors. Cotto did lose that fight. 114-113 but he lost. There's no way Clottey not doing enough should be a factor here as he was pressing the fight the whole time, landed more punches, according to compubox, me and other analysts. Anyway the worrying thing about Cotto is him getting tagged too easily, cut or no cut if you sum up the amount of right hands he took in his last well in almost all his fights you can imagine there must be some damage already. Also his reflexes are not all great, he cuts very easily (nearly all his fights) and is stamina isn't very good either. Add to that his diminishing work rate and good record, you will see fighters lining up to face Cotto now. If Cotto is a smart man he'll take Mosley again as he already beat him once and at this stage, almost 40, Mosley is bound to lose again. After Mosley i don't see Cotto beating a Williams, a Mayweather or a Pacquiao.

That's what threw me off in this fight. I thought Clottey would have trouble boxing with Cotto but he was landing the jab, right hand and uppercut (when he would throw them) very easily.

There's no doubt the cut was bad and affected him but I just don't think Cotto can fight very well going backwards, he doesn't do well against pressure fighters.