Cotto's Physical Trainer Arrives, The Hard Road Begins

[pinkivory]

im assuming that your dominican. im puerto rican and get my shape-ups in a dominican barbershop, nothing but dominican barbers. you know they all get their eyebrows trimmed?

the reason why i go to that shop is because my best friend who is puerto rican has mostly dominican friends(cuz they all sell coke) anyway my friend introduced me to his friends and took me to the barbershop, they cut hair very good! but my first time there the barber(dominican) asks me "do you want me to trim your eyebrows?" he noticed i never trimmed them and i told him no i dont ever do that ****. he looked at me like i was crazy and continued.

you see im a 30 year old puerto rican who grew up back in the days were no man did that **** cuz it was a female thing. moral of the story: STFU CUZ DOMINICANS TRIM THEIR EYEBROWS AS MUCH AS PUERTO RICANS. THE END!!!

p.s. love the avy!!!

Not only they trim their eyebrows, but they be wearing those tight as jeans! Was up with that?:smileysex

[prsi]

if their strategy is to spar with pacquiao-alike style sparmates in the not so later part of training, then i think that's not a good strategy at all. imo, they should study first what pac does and doesn't do inside the ring that made him successful. that way, they can come up with a strategy to counter pac's advantages which in my opinion is alot.aside from pac's speed and also power, he also has good lateral movement (he's mobile), likes to throw alot of punches, and also has a good stamina.

correct me if im wrong but isn't it the conditioning part of a training is done during later part when the fight is near?

You have some very good points here but like I said on my previous post due to the circumstances of the catchweight were Cotto will have to maintain his weight closer to 145 instead of 147 and the fact that he had a serious injury 9cut over the eye) he will have to do sparring a little later than usual, making this whole preparation, conditioning and training for the fight not as normal. As long as they study Pacquiao, just like you said, and then work that strategy in the ring when you are able to have full contact, Cotto should be fine. Like you said, Pacman has a lot of movement, throws lots of punches and always has great stamina, it will be precisely stamina one of the main focus for this fight because Cotto, has been a boxer that has ajusted to different type of oponents, but in order to do so, he will need that great stamina to keep up with Pacman.

I wouldn't correct you because I wouldn't say you are wrong it's just that this fight has some special circumstances for Cotto, that he will probably have to change a little on his training gameplan. By the way the conditioning should be ready at least 2 weeks before the fight and from there just work on maintaining it, but if a fighter is still working on reaching his conditioning near fight night it wont be good for the fighter because he will be forcing himself.

[juneaki]

I predictions are always 100%. Maybe I've been lucky or maybe I just know how to pick them. Cotto will win this fight and he will win in a very easy fashion. I understand that most of the experts, trainers, analyst and professional boxers have Manny Pacquiao winning because of his foot work, speed and endurance but Cotto is well aware of Pacquiao's gifted traits and he will work very hard to overcome those obstacles.

I believe that many in the boxing industry under estimate Cotto in this fight. He's a very smart dude. He only has one questionable loss in his record. He has never been Knock out cold in his professional career. He is strong, young and powerful. I believe that the Cotto camp will come up with a strategy to cut off the ring and try to corner pacquiao against the rope and corner. This fight will be very similar to the Juanma vs Peñalosa fight. Peñalosa possessed speed and great foot work but Juanma possessed power and accuracy.

Don't get me wrong, Pacquiao has the ability to hurt Cotto but it's not going to happen. Cotto has gone up against the most avoided fighters in boxing (Mosley, Margarito) and fastest (Mosley, Zab Judah, Malignaggi) and powerful (Quintana, Cintron, Margarito) and they weren't able to win or knock him out. Not to mention that these fighters are capable of fighting at the 154 lbs - 160 lbs with massive KO capabilities.

It should be easy for Cotto if he paces himself, cuts off the ring, and punishes the body...

Let's see on 11/14. Hope your prediction (100%) is right but the "Law on Averages" says you may not be right all the time. The Pac may win come fight night and it will be Cotto's lost by KO for the first time.

[Blue Heffner]

This is going to be a great fight but I think Cotto's chances are higher than people are giving him. He took plaster for 11 rounds and fought with a cut eye for majority of the fight. Too many times now day we are quick to say the fighter isn't the same when they take the first lost of his career. Both Cotto and Manny will be ready. If Manny can eat a flush shot from Cotto then he'll win, if not, he'll be KO'd.

[freedom213]

is this a joke?

you really got still ask that? You know most of the statements on here are, especially this subject, are a combination of ignorance and fanaticism.

[Pullcounter]

This is going to be a great fight but I think Cotto's chances are higher than people are giving him. He took plaster for 11 rounds and fought with a cut eye for majority of the fight. Too many times now day we are quick to say the fighter isn't the same when they take the first lost of his career. Both Cotto and Manny will be ready. If Manny can eat a flush shot from Cotto then he'll win, if not, he'll be KO'd.

atlas picked pac, that means cotto is gonna win.

[Talisayen]

Good to hear. I hope he reaches top shape mentally and physically. War Cotto!

I highly doubt it if Cotto can prepare mentally. He's already a damaged fighter and it will take years for him to forget what happened during the Margarito bout.

Pretty much the margarito ghost is still embedded in his brain and the fight with Clottey proved it.

Pacquiao by total domination and after the brutal KO cotto will be considered as a mentally challenge boxer.

[prsi]

I highly doubt it if Cotto can prepare mentally. He's already a damaged fighter and it will take years for him to forget what happened during the Margarito bout.

Pretty much the margarito ghost is still embedded in his brain and the fight with Clottey proved it.

Pacquiao by total domination and after the brutal KO cotto will be considered as a mentally challenge boxer.

Let me disagree with you on this one. If he would be mentally affected he would had told the ring DR that he wouldn't want to continue after the cut against Clottey while in front of the scorecards and he decided to continue the war with a taller and stonger guy. True he had his problems with Clottey but who hasn't??? Clottey style has created problem to everbody he has faced even in a lost against Margarito who he basically fought with one hand.

Cotto has always been a warrior thru out his whole career he has faced adversity, he has been kd and wobbled by lesser oponenets, he overcame not only a career threating accident but and accident that could had cost him his life but he has always been able to recover.

The fact is that Cotto as a small WW will be facing taller, stronger heavier and boxers with more reach than him and will need to overcome those disadvantage with his skills in the ring and that's why his fight will probably not be as onsided, specially with the quality of the fighters that he's facing and will continue to face at this stage of his career.

True that the Margarito fight was brutal and was his worst beaten received but even the fact of the plaster issue would had mentally help Cotto because even if not proven that it was used on the Cotto fight, the doubt itself can have Cotto thinking that if it wouldn't had been for the plaster it would had been another story.

Once again Cotto has not been as dominate as he use to at 140 not because he's mentally affected, it's because his facing better quality, taller, stronger oponents than he use to.

[Machingo69]

This is going to be a great fight but I think Cotto's chances are higher than people are giving him. He took plaster for 11 rounds and fought with a cut eye for majority of the fight. Too many times now day we are quick to say the fighter isn't the same when they take the first lost of his career. Both Cotto and Manny will be ready. If Manny can eat a flush shot from Cotto then he'll win, if not, he'll be KO'd.

Agree 100%

[xpsm24]

Let the games begin. While Cotto is Training allready, Mannys shoting movies and having fun. Has alot to say!!!