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Cotto has an underrated defence.
Cotto suffered a bad nose bleed against Margarito that he clearly struggled with, he also got cut against Clottey which meant he had to fight almost the whole fight with that cut.
Cotto actually showed an excellent defence early in his career. Cotto is more likely to roll,slip or block a punch than Manny is, Manny just has quick feet. The reason Cotto get hits sometimes more than he should is because of his stance not necessarily his defence, although you could argue that is part of his defence.
If you wanna look at it like this. Manny does not get hit as much so he does have a better D, or Cotto has better defensive skills when it comes to slipping parrying, blocking but his stance leaves him open sometimes, plus he has had to deal with a adversity from cuts/bloody nose in his fights which upset his rhythm imo. Depends on how you look at it i guess.
You would prolly have to say the guy that gets hit less has a better D and that might be Pac considering Cotto has been hit by Judah, Torres, Marg and Clottey but i think his stance is a big part of why he gets nailed sometimes and he does have a really good defence but that stance leaves him open.
Trust me if you watch Cotto first 15 fights you will see a very nice defensive skill.
Whats ironic about what i posted is that i think Cotto' stance will leave him wide open for Manny's straight left hand and i think Cotto will get tattooed with it, but that is to do more with his stance than anything.
Cotto suffered a bad nose bleed against Margarito that he clearly struggled with, he also got cut against Clottey which meant he had to fight almost the whole fight with that cut.
Cotto actually showed an excellent defence early in his career. Cotto is more likely to roll,slip or block a punch than Manny is, Manny just has quick feet. The reason Cotto get hits sometimes more than he should is because of his stance not necessarily his defence, although you could argue that is part of his defence.
If you wanna look at it like this. Manny does not get hit as much so he does have a better D, or Cotto has better defensive skills when it comes to slipping parrying, blocking but his stance leaves him open sometimes, plus he has had to deal with a adversity from cuts/bloody nose in his fights which upset his rhythm imo. Depends on how you look at it i guess.
You would prolly have to say the guy that gets hit less has a better D and that might be Pac considering Cotto has been hit by Judah, Torres, Marg and Clottey but i think his stance is a big part of why he gets nailed sometimes and he does have a really good defence but that stance leaves him open.
Trust me if you watch Cotto first 15 fights you will see a very nice defensive skill.
Whats ironic about what i posted is that i think Cotto' stance will leave him wide open for Manny's straight left hand and i think Cotto will get tattooed with it, but that is to do more with his stance than anything.
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