Cotto breaks silence on dismissal of sparring partner

[Bhopreign]

no not the same thing. I don't have to be there to know what went on, because I already know by the way Cotto worded it. Basically sparring partners are there to give you certain looks based on the opponent you are facing. Yeah he was doing a good job of imitating Pac with lateral movement, but Pac doesnt fight with his hands down and clown around in the ring. Cotto could have still busted his ass up, but the frustration came from frankie not doing a good Manny impersonation.

I have had guys come in and give me scouting looks of potential opponents. Nothing is more frustrating than a guy that tries to take advantage of that opportunity by trying to show case his skills, instead of doing his job, which is to emulate your next opponent.

But he had sparred with Frankie many times before so its not like he didnt know what to expect right? I've seen Manny put his hands down and taunt in the ring also.

[Pullcounter]

Cotto more than likely could but the point of sparring is to prepare for pacquiao not work on beating up Gato.

I was more out of fustration of your sparring partner not doing what he was paid to do. He was basically not given any good looks, wasting cotto's time and basically stealing team cotto's money by not doing there job.

It's not a hard concept to figure out as to why Figuero was booted. Since when has many ever danced around with his hands down showboating. Why waste valuable sparring time when you can put in some real work to prepare you for your future opponent.

if cotto can't figure out gato's movement, he wont be able to figure out pac's movment.

[FeFist]

if cotto can't figure out gato's movement, he wont be able to figure out pac's movment.

Wrong. If Cotto was training to fight Gato and he couldn't figure out his movements then maybe this would hold weight.

He shouldn't have to waste him time thinking of how to deal with someone who fights differently to the guy he will be facing Nov 14th.