Is Cotto's head movement underrated?

[Piggu]

Congratulations to Pacquiao who destroyed him and had him running like a coward lastnight (towards the end).

But does anyone think Cotto's head movement is underrated?

If you watch the Margarito fight, he looked good at times dodging combos from Margarito and he also did the same a few times lastnight.

Is it that Cotto is underrated defensively or is Margarito and Pacquiao just wild punchers?

[PittyPat]

The head movement he displayed against Margarito (the fight of which I watched just before last night's one) was exceptional. Also, his punch resistance and handspeed were better.

Not hating, though. Pacquiao fought a tip-top Cotto, albeit post-Margs, and trounced him soundly.

[hammerhiem]

His head movement in the first 4 rounds was very good, the two KD's where while he was throwing punches, the 2nd KD knocked the stuffing out of him and would have flat out KTFO alot of fighters even at WW.

[dans]

Congratulations to Pacquiao who destroyed him and had him running like a coward lastnight (towards the end).

But does anyone think Cotto's head movement is underrated?

If you watch the Margarito fight, he looked good at times dodging combos from Margarito and he also did the same a few times lastnight.

Is it that Cotto is underrated defensively or is Margarito and Pacquiao just wild punchers?

First, ease up on the coward talk. Cotto was in retreat mode yes, but there's nothing cowardly about staying in there and trying to catch Manny while he was a beaten man.

Cotto has underrated defense and head movement, yes.

[Allucard]

Congratulations to Pacquiao who destroyed him and had him running like a coward lastnight (towards the end).

But does anyone think Cotto's head movement is underrated?

If you watch the Margarito fight, he looked good at times dodging combos from Margarito and he also did the same a few times lastnight.

Is it that Cotto is underrated defensively or is Margarito and Pacquiao just wild punchers?

Neither. Stans must understand a fighter CAN'T always perform like they imagine they will. Take Cotto for instance, he does well vs slower less frequent punchers, Cotto can throw power shots that looks good in a picture. BUT that's a VERY BAD THING FOR HIM. Cotto needs to plant his feet to throw power shots, which means he will not throw them when going back, which more often than ever means his doom in fights and he can't LAND ON MOVING TARGETS. So when the stans where saying "Manny can't handle Cotto's power" "Cotto will throw a vicious body shot which will break Manny" I was laughing my ass at that ignorance... Even before the Margarito fight I detected that flaw in Cotto's game and they haven't corrected it. I'm not sure they can either because it would change many things about Cotto if he does like Cotto would cease to have any snap in his punches.