Well, according to the Primera Hora, Cotto said he's not changing his corner. So Joe Santiago it is at this point. Looks like Cotto won't be making any adjustments sadly. I hope he changes his mind.
I love Cotto an I'm one of his biggest fans but I don't think that Freddie Roach, Nach nor Emmanuell Stewart would had changed the outcome of last night fight, True they can improve him but last night fight Cotto was just facing a Phenom, and the best Boxer of our ERA. Last night GREATNESS GOT EVEN GREATER and there should be no excuses.
I do agree that Cotto should prepare himself with a more experienced trainer and select 1 or 2 "easy" fights with the new trainer so the punishment receive can heal and the the relationship with his new trainer can bond.
Cotto can still be competitive at WW and with a good trainer he can make some good fights with guys like Mosley, PBF, Berto, Margarito and even Hatton which could be his 2nd fight (not saying it will be considered as a easy one), but that's only if he demonstrates to be "back" after these 2 "easy" fights.
Regarding Cotto being "shot", that is something dificult to determine considering the quality of his last 2 oponents. Clottey is a fighter that brings a tough and uncomfortable fight to anybody in the ring, and Pacman is just Pacman, one of the greatest fighters we will ever see in our genereation and he proved it last night.
Having said that the age of a boxer is not determine by how old he is but how many rounds, fights and most importantly the punishment he has experienced during his boxing career and if we go by those standards Cotto is getting old as a boxer even at the age of 29. People forget that Cotto started his career very early as an amateur and was inmediatly included in Puerto Rico's boxing team representing his country world wide in boxing tournaments which make it even more physically demanding and faced much better and stronger opponents than a regular amateur would, which adds to the "ageing" as a boxer that I mentioned previously.
I personally would like to see him try to rebuild himself, under the circumstances mentioned above but he needs to be very careful how he does it and even if it goes well for him next year, retirement should be considered before he turns 31 (he's 29 now), unless he does get another punishment fight, before that, which should make him hang up his gloves inmediately.
Very good post - took the words from many people`s mouthes
But i disagree on one point. Should Cotto have another trainer in the corner - he could have lost a decision (no KO for sure) or even pull of the upset!
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