If he works on having a better right hand, meaning to use it more to set up his left and have two things people have to worry about he'll be pretty good.
the fact he doesnt have a trainer to teach him these things, or fine tune things is very disappointing.
the fact that he probably will keep Santiago is even more disappointing.
After his left his uncle, i always suspected trouble.. but whats done is done. thats how Cotto thought it'd work..
^^^All P4P guys at the time Floyd fought them and considered dangerous. Let's not forget that. That trumps gift decisions over Shane and Clottey and beatdowns at the hands of a midget and a one dimensional Mexican slugger.
He said Welterweight you idiot. Cotto Knocks everybody out in that list at welterweight. (No disrespect to the late champ)
When Cotto had Pac against the ropes he was not confident,you could see it.. If Cotto trained correctly he wouldve thrown multi combinations covered up and repeated and he hardly used the right hand I noticed too..
When Pacquiao allowed Cotto to attack away; why didn't Cotto throw a lead straight right hand to the mid section? Why was Cotto so content on attacking the sides, knowing that Pacquiao's elbows were well tucked in? I mean seriously, didn't this hit anyone?
Never seen Cotto throw a straight right to the body and if he ever did, it would be from far away after a jab just to act as a decoy for a left hook.
Cotto probably thought he was breaking him down with the hooks on the arms and body.
If you've followed Cotto throughout his career, you should that Cotto only throws hooks to the body. And he doesn't use his right hand that much.
He's mostly left handed.
You'll never see him throw a lead right hand or a jab jab right hand to the body.That's not the way he is.
I have seen every fight Cotto has ever been in multiple times.
I have NEVER seen him throw a straight right to the body. It's a punch he's just not comfortable throwing.
What bothers me more is when Pac was on the ropes, I didn't know why he didn't turn southpaw and shoot a straight left through Pac's gloves, right down the pipe. Cotto's got a decent straight left from the southpaw stance, really nailed Mosley with it a bunch.
He's really frustrating sometimes.
You missed it.
Cotto turned southpaw at the last moment Manny was on the ropes, then threw that straight left. Manny countered him with a short right and ducked that left, and Cotto ended up on the ropes.
Throwing a power counter was what Manny was waiting for and was the beginning of that disasterous sequence for Cotto at the end of round 4. Cotto got roped-a-dope and Pac got him to open up. Manny loves to fight southpaws because it makes his right hand more useful.
Hatton also got suckered into that rope-a-dope, although it was a lot easier to counter him coming in because the Brit didn't know how to box.
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