Miguel Cotto is a Boxer/Brawler, Not A Boxer/Puncher

[ThunderWolf]

Brawlers just throw alot of punches and come forward most of the time regardless of how accurate or hard their poonches are.

I agree, Hatton is a good example of a brawler.

[Alec900]

He was in no rush to fight Williams.

Williams is a middleweight picking up little guys.Cotto is going to jr.middleweight even he is short for a welterweight

[October]

Accuracy of power punches makes Cotto a puncher. A brawler has power but not much accuracy. Right?

Well, not quite. Accuracy of power punches makes Cotto a boxer. This is where the term Boxer/Brawler applies to Cotto. He's a brawler in that he is an inside fighter who can box from the outside to either outpoint his opponent (Cotto/Mosley) or get closer and break them down (Cotto/Jennings, Cotto/Gomez).

Marvin Hagler was also a boxer/brawler who (most famously) fought Tommy Hearns, who was a boxer/puncher. If you look at that fight, you'll see the difference.

Think of these examples:

Antonio Margarito = Brawler
Miguel Cotto = Boxer/Brawler
Floyd Mayweather = Boxer
Paulie Malignaggi = Boxer
Mike Tyson = Brawler/Puncher
Kermit Cintron = Puncher
Arthur Abraham = Puncher
Kelly Pavlik = Boxer/Puncher
Shane Mosley = Boxer/Puncher (Early On) -> Boxer/Brawler (Present Day)
Sergio Martinez = Boxer
Paul Williams = Boxer/Brawler
Sugar Ray Robinson = Boxer/Brawler/Puncher

[ThunderWolf]

Well, not quite. Accuracy of power punches makes Cotto a boxer...

I still believe that the real difference between a boxer, puncher and brawler is :

That the boxer dances and uses the sweet science usually with not much power.(ex. Ali, Floyd)

A brawler throws caution to the wind but punches hard as well. (ex.Hatton)

A puncher is a very accurate power fighter.

.. Therefore Cotto is a puncher/brawler because he never mastered the sweet science, and danced only recently just to avoid being KO`ed.

[Eric Holder]

I just classified him as a pressure fighter

[Alec900]

I still believe that the real difference between a boxer, puncher and brawler is :

That the boxer dances and uses the sweet science usually with not much power.(ex. Ali, Floyd)

A brawler throws caution to the wind but punches hard as well. (ex.Hatton)

A puncher is a very accurate power fighter.

.. Therefore Cotto is a puncher/brawler because he never mastered the sweet science, and danced only recently just to avoid being KO`ed.

don't know man,he boxed beautifully first six rounds against Margacheato.
I just love to watch him fight,no matter how you describe him

[AnimalisticMeth]

I still believe that the real difference between a boxer, puncher and brawler is :

That the boxer dances and uses the sweet science usually with not much power.(ex. Ali, Floyd)

A brawler throws caution to the wind but punches hard as well. (ex.Hatton)

A puncher is a very accurate power fighter.

.. Therefore Cotto is a puncher/brawler because he never mastered the sweet science, and danced only recently just to avoid being KO`ed.

I suggest you watch his early fights.