Why Cotto took such beating against Pac, Marg etc......

[DeanoFlash]

great thread and great analysis. He's been due for a corner change for years

[eli porter]

we need more threads like this.

[Dynamite Kid]

great thread and great analysis. He's been due for a corner change for years

we need more threads like this.

Nice one.............

[BOLLOCKS]

He also doesn't have a very good chin, it's decent at best.

[JCaster]

because of his eyebrows...

it gets easily cut...

[heat27]

great post and i agree with u on cotto stance

green K

[crillz]

I think he needs to inherit clinching, he's way too clean to do that but I think he should because on those inside moments where he wasn't dominating he would be able to clinch and then keep ****ing away, all he does is give lateral movement but if he clinches there is less chance for punches toland and when you just move your upper lateral you allow the other guy to keep throwing while you keep just moving and more often than not you find yourself getting hit and not throwing **** back.

I think Cotto needs to be more aggressive and inherit clinching, also he needs a new trainer u feel me and for the record I recently heard it was Buddy McGirt, I'd be pissed if that's official because Buddy wont let Cotto keep fighting too long before he stops it, Cotto is a warrior u feel me he comes to fight so I'd hate to see a moment where he's still willing to fight and doesn't look THAT busted up and Buddy throws in the damn towel..

[Dynamite Kid]

I think he needs to inherit clinching, he's way too clean to do that but I think he should because on those inside moments where he wasn't dominating he would be able to clinch and then keep ****ing away, all he does is give lateral movement but if he clinches there is less chance for punches toland and when you just move your upper lateral you allow the other guy to keep throwing while you keep just moving and more often than not you find yourself getting hit and not throwing **** back.

I think Cotto needs to be more aggressive and inherit clinching, also he needs a new trainer u feel me and for the record I recently heard it was Buddy McGirt, I'd be pissed if that's official because Buddy wont let Cotto keep fighting too long before he stops it, Cotto is a warrior u feel me he comes to fight so I'd hate to see a moment where he's still willing to fight and doesn't look THAT busted up and Buddy throws in the damn towel..

Good post. I heard you the Boxing show before Crillz and i thought you spoke well.

Yeah id worry about having McGirt with him, my main worry with McGirt is that he does not mold fighters he tries to change them, Malignaggi, he even tried to get Rahman fighting like he used to Lol. The thing with Roach that sets him aside from Mayweather/McGirt imo, is that he tries to smooth out the rough edges as appose to drastically chancge their style too much, Mayweather and McGirt seem intent of cloaning replica's of the way they fought, not that im advocating he should go with Roach, although that would not be a particularly bad idea, maybe someone like Steward would be good for Miguel as i know he has pointed out Cotto's stance problems in the past.

[nomadman]

Some very good analysis here.

One thing I don't think anyone's noted yet is how Cotto tends to wind up his body punches when in close. Coupled with his low stance this leaves him very exposed to short uppercuts on the inside. Maybe not a massive flaw, but it certainly doesn't help.

I certainly agree that Cotto's main flaw is his stance. His natural reaction to attack it seems is to stand his ground, go into a very wide stance and try to bob and weave out of the way whilst trading counter shots. Trouble is he's just not good enough defensively to do that and as a result gets caught far more than he should. This seems to be pretty ingrained in him though, so I'm not sure what if anything could be done to change this. Learning to clinch more and a tighter body attack maybe.

[Pullcounter]

1) cotto leans forward too much... that would be ok, but he is too stationary

2) right glove is suppose to protect the chin, cotto puts it at his temple

3) cotto doesn't have very good head movement when on offense or punching

4) cotto doesn't have good stamina and he doesn't know how to pace himself