Something i noticed about Cotto in the Margarito fight..............

[Rick Grimes]

I'm pretty sure most fighters when backing up move their back foot before their lead foot.

[dolfan2909]

That would almost make sense in a sport such as soccer (football), but not in boxing. I agree, I do not quite understand what he means by that.

kicking a soccer ball is a perfect point...everyone is either left or right footed as well as left or right handed...some people are left handed/right footed and vice-versa...cotto's left footed and left handed but fights out of a righty style

[infamous larryx]

I'm pretty sure most fighters when backing up move their back foot before their lead foot.

hell naw..you push back on your lead foot first..then step back with the foot in the back

[yeykax]

Another mistake was not clinching after countering him.But good observation im a southpaw fighting orthodox and realized that i do it also!!**** not even my trainer has ever told me that and i trained with Manny Siacca and Wilfredo Vazquez SR in Puerto Rico and they didnt even tell me that either!!!

[infamous larryx]

i played basketball and always jumped off of my left leg and im right handed....hell all basketball players do...but i see what you mean like if you're playing soccer

[Rick Grimes]

hell naw..you push back on your lead foot first..then step back with the foot in the back

Mayweather moves his back foot and then slides the lead foot back.

[KickAzz]

I think cotto shuffles his feet pretty well when moving backwards. I don't ever really see him in danger of crossing his feet when backing up.

but when cotto jabs, he doesn't shuffle in with his left foot first. he pushes off with his right foot and then he steps forward with his left foot. cotto I think does this for 2 reasons. (1) he gets more power into his jab by pushing off his backfoot [right foot] (2) it's harder for his opponent to time his jab if they are looking for cotto to move his left foot. this is a fundamental flaw, but its forgivable as long as it serves a purpose.

[infamous larryx]

Mayweather moves his back foot and then slides the lead foot back.

no he doesnt..look closely..he pushes back on his lead foot first,,then steps with the backfoot

[Dynamite Kid]

no he doesnt..look closely..he pushes back on his lead foot first,,then steps with the backfoot

...................Spot on.

[purecyse]

i don't know about other styles of fighting but boxing is all about weight transfer, for generating power and movement.

as previously noted, cotto has a habit of throwing his right foot out there and moving his left foot afterward. this is an example of jack dempsey's "jolt" style of jabbing, i believe he named it. it is a jab with the intent to do just as much harm to an opponent as a power punch while still remaining as untelegraphed as possible. you place the weight on that front foot then shoot it out towards your opponent without warning and the backfoot will provide that little jump.

as for that mayweather video, first he's shifting his weight to his backfoot before moving it. i think its so noticable, despite his speed, because he first goes to the backfoot due to his defensive/ countering reflex and then he doesn't see any exploitable opening at that time so he moves away at an angle to limit his opponent's attack possibilities.