Why does Pacquiao look human in this fight?

[CarlosG815]

The problem with cotto, actually, isn't speed or number of punches. It's bad tendencies, like admiring his work which he does ALL the time.

Cotto has the bad tendency of landing something big, and then admiring his work and posing. Stepping back to bounce, drop his hands after landing a right as if to show the audience it landed, etc.

Against both margi and pac, guys who throw long combinations, or just a lot of punches ingeneral.. there were a LOT of times cotto would get hit while posing or admiring his work.. because there were too many punches coming, and that bad habbit would resurface.

Also.. cotto doesn't deal well with pressure or people who stand there ground in general. It's an odd weakness for a pressure fighter. Look at his most impressive victories versus his losses or worst performances.

Torrez, Clottey, Margarito, Pacman

Impressive wins would be Foreman, Clottey, Mosley, Malignaggi, Judah

Foreman had more success when his knee gave than he did when he was bouncing. Judah had great success when he was looking to sit in the pocket and counter. WHen he folded to cottos pressure and began to move back, everything fell apart.

So really, cottos power and punch output is fine. The problem is he admires his work too much, and he doesn't do very well against guys who like to come foward ,or stand their ground as well.

His power is OK, and he has good speed when throwing punches, and I couldn't agree more with what you say about him "admiring his work." I had never looked at it that way, but I would always point out that he would throw a beautifully landed 3 punch combo, and bounce back and just watch, then open himself up to take a punch. He isn't a good closer! Watch in the Pacquiao fight as he throws a right hook to the body, then a quick right uppercut (ala-Tyson), then finishes it off with a straight left hand. It was beautiful! It landed flush and ROCKED Manny. And what did Cotto do? Just like you said, he STOPPED AND ADMIRED WHAT HE JUST DID! Why he didn't follow up with a right hook to the head, left hook to the body, another uppercut, just throw a flurry that could force a stoppage, is beyond me!

You hit the nail on the head!

[Chups]

Morales is a legend, what else is the reason?

[Prime 407]

You can't see anything in those fights, as far as seeing him as a different fighter, as those guys were shot, damaged, bums. Hatton didn't belong in there, DLH put his life at risk by trying to fight (he'd have lost to anyone that night), and Cotto just isn't that good of a fighter.

Watching him face a good boxer in Marquez, then watching him beat up on zomebi-hoya and Ricky washed up Fatton is not a good matchup to analyze this new found greatness. These are guys who can't move or fight anymore.

Why have his last two fights been against fighters who are very slow and do not throw punches?

LOL there is always an excuse for EVERY opponent he dominates now. Do you not see how crazy that is? That everyone seems to have problems? Sometimes people only see what they want to see, open your eyes a bit more and you'll see that your missing out on appreciating an ATG in his prime.