Re watched it and only gave Cotto 6 and 8, maybe 9 some of the rounds were competitive but really didn't do enough to win them.
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Floyd holds a lot he even did it to hatton. He has got some decent defense moves, but without a doubt another way to stop being hit is holding his opponent.
Floyd had the cheek to call hatton a hugger when in fact Floyd loves a hug and squeeze
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Originally posted by xAUGUSTUSx View PostThe ref never warned him once but he was holding alot.
He would just hold Cotto's arms and not let go even when the ref called break.
The kid got tired, pace was too much for him, not in Pacquiao's league when it comes to conditioning, but then again, who is?
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Originally posted by Reloaded View PostIdiot one of greatest holders of all time was Ali lol , its a fight and they do what they need to do to win , Cotto was holding just as much , was hitting low and pushing the head , its a fight and it was good fight and Floyd won clearly , give the man his dues you whiny fanboy .
Floyd was doing the holding, he needed a rest.
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Originally posted by tyson View PostAgainst Floyd? Yes he was. The fact that Cotto starts to move around to take a breather doesn't mean he's not a pressure-fighter.
Being a pressure-fighter doesn't mean you have to move straight forward like a homing missile. Cotto fights in one of three modes; Active-aggressive, passive-aggressive or in breather-mode.
And I respect that you think that. I think he has slowed down on his feet as well, but added weight I think is the cause of that. What I do think, though, is that in this particular fight, Floyd found it more effective, especially in a cost-reward sense, to stand his ground instead of jumping around. The signs which leads me to think this has been explained.
You don't need to, but it's effective for two reasons; it will be a surprising blow which may knock the air out of your opponent and it will bring his left hand down to open up for the right hand. Floyd does this all the time, even when in attack mode instead of in counter-mode.
Exactly, a dangerous punch and a risky tactic unless you know what you're doing. If you watch slow-mode videos of Floyd on the ropes, you'll see that he leans outside the left hand of his opponent before trying to shoot the uppercut between the left and right hand of his opponent. What's interesting to me when I watch these things in slow motion is the focus of Floyd-the things he looks for and the small efforts he makes to place himself out of harm's way.
But even for Floyd it's a risky tactic because good opponents adapt to it and will try to look for that uppercut so they can counter with the hook.
Yes, all fighters look for things that may work, or tries to create an opening by trying to get their opponent to do a specific thing. That's "inviting".
Comparing the Cotto fight to earlier fights, like Hatton, is not really a valid point when it comes to the nature of the fights. Hatton was a mauler, a hugger and wrestler, Cotto is not. The different versions of Floyd just between the two fights against JMM and Ortiz, or even Mosley, goes to show that Floyd executes a pre-determined gameplan which is created to suit his various opponents. JMM is a counter-puncher, so Floyd took the countering part of JMM's game away. Hatton was a mauler, so Floyd used dirty tactics to take away the mauling. Similarly I think he figured out beforehand that it would be more effective to let Cotto smother himself than to risk running himself tired by moving and hitting arms and gloves.
I think that because that's what I do against tight-guarded fighters. To me it's the logical thing to do, and I think the best fighter in the world fights rather logical against the majority of his opponents the majority of the time.
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Originally posted by Gino Ros View Post
This is not a prime Floyd.
Tell me how Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran and Tommy Hearns looked at 35.
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