cotto looks like the old cotto tonight juss a lil sharper

[rcamp]

Im new at this i love boxing and this forum i keep with cuz its up to date but leyme know what yall think this new trainer did a good job in preparing cotto tonight yall think he stands a chance with the other guys like canelo and kirkland personally i think he wills make them look weak

[lefthook2daliva]

no. he looked like every fight. it's just that this time his overhyped opponent was not allowed to cheat.

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[rcamp]

U know ur right did u notice margaritos punches didnt have the same power
Tonight then they did the first fight now i guess we know the
Answer to if he was cheatin cuz by the 10th in the first fight cotto
Was a bloody mess and i think he freaked out when he knew richardson was
There lol

[turbotime]

Cotto finally learned how to clinch on the inside and smother Marg's punches and walk him backwards, stopping momentum. Gr8 tactics.

[ThePrince]

Not really, the old Cotto was a terror on his opponents ribs and kidneys. He's completely abandoned the body attack and that left hook to the kidney that made him a star.

Still a great all around performance though. He's become more of a boxer and less of a fighter, he's revamped his style since moving up to 154.

[.::|ULTIMATE|::.]

No way! Cotto looked good but this was clearly not the same Margarito from years back. He was even slower, hesitant, etc.

If I was Cotto I'd take a few more money fights and retire he is clearly on the down hill.

The Cotto of old was sharper, quicker, and more athletic.

[ThePrince]

Cotto finally learned how to clinch on the inside and smother Marg's punches and walk him backwards, stopping momentum. Gr8 tactics.

Yeah, his gameplan for the fight was great. Only issue was when they were in the pocket, Cotto didn't throw anything for some reason and that was the only time he took punishment. For a while it looked like those Margarito uppercuts were about to turn the fight around. But other than that, he moved well never got trapped on the ropes, was much more physical than he was last time (pushing Tony away, wrapping him up) which he wasn't the first time around.

Solid all around performance.

[Left2body]

Cotto and the fight looked almost identical to the first fight. Cotto, outclassing Margarito with superior boxing.

Difference in this fight was that Margarito's usual arm punches to Cotto's body didn't have the same effect that it had in the first fight. Cotto's endurance was sapped via Margarito's "plaster power" in the first fight.

With no plaster Cotto would've kept boxing for 12 round in the first fight like he did for 9 rounds in this fight.

[_original_]

I like Cotto, but I don't see him beating Canelo the more I think about it (not that it would happen anytime soon). But it'd still be a pretty close fought battle.

[Check_hooks]

Cotto looked good tonight. This is why floyd has been ducking him for 6+ years