Comments Thread For: Miguel Cotto Discusses What Roach Brings To The Table

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Question: Training with Freddie Roach must be a different experience for you. Can you describe why he's one of the best trainers in boxing?

Miguel Cotto: Freddie is a great person and a great trainer, who understands our sport. He was a fighter and has trained some of the best boxers in the world over the last 10 to 15 years. He is a true professional that knows how to get the best out of every fighter that he trains. He makes everyone better and his preparation for each fight is second to none.
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[Evol]

after cotto loses to martinez --

cotto: well, freddie is a good trainer and he has all my respect but i just feel at this moment of my career that it'll be better for me elsewhere.

[Risen]

Cotto felt Martinez's passion during Face-off. Serg got into his head, he made english-speaking Cotto revert to native in no time.

[Boxing Goat]

The proof is in the pudding. I mean, 6 or so trainer of the year awards mean something. Cotto is in good hands and he knows it. Not many people know that Roach is also a confidence builder and that's a big part of what he does to get a fighter ready to fight above himself. He knows how to connect to a fighter mentally and that's why he's so successful.

[JJRod]

When Cotto left his uncle, I always thought he should have hooked up with Freddie Roach.
It took a while, but he finally got to him.
Hope he has a good game plan for Cotto though, because Martinez is a very different animal than Rodriguez was.

[Daniel_T5]

Cotto felt Martinez's passion during Face-off. Serg got into his head, he made english-speaking Cotto revert to native in no time.

dummy... he reverted to spanish so sergio could understand what he was saying.

[Bronx2245]

To all my boxers out there, this question is for you:

Is it more important to have a really good trainer, or a really good gym (competitive sparring) like Kronk, Wild Card, Gleason's, etc.?

[Boxing Goat]

To all my boxers out there, this question is for you:

Is it more important to have a really good trainer, or a really good gym (competitive sparring) like Kronk, Wild Card, Gleason's, etc.?

I would say gym for experience, etc. but there is definitely something to be said for a gameplan and strategy/technique.

[Beercules]

Cotto felt Martinez's passion during Face-off. Serg got into his head, he made english-speaking Cotto revert to native in no time.

Sergio doesn't speak much English, if any

[El Angel]

He's not gonna come out like the whirlwind he was against Rodriguez. People are gonna be surprised when Miguel Cotto is outboxing Sergio Martinez for extended periods.