question for people who followed cotto

[nivek535]

please, be unbiased!
is cotto really different at 154/160?
or was he basically the same all career long?
i cant really tell, relatively new to boxing (2-3 yrs?)

[Larry the boss]

Only difference is the level of competition,it's like he went from playing in the NBA to playing in the D-league..Now he is coming back to the NBA again

[-MAKAVELLI-]

Larry just called Cotto a scrub

[nivek535]

Only difference is the level of competition,it's like he went from playing in the NBA to playing in the D-league..Now he is coming back to the NBA again

so stylistically and power wise, hes basically no different than before?

Larry just called Cotto a scrub

loll i dont think larry implied that

[Slyboots]

After Pacquiao destroyed him, he was a different fighter due to different trainers and being incredibly shop worn.

He's been different since then after hiring Roach as his trainer. He's in better condition and fighting more aggressively.

Cotto in his prime and Cotto right now are night and day to me. Completely different fighters, although Freddie has made him a bit more reminiscent of his old self.

[W1LL]

At 140 he was draining himself and had questionable punch resistance as a result.

[Guest]

At 140 he was draining himself and had questionable punch resistance as a result.

He was a beast at 140 though.

For the most part he was wrecking dudes.

[bigjavi973]

He's a better fight overall IMO. Before he was with his uncle, who was a limited trainer lets be honest. Cotto has a killer left hook.

When he switched trainers, mainly right before the pacquiao fight, he was training himself basically. Cuz only a buddy of his was helping out & what not.

Then he went on & tried with emmanuel stewart, RIP, but that marriage didn't last long (stewart had nothing but praises for Cotto. He wanted to change his style tho).

That's when Cotto went with Cuban Trainer Pedro Diaz. Which helped imo, better develop cotto's jab (who always had a good jab to begin with). But Cotto wasn't fighting the style that would benefit him. At only 5'7" and a reach of 67", it was in no way in his interest to try and outbox his opponents, who had reach & height advantages.

Now that he's with freddie roach, he's with a trainer that basically fits his fighting style. Also, roach got cotto to cut out all the switching from orthodox to soutpaw like he used to do, which was one of the reasons roach pointed out that Cotto was rather easy to hit at times.

Toss that in with new S&C coach mcmillan (Cotto never really had a S&C coach of mcmillan's level) & Roach fixing up Cotto's diet, which he said was terrible. You have a revamped cotto.

I also have a link to full cotto fights on my sig.

[Guest]

He's a better fight overall IMO. Before he was with his uncle, who was a limited trainer lets be honest. Cotto has a killer left hook.

When he switched trainers, mainly right before the pacquiao fight, he was training himself basically. Cuz only a buddy of his was helping out & what not.

Then he went on & tried with emmanuel stewart, RIP, but that marriage didn't last long (stewart had nothing but praises for Cotto. He wanted to change his style tho).

That's when Cotto went with Cuban Trainer Pedro Diaz. Which helped imo, better develop cotto's jab (who always had a good jab to begin with). But Cotto wasn't fighting the style that would benefit him. At only 5'7" and a reach of 67", it was in no way in his interest to try and outbox his opponents, who had reach & height advantages.

Now that he's with freddie roach, he's with a trainer that basically fits his fighting style. Also, roach got cotto to cut out all the switching from orthodox to soutpaw like he used to do, which was one of the reasons roach pointed out that Cotto was rather easy to hit at times.

Toss that in with new S&C coach mcmillan (Cotto never really had a S&C coach of mcmillan's level) & Roach fixing up Cotto's diet, which he said was terrible. You have a revamped cotto.

I also have a link to full cotto fights on my sig.

Since you are a big Cotto fan I always felt Cotto at 140 had the same aura as Shane did at 135.

What do you think?

[nivek535]

so after all this,
is a more durable? more powerful?
more... aggressive?