Comments Thread For: Cotto: My Best Weapon To Beat Canelo is Freddie Roach

[PETUFF]

like i said before? I really see a different Cotto he look very big and strong I really beleive he is more dedicated now

[AnimalisticMeth]

I do think Roach has been a positive influence on Cotto. He has been through so many trainers though that it is really hard to say.

As far as communication and trust I see something different when Cotto is in the corner with Roach. He responds back to him. He completely trusts everything Roach tells him to do.

This will be the final test. Cotto has always had the skill to beat Canelo. If he is really 100% back to where he was around the Mosley fight then Roach's impact is real.

He actually trust Roach. When he was with Evangelista they always had issues, he moved to his friend Joe Santiago who knew nothing about the sport at the high level he then realize he was being an idiot by not allowing someone to teach him and moved to the late Manny Steward who Cotto respected but Steward was in for the money and he had Cotto basically jabing none stop in his fights changing the way Cotto used to fight. Then he hired another friend in Pedro Diaz for the margo fight and Diaz had him boxing on his back foot for the most and they really had issues also since Cotto wanted no part of big bear and Diaz basically had them go there for a month.

Roach for what i know doesnt ask Cotto for % of the purse, he gets what Cotto pays him and actually shows he cares for him. Cotto is big on family and Roach somehow found a way to get to him. He worked Cotto on the mental part making him feel he is a beast and that he can beat anyone with Roach. Cotto is at his most dangerous because HE believes in himself for the first time since the first Margo fight and that is all about Freddie Roach.

[juandabomb]

Cotto fans seriously believe that cotto has improved with roach, it's the freaken opposition:damaged knee,drained,& journeyman...you forgot how floyd staggered cotto with a uppercut in the 12th. canelo loves uppercuts,he landed vicious ones on kirkland. think about that.cotto didn't hurt trout, canelo made trout do the bambi stanky leg....Manny said the same thing about Roach when he fought Floyd.

[nacho daddy]

cottos best weapon against canelo would be a *******

[jcj0427]

Cotto fans seriously believe that cotto has improved with roach, it's the freaken opposition:damaged knee,drained,& journeyman...you forgot how floyd staggered cotto with a uppercut in the 12th. canelo loves uppercuts,he landed vicious ones on kirkland. think about that.cotto didn't hurt trout, canelo made trout do the bambi stanky leg....Manny said the same thing about Roach when he fought Floyd.

A+++++ for stating facts and knowing not to get fooled by the mirage that was Cottos last 3 opponents.

[nacho daddy]

like i said before? I really see a different Cotto he look very big and strong I really beleive he is more dedicated now

hmm how do you get "big and strong" at cottos age?? flintstone vitamins??

[KnickTillDeaTh]

I'm still not convinced of this "new" Cotto under Roach. He hasn't fought an opponent good enough for me to arrive at that conclusion.



Where exactly were those quotes attributed to Roach?

They went back and edited it, I read the article when it was first posted and every quote was attributed to Roach. I think that this would be obvious.

[BrometheusBob.]

I agree with Cotto, Freddie Roach could get on the ropes and grab hold of Canelo so that Cotto can pepper him left hooks.

Roach sucks. The only thing Cotto has now is confidence, he has always had the skills.

That in of itself is valuable

[KnickTillDeaTh]

Cotto fans seriously believe that cotto has improved with roach, it's the freaken opposition:damaged knee,drained,& journeyman...you forgot how floyd staggered cotto with a uppercut in the 12th. canelo loves uppercuts,he landed vicious ones on kirkland. think about that.cotto didn't hurt trout, canelo made trout do the bambi stanky leg....Manny said the same thing about Roach when he fought Floyd.

Opposition determines the success of the fighters improvement, not the improvement itself. Cotto stopped throwing the left to the body, he never moved in and out on angles, he's punching harder and controlling distance. He is even training better as he remains in shape between fights and as revealed by Roach his diet was horrible when training. If you do not recognize these improvements then you my fiend are in denial.

[b00g13man]

They went back and edited it, I read the article when it was first posted and every quote was attributed to Roach. I think that this would be obvious.

It doesn't have the edit tag on it, which I'd expect if it were edited after the 11 mins it took you to respond.