Miguel Cotto: Better under Pedro Diaz or Freddie Roach?

[Dr Rumack]

With Pedro Diaz:

Beat Antonio Margarito
Lost to Floyd Mayweather
Lost to Austin Trout


With Freddie Roach:

Beat Delvin Rodriguez
Beat Sergio Martinez
Beat Daniel Geale
Lost to Canelo Alvarez


I thought Cotto showed some of the smartest boxing of his career under Diaz. Admittedly Margarito was shot but the simple adjustments he made turned that into a relatively easy for him. I thought the gameplan were absolutely superb against Floyd, he just didn't have the gas tank to see it out to the finish line. The Trout fight was a disaster but stylistically that was a difficult fight for him.

I was pissed when he dropped Diaz, but under Roach his offensive game seemed to move to a new level. He looked more impressive offensively than he had for a long time, and he scored three stoppages in succession when most thought his power had topped out at 147.

Thoughts?

[Madison Boxing]

no difference, just an overrated fighter who likes to blame it on his trainer when he looks like ****, and then gets a new one in the hope that we'll see a 'new and improved' cotto. It never happens...

[A.K]

Cotto was already out of his prime with roach.

[Zaryu]

Roach suits his style better.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

Diaz and not only cause of the Floyd fight. We have seen Diaz makes you train. He has some unique training methods. Real smart guy.

It's no surprise that Cotto comes across as a lazy dude hence why he moved to 154-160. So, tbh I wouldn't be surprised if one of the reasons why he left Diaz was because of Diaz's training methods where he actually had to workout.

[Beercules]

This is a tough one. Didn't he come down from altitude too late for the Trout fight?

I remember reading that somewhere. I think Chavez SR said it.


I think Trout is just a bad style for Cotto anyway.

[LADIV]

With Pedro Diaz:

Beat Antonio Margarito
Lost to Floyd Mayweather
Lost to Austin Trout


With Freddie Roach:

Beat Delvin Rodriguez
Beat Sergio Martinez
Beat Daniel Geale
Lost to Canelo Alvarez


I thought Cotto showed some of the smartest boxing of his career under Diaz. Admittedly Margarito was shot but the simple adjustments he made turned that into a relatively easy for him. I thought the gameplan were absolutely superb against Floyd, he just didn't have the gas tank to see it out to the finish line. The Trout fight was a disaster but stylistically that was a difficult fight for him.

I was pissed when he dropped Diaz, but under Roach his offensive game seemed to move to a new level. He looked more impressive offensively than he had for a long time, and he scored three stoppages in succession when most thought his power had topped out at 147.

Thoughts?

under pedro diaz he was more better...no shame in losing to mayweather and trout, margarito was damaged goods by that time....
Under roach he was led to believe his own hype that he was ressurected, he beat a bum in delvin rodriguez , martinez was shot and can barely walk cause of his shot knees, and he lost to a superior boxer in canelo and he might lose to kirkland if kirkland comes in disciplined

[Mr.Fantastic]

Better with Roach.

[anonymous2.0]

Not knocking on Pedro, but Freddy probably knew how to handle a diva better than Pedro

[HanzGruber]

he did give floyd a good fight with pedro