Quote Originally Posted by ykdadamaja View Post
If you remember the Cotto/Mayweather fight, the shots Cotto landed were not effectively clean punches. They were grazing punches as either Floyd got out of the way, slipped a few of them or just did not land flush enough.

If Cotto had caught Floyd cleanly with at least two of those punches within the same round, we would have been having a separate discussion.

There is a difference between hitting someone and then decking them clean as a whistle.


Flush, clean shots..... no. Floyd got tagged a lot (a lot more than he was used to). But he was either moving away, or in the process of slipping most of those. You're right. However, he did get tagged enough to get marked up, which Floyd hardly ever looks like he's been in a fight. This is a testament to Floyd's remarkable ability to use his body and moves to lessen the impact of punches. Cotto was aggressive and pressing Floyd into the ropes... but Floyd used his shoulder rolls and other moves to lessen a lot of those blows. Still..... I think it's inaccurate to categorize these as grazing punches.

If what you mean are clean, flush shots taken with full force... the one that stands out most in my mind was the shot from Mosley in the 2nd round of their fight.