Quote Originally Posted by Puerto Rican Punch
Quote Originally Posted by wacko3205
I’ve been a Cotto fan since day one.

I’ve followed that fool religiously…& let me say this one thing & you can all take it or leave it. The thing that was hurting Cotto the most during his “trial by fire” with Torres & Corley so to speak was his heart & his head.

Cotto didn’t have as much a problem with functioning at the weight as he did listening to HBO & the fans telling him that he was the next Trinidad. He side stepped his boxing abilities & started standing & trading foolishly in the pocket.

Watch those fights & watch Cotto when the crowd get’s wiley…he get’s stupid & he get’s clocked.
I agree 100%. That constant comparison with Tito could make him change his style and start taking more risks, and more shots from his opponents. At the beginning Cotto used a lot more counter punching to the body, boxing more, wearing his opponents, winning by KO, but not with the same impressive KO's that Tito used to. And, he has to be careful with this.
Could & did...by my opinion & several commentators...I think that someone in Cotto's camp even commented on it after the Corley fight in Puerto. Cotto's proven to be a hell of a lot smarter lately...it rolls back to the bouts that he showcased what he was...similar to the days of battering the hell out of Jukko, Maussa, Pinto, Sosa, & Bailey most memorably.

Cotto can box...he's shown that against Judah & Mosley of late...he'll do well if he sticks to that pattern of sticking & moving.

Standing & trading is not Cotto's strong suit...never has been...never will be. While he does pack the amount of power that he stopped all comers with at 140lbs...he seems more sturdy at 147.