Does Cotto lack that concentration to be great?

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None of those guys put the pressure on him like Margarito. Not only that it was obvious they couldn't hurt him. It was obvious Margarito could hurt him in the 2nd round.

Watch those fights again, They were right there all the time, and Abdullaev could have hurt Cotto, but he used better defense then he did against Margarito. He was countering against Abduallaev and Ndou like he did early on against Tony, with combinations, and the led to him being able to go to the body, it led to him fighitng the way he wanted to.

yeah but neither Abdullaev or Ndou could hurt him or impose their will on them. When Miguel was boxing he was being selective about it.

Margarito MADE HIM go into retreat.

If Miguel had stopped and tried to trade and even some of the times he tried to smother margarito's punches margarito threw uppercuts which hurt him.

There's really nothing Cotto can do to win besides fight the first 5 rounds the entire fight but Margarito put a lot of work into the body punches so that when Cotto slowed down Margarito got him. He took all the game plans of Cotto and never had to switch to a plan B but Cotto switched his gameplan and Margarito kept negating it after time. Miguel needs someone he can walk down or impose his will on eventually and take them into deep waters but this time he was being taken into deep waters and he couldn't deal with it because he's never really been taken into deep waters by someone who could hurt him or that he couldnt truly impose his will on with an iron chin and power like margarito and not only that but that also went to the body on him.

When didCotto try to smother Margarito's punches? He never did. COtt wasn't able to walk down Ndou, Abduallaev, Mosley, etc. COtto didn't switch game plans because he was moving the whole fight. Switching game plans would have been coming forward. Cotto never tried to effectively smother Margarito. Watch how Duran did it against bigger fighters, watch how Hatton did it to Tszyu. Cotto never tried to do anything like that, he only started holdingi nthe 11th round and by then it was too late. Also I don't consider walking into shots off the ropes smothering and opponent, watch how Mayweather does it off the ropes, You still need to avoid the punches or else your just a sitting target,a nd Cotto abandoned his defense in the 10 and 11th round because he didn't have what it takes. Call it will, call it concentration. He isn't made out of the same stuff as the greats. Even guys who don't like getting hit like Roy Jones had to be KTFO before he ever submitted. I've seen fighters take way more punishment then Cotto did against MArgarito, and i've seen fighters give up with less punishment as well, but not the great ones.