Shows how important a game plan is IMO (not to mention hand speed)
Cotto fought the totally wrong fight. I think it was me and Amat who were talking about it before the fight that Cotto might might some here and there but the last thing he needed to do would be moving all night, because you can't waste energy against a guy like Margarito, plus moving away from him just gets him going.
Shane moved some but not that much, conserved energy, held in a smart way (granted I don't like holding but he was doing more than enough fighting too) and stayed off the ropes. Perfect gameplan, executed perfectly. He was probably better suited to execute it against Margarito than Cotto anyway but still a much smarter performance. You just can't waste energy against Tony.
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