Quote Originally Posted by hitmanhatton View Post
Quote Originally Posted by salty trunks View Post
The jab worked well to get him close but the price he was paying for getting close was far greater than the damage he was doing with his jab.

Manny just beat him up inside and in the angles as he moved out, around, and away. You saw when he tried to box at distance later in the fight it was pretty ineffective.

im pretty sure the jab is a long range shot ...... so i cant understand what the first bit is all about,

later on in the fight cotto had already been knocked down and was cut... so i wouldnt have expect much success at that point in the fight

fact of the matter is cotto threw himself into the way of manny's shots thinking he would be able to walk through them

and if he is so good at stopping the jab... why didnt he do this to marquez?
The jab is a long range shot to bring you into range to setup your other punches wouldnt you agree? I think he used the jab with success as a way to get in close to throw his other shots but thats where it ended.
I think he eventually started to come in without a jab thinking he could land power punches that way.
Why Manny didnt do it to Marquez is because Marquez is more difficult to counter and hit cleanly than Cotto.