Even while Cotto was 'outboxing' Marg he was putting damage in the bank hitting whatever he could, IMO its pressurre that Mayweather hasn't faced before. In the gifs both DLH and Baldomir throw 3/4 punch combinations with wild swings while Marg against Cotto threw much more shorter punches when his opponent was on the ropes without going wildly off balance.
Floyd is a brilliant fighter, but I'm not going to give him the benefit of the doubt against fighters he refuses to face. Someone in another thread mentioned that if Tyson had retired after Spinks he'd be remembered universally as a top 3 heavy in history, if they would have mentioned Holyfield/Lewis in the 90s most 'analyst' would simply brush the challeneg aside (like what actually happened prior to Holyfield-Tyson1), but the fight proved different.
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