I agree with every single suggestion in here as to how Cotto can better his chances and make it a better outcome.
Theres hundreds of things to try so long as you are not dieing in there; the options are still wide.
Like already suggested the move in closer nose to nose ,block with elbows forearms and gloves like a tight MAywhether style defence. but then make it work for you ;by only half step out on angles and pick the mark as you leave is the next best style of disruption.
Tony is built solid with an iron beard to feel anything and get disrupted its not going to be from a straight shot that is seen commming at full distance. Its going to have to be targeted to an area that isnt built over muscles and has to be a shock from out of left field.
Like a temple shot hook or a bomb comming over his own arm as Cotto adjusts so its not seen comming, a heart shot as Cotto ducks under and closes, kidney hooks as he steps out from under an arm but stays tight and turns back in, top ribs under the arm ,or the side of the neck, an uppercut with loaded legs behind it, all shots that can only be unseen when they come from that half way distance and landed by shifting to a reaction not by dancing around going for points.
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