He said that he felt in terms of putting both power and speed together that Cotto was faster than Mosley because Mosley flicks a lot of his punches. I think this is why a lot of people underestimate Floyd's speed as well because they don't realize how stiff he makes his punches. He looks incredibly fast, and he is throwing real, properly thrown punches. Its not that Floyd hits super hard, but because he follows through people come to respect his power when they are in the ring with him. There are only a few other boxers who I've seen throw like he does, and most of them are relatively modern fighters(like WHitaker), and I think it makes their speed more than it may appear. While guys like Oscar and Mosley have very fast hands, but their punches don't have that same body follow through.
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