Miguel Cotto looks to bounce back from two straight losses and has added some pretty big changes to his camp as of late. If you have been so caught up in the Mayweather-Canelo build up the past few weeks that you didn’t take notice of this, it’s OK. That build up was pretty awesome, even though the ginger Mexican was totally outclassed. So back to Cotto, where were we…ah yes. Cotto after losing to Austin Trout went in search of a new Jedi master, as master whose ways of the boxing force are legendary. The Jedi master chosen was Freddie Roach, whom Cotto moved his family and camp over to Los Angeles to train at The Wild Card gym.
The two according to reports and Roach had some bumps at first (Cotto needed to brush up on some basics) but now are in full swing with Cotto looking slim and Roach beaming that his new student works just as hard as Manny Pacquiao. The weight loss is very apparent from the moment we saw Cotto in his grey Wild Card shirt. Roach feels that Cotto could come back down to welterweight once more, though we hope he fights Sergio Martinez after this.
Yesterday Cotto held his media day in Los Angeles where we not only got a peak at his physique but also the reemergence of his left hook, whom Roach has been working on for weeks on end.
Cotto on timing and speed bag:
