By Dan Ambrose: Miguel Cotto (38-4, 31 KO’s) will be an underdog this Saturday night in his title fight against WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (51-2-2, 28 KO’s) in Madison Square Garden, New York, but don’t tell that to Cotto’s trainer Freddie Roach. He feels that it’s the 39-year-old Martinez who should be the underdog in this fight because he thinks he’s got the better guy in Cotto due to his training.
Roach’s main contribution to changing Cotto’s fighting technique since taking over as his new trainer last year was to have him throw more left hooks. From appearances, Cotto looks totally unchanged from before. If there is a change it’s so incredibly small that it’s difficult to really detect.