Miguel Cotto always exuded the very essence of quiet, respectful self confidence and terrorized his opponents with slick, precise powerful combinations. He is a living legend, salute to one of the greatest champions out of Puerto Rico!
He was an amazing fighter and I was so honored to see him when I was a kid in my hometown of Carolina PR. He went to my school and gave autographs and advice about life. Was even more of a fan after that.
are you mexican american or from mexico? usually the mexican americans especially from california are mad racist and always hating in comments on anything puerto rican i respect uour comment as puerto rican giving credit where credit is due 👍
Trinidad, Chávez and Cotto are mine and I’m Rican. I enjoyed fighters with grace and that never really talked all that crap in and out the ring all the time
For a while, Cottos left hook was one of the most dangerous weapons in boxing. We miss you, Junito. Also, Zayas is a classy kid, and you gotta love his appetite. Dude would probably fight every other weekend if he could.
For the people here learning, notice how everything starts with the feet then hips, that develops speed and power.👍 make sure to always practice foot work and balance guys👍🔑
I have a feeling you don't even know or have watched cotto in the past. He talked the same then. Go watch some videos to help you understand. And don't recognize him? That's bizarre for someone who claims to know him. He's always been bald, has the same face just a lot more grey beard. It's called aging.
@@kairoperu1587 why you such a foolish person? you obviously DKSAB. He is showing signs of cte from all the blows from fighting genuis,not from aging,do you live under a rock? Or are you purposely trying to look a fool?
Cotto is my favorite fighter, I box in the amateurs and I watched cotto to film study. I would watch all his early fights. I film studied him because my style is similar and after a while he grew on me as my favorite fighter. My favorite punch is the left hook to the body/liver. But I'll never have the power he possessed because he is actually left handed and fights out of an orthodox stance, and I'm a righty. I wish I could throw a hook to the body with my right hand and be able to nail the liver, but that's impossible because of the liver being on the person's right side.( for those that don't know) Miguel cotto leads with his dominant hand being a lefty gives him a very powerful left hook. I noticed in his later fights in his career he seemed to get away from using the left hook as often. But I would have liked to see Freddy roach as his trainer way earlier in his career. Freddie roach was bringing back cottos left hook ,I feel that roach was an awesome trainer for him but he was loyal to evengalisto cotto (may have mis spelled his uncles name). But I wish Freddie roach could have worked with cotto way earlier. I also like to double up my left hook to the body after throwing a 1-2. I would use cottos 1 then double left hook to the body, then I would take a page out of Tysons book and follow up with an left uppercut to the head. So I mixed and matched that combo I got from 2 fighters (jab head-left hook body-left hook body-left uppercut upstairs). I found a lot of success with that because 4 left punches in a row because my opponent is anticipating a right hand.
Left hook to the body is such a deadly weapon as it could be an opening to left hook to the head in the later rounds due to tendencies of the opponent reaction
I don’t really associate the left hook with Puerto Rico… I do think of Cotto but I also think of De La Hoya and JCC. Cotto and DLH were extra effective because they are left handed fighting in an orthodox stance.
Yeah I'm Puertorican and even I don't think there's a "Puertorican Left Hook". You could say Cotto, in his early stages was extremely good and efficient with it, although in my opinion, he got away from it towards the end of his career. Trinidad wasn't necessarily known for the left hook only as Cotto was in his days so, although I do think Trinidad is definitely the stronger puncher, he wasn't a left hook type of guy. Zayas is the future. He idolizes Cotto and I see a desire to incorporate the left hook in his repertoire. Hopefully the kid makes a career out of it. But yeah, there's isn't any specific Puertorican thing. Many, many great champions who all fought differently. The one true characteristic was that they were all warriors.
@@mini_worx na Puerto Rican trainers teach you to step in for left hooks with authoritt and confidence for combinations pretty early on. Not all trainers difference certain corners of the earth will emphasize those things.
@@mini_worx brooo your a disgrace to boriquas. The Puerto rican left hook comes from bazooka gomez and Wilfredo Benitez used it against sugar ray Leonard. Do some soul searching before you respond with a diatribe of egotistical blasphemy
@@leonardosantillan3373 mira muchacho aca nadie esta tratando de convencerte que puertoRRo 🇵🇷 tiene mas campeones que México, tu comentario esta fuera de lugar loco
@@leonardosantillan3373 compare the number of Mexicans to the number of Puerto Ricans first. Then do some math and realize for such a small island with so fewer people a lot more has been done not just in boxing but across many other arts....
@@Idolikethis nah xander is a no nonsense kid we don't do the trash talking on the internet then not make the fights happen but he don't got time for UA-cam he's that dedicated to his craft
Thank you Miguel and Xander for an excellent video to describe a technical punch. I particularly like the 1,2 lead up and rotate the hips to "pre-load" the shot. Not so sure about the Puerto Rican ownership of the punch, it looks to me to be a classic liver shot - but hey, whatever floats your boat.
Never heard of the Pietro Rican left hook saying, but I now Pietro Ricans love to use the left hook since back in the days just like us Mexicans aswell.
I mean theyve earned that saying. All the last great Puerto rican fighters cotto tito danny all have lethal left hooks and if you look further gomez rosario wilfredo vazquez had nasty left hooks also and now xanders best punch seems to be the left hook
Mexicans in the other hand is, in orthodox stance, left jab(tap, luring his opponent for a 1-2 straight, making him cover upright) then left hook to the body. The liver punch from Mexican and Puerto Rican is so dangerous that if a boxer saw it coming, they will cover their body not knowing that they can also mix it up from jab to a straight, or a jab to an upper cut.
This is awesome but seeing Cottos speech slur like that makes me sad he barely retired and already feeling the shots to head , hope gets to recover from it
For A Conventional Boxer The Left Hook To The Body Than To The Head Is Basic But Very Effective 1 - 2....Xander Zayas Young Future Undisputed Champ.!!!
El q pega duro con las 2 manos tiene mas ventaja a noquiar. Boricua Campeones cuentan con el famoso left hook. Vamos arriba Xander q tu seras futuro Campeon'. 🇵🇷🇺🇲🥊
Claro que si con Dios por delante Xander sera futuro campeón pero el presente es Subriel el killer Matias. Te lo recomiendo a conocer a el orgullo de Maternillo Fajardo Subriel Matías. Y pronto su próximo combate en Octubre estará peliando por el título de la IBF de las 140 una de las divisiones más calientes en el mundo del boxeo
The longest-reigning Welterweight Champion of all time was Puerto Rico's Felix Trinidad as he held the IBF Title for six years, eight months and 14 days. I grew on on Tito thats when I 1st started watching in the bronx .New York woud pack out Madison Square Garden for him everytime he fought there
Ive heard the name "Puerto Rican left hook" a few times since i live in Puerto Rico but no Puerto Rican use it. Its more of a way that other fighters from around the world use to describe a fighter, like if i where to say " hey your next opponent is Puerto Rican so watch out for that left hook" that type of thing. Same goes for other fighters as well. Like if your fighting a mexican or a Japanese people say things like" your in for a hell of a match" or like " get ready to stand there and fight it out, since most Mexican and Japanese fighters come at you none stop. You can say that cubans and Philippians are in general south paws with great movement and a great jab. Or how most russian fighters are very smart and technical. But thats just what ive seen so i might be wrong.
Our people need to stick together and go back and rebuild our homeland. We must promote the sport better among our young people in a way that instead of selling drugs, they dedicate themselves to improve physically and mentally with boxing or any form of athletics, education in general. We must show the youth that by following a better way of life, they will be rewarded. Demonstrate to them that by they improving themselves, others will follow. Who ever you are, if by blood you are Boriqua, go back and buy land and try to develop a business that will benefit the community. On a side note, Miguel Cotto is cemented as one of the greatest boxers in the history of the sport.
Umm..no..cotto was good, really good. Trinidad was great and was a force to be reckoned with. But to this day, there is and never will be another Puerto Rican fighter like the late and GREAT, Hector Camacho! That man came out of the hood of East Harlem, El Barrior and was a phenomenal fighter. Speed, Power, Charisma, Heart.. unfortunately, he had some bad habits outside of the sport which could have destroyed his career early, but that didn't even break him. It just happened over time with a lot of child hood trauma. That's life for many. Some can over come indefinitely, some can't. Doesn't define them as a human being. Long live the best Puerto Rican fighter ever to this day, HC!
@@kairoperu1587 lmaoo Puerto Rico is deadlier than Spanish Harlem dude trust me 😭 shit camacho got murdered where in Puerto Rico that's why the majority of great Puerto rican fighters come straight from the island their motivation to make it is bigger at one point puerto rico a island of 3 million people was the murder capital in the world let that sink in mfs throw u in a trunk and youre never seen again. also benitez trinidad and gomez were better than camacho
@@Fabian6980 and that's the biggest problem in our world today. Things of this extreme, like murder, loss of life in general is now brushed off with statements like "it is what it is". I used that alot too once, but don't anymore, because it not what anyone who has to suffer through such a tragedy would say, if they cared at all about the person whom they lost to something so senseless. We are in a sad time of living. I pray very hard, and I was never religious. I watched the Camacho's mother and many others mourn severally, and it's heartbreaking brother. Heartbreaking to lose someone like that. It's not how we are supposed to live and treat one another. It's evil. Period. Be blessed brother..
Puerto Rican probably had the most consistent power punchers produced after Mexicans. They have Wilfredo Gomez, Felix Trinidad, Edwin Rosario, Miguel Cotto, Wilfredo Vazquez, Juan Laporte and Juanma Lopez
If I stand corrected cotto was a left hand dominant fighter out of an orthodox stance? Possessing a strong lead hand like many others have done. De la hoya, hagler I think aswell.
@@Xenlacasa45 Possibly, but I would still put my money on Cotto because Trinidad’s losses came from Versatile guys like Cotto. Cotto’s boxing is truly underrated, he was truly a gem to the sport.
@@X-Factor-22 yeah I remember when Cotto fought margarito he was boxing beautifully. I just think Trinidad was a better version of margarito with natural raw power.
I think the point of calling it the “puerto rican left hook” is because of how successful they are with it, winning multiple world title fights with PR guys who use it as their main weapon… everybody can practice a left hook lmao but how many are extremely successful with it hall of fame status?
Puerto Ricans put mexicans to learn how to figth😂we was killing your people🇵🇷👿🇵🇷👿🇵🇷👿🥊🥊🥊thats why you have good figthers now in mexico Puerto Rico papi number#1
@@joshuajarod1909 he said cotto and Trinidad made that left hook vicious Chavez Destroyed every Puerto Rican fighter in his era with that left hook 🤣😂🤣🤦🏽♂️
@@yoofaceee514 gomez had it before Chavez 🥱 try again we the goats in this shakur stevenson know that's why he rock with 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷 we the trend setters nobody was flashy outside of the ring before camacho now everyone wanna dress up in their ring walks
Xander Zayas..hermano, I think we should not have a specific style we should use both arms with the style and be more unpredictable to challengers..shout out to Puerto and all my Rico brothers.❤
Did anyone else notice how Xander says one, two, seven? Not one, two, three. That is when you know you are talking to a boxer who went to a good school of boxing.
Cotto has aged quite a lot in just a short time. I don't even speak Spanish but I could detect some slurring. It's sad but the effects of CTE are already showing and it will likely only further worsen with time.
Soooo a Puerto Rican left hook is just a normal left hook? You don't have to make up terms as an excuse to upload a video of Cotto. He's welcomed anytime.
So sad to hear Cotto. He's always been a slow talker, but i noticed right way his mental decline. He repeats some words and slurs, ever so slightly, but it's there for us native speakers and boricuas 😮💨
"Other fighters use it, but we like to use it, so it's called the Puerto Rican Left Hook? LMAO. It's called a left hook, or a properly/excellent or perfect left hook. No nationality owns this and it definitely didn't come from Puerto Rico. If a fighter likes using it, somewhat prefected it, it's one of your signature shots, that's all
Miguel Cotto always exuded the very essence of quiet, respectful self confidence and terrorized his opponents with slick, precise powerful combinations. He is a living legend, salute to one of the greatest champions out of Puerto Rico!
One of my top 3
My favorite fighter of my teenage years
One of the greatest and most underrated champions ever
He sounds punch drunk :(
@@garibay711cod no he doesn’t bro. I’ve followed him since 2005. He always spoke a bit slow.
2 badass Puerto Rican fighters..
Trinidad had a killer left hook.
The best I ever saw
He was an amazing fighter and I was so honored to see him when I was a kid in my hometown of Carolina PR. He went to my school and gave autographs and advice about life. Was even more of a fan after that.
Trinidad's left hook was spring-loaded that punch was different
As a Mexican, cotto is one my my favorite boxers of all times
are you mexican american or from mexico? usually the mexican americans especially from california are mad racist and always hating in comments on anything puerto rican i respect uour comment as puerto rican giving credit where credit is due 👍
Trinidad, Chávez and Cotto are mine and I’m Rican. I enjoyed fighters with grace and that never really talked all that crap in and out the ring all the time
@@casketman14Duran, Sanchez, Roy jones jr, Hagler, Chavez and cotto my favorites
Mine is Maromero Paez...and im puerto rican.
Wow you can really see the age on cotto much respect to him finally his in the hall of fame and Xander the future we will see how good he is 🇵🇷
He is only 42.
Tbh he looks fresh for his age, doesnt look old
I think is more his lifestyle he because he isn’t that old but he didn’t look great in the vid
Cotto had one of the best left hook to the body shots ever. If not the best.
As a puerto rican I can confirm I've never heard of such thing as the" puerto rican left hook "
U aint boricua enough then
@@Diegoat224 stan
same
Well u are a Puertorrican Great value then
U was never puerto rican then
Miguel Cotto the Legend
This kid is the future. He's thec real deal. He's the people's champ. .
Let's not speak to soon!!
For a while, Cottos left hook was one of the most dangerous weapons in boxing. We miss you, Junito. Also, Zayas is a classy kid, and you gotta love his appetite. Dude would probably fight every other weekend if he could.
I'm Puerto Rican 🇵🇷 and I'll like Puerto Rican 🇵🇷 Boxers at Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 and I have FAMILY Members living in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
For the people here learning, notice how everything starts with the feet then hips, that develops speed and power.👍 make sure to always practice foot work and balance guys👍🔑
Foo shut up!!!
Facts. Fundamentals, foundation, footwork on lower body. Starts with the lowest point in the body on up
Technically no. The hip moves first that makes the foot rotate however you do need to move your feet to be in position to throw the punch .....
@@travistaylor8532 Do you train a stand up martial art?
@@fastfuriousmark MMA and Boxing
This video was 🔥🔥🔥🇵🇷🥊hope to see more of these.
Todo respeto para las leyendas Boricuas. Nuestra Isla esta en buenas manos con Zayas 🇵🇷🔥💪🏼
Puerto rican is loser.. manny pacman knock out cotto.. WHAT THE FUCK...!!!
Wow this is sad seeing Miguel cotto talking with a slur. He's one of my favs and this is heartbreaking for me right now wow
Almost didn’t recognize him. Sad indeed
I have a feeling you don't even know or have watched cotto in the past.
He talked the same then. Go watch some videos to help you understand.
And don't recognize him? That's bizarre for someone who claims to know him. He's always been bald, has the same face just a lot more grey beard. It's called aging.
@@kairoperu1587 why you such a foolish person? you obviously DKSAB. He is showing signs of cte from all the blows from fighting genuis,not from aging,do you live under a rock? Or are you purposely trying to look a fool?
@@kairoperu1587 YDSAB
@@succafree3212 facts
Cotto is my favorite fighter, I box in the amateurs and I watched cotto to film study. I would watch all his early fights. I film studied him because my style is similar and after a while he grew on me as my favorite fighter. My favorite punch is the left hook to the body/liver. But I'll never have the power he possessed because he is actually left handed and fights out of an orthodox stance, and I'm a righty. I wish I could throw a hook to the body with my right hand and be able to nail the liver, but that's impossible because of the liver being on the person's right side.( for those that don't know) Miguel cotto leads with his dominant hand being a lefty gives him a very powerful left hook. I noticed in his later fights in his career he seemed to get away from using the left hook as often. But I would have liked to see Freddy roach as his trainer way earlier in his career. Freddie roach was bringing back cottos left hook ,I feel that roach was an awesome trainer for him but he was loyal to evengalisto cotto (may have mis spelled his uncles name). But I wish Freddie roach could have worked with cotto way earlier. I also like to double up my left hook to the body after throwing a 1-2. I would use cottos 1 then double left hook to the body, then I would take a page out of Tysons book and follow up with an left uppercut to the head. So I mixed and matched that combo I got from 2 fighters (jab head-left hook body-left hook body-left uppercut upstairs). I found a lot of success with that because 4 left punches in a row because my opponent is anticipating a right hand.
What about the Danny Garcia No Look Hook? Lol I’m just playing, great vid 💯
Very classy sir
I LOVE Danny left hook so powerful he puts everything into it
Left hook to the body is such a deadly weapon as it could be an opening to left hook to the head in the later rounds due to tendencies of the opponent reaction
just wanna see the kid keep fighting. this guy's GOT IT.
Muy duro 💪🏽🇵🇷🥊🤙🏽
The next global puerto rican powerhouse Xander Zayas without a doubt.
Definitely more videos of these, like these. Nice work Top Rank!
Miguel cotto is one of the few puerto Ricans I know that doesn't talk a lot and I mean that with all respect.
If anybody should be teaching how to throw that left hook it should be Tito Trinidad. But Xander is the future 🇵🇷🔥
You ain’t never lie. But Tito talk to fast 😂
Cotto more accomplished
Top rank didn't promote tito.
@@beesting6135 cotto the goat
Tito Trinidad ,my favorite boxer of all time!
Come for the LEGENDS, stay for the learning.
Great content this. As always TR.
LETS GO!!!! Xander the next boricua superstar!!
What a masterclass, looks sharp champ, thanks for the walk through as well🇵🇷🏅
I've always wanted to stay with family in PR 🇵🇷 and study Puerto Rican style boxing 🥊💪
oh my, Xander is the beast!Would rather to see him with top opposition
the secret ingredient of the puerto rican left hook is salsa music during training and while practicing the left hook to get your hip rhythm on point
I see in Xander zayas a future world champion keep up the good work 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
Next teach us the Puerto Rican Knee
Miguel cotto was incredible ♥️ Xander zayas I feel is like the next great Puerto Rican fighter 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽 Dale boricua !!
Xander es el futuro y Subriel Matías el presente. Octubre Subriel Matías será campeón mundial de las 140 🇵🇷💯💪🔥🔥🔥🔥
Así es! Subriel! Ese trigueño va a hacer un gran problema en las 140 lbs…
Pará mi el futuro es Egar Berlanga ése es mi gallo
@@reytaino9654 Octubre 15 Subriel Matías estará peliando por el título de las 140 libras contra el Argentino Jeremías Ponce en Brooklyn New York
@@reytaino9654 Taíno el 15 de Octubre con Dios por delante Puerto Rico tendrá campeón mundial las 140 tiemblan cuando oyen el nombre de Subriel Matías
Puerto Rican Pride 🇵🇷🇵🇷 #truschoolsports🥊🥊
Beautiful 👏👏
I don’t really associate the left hook with Puerto Rico… I do think of Cotto but I also think of De La Hoya and JCC. Cotto and DLH were extra effective because they are left handed fighting in an orthodox stance.
Yeah I'm Puertorican and even I don't think there's a "Puertorican Left Hook".
You could say Cotto, in his early stages was extremely good and efficient with it, although in my opinion, he got away from it towards the end of his career.
Trinidad wasn't necessarily known for the left hook only as Cotto was in his days so, although I do think Trinidad is definitely the stronger puncher, he wasn't a left hook type of guy.
Zayas is the future. He idolizes Cotto and I see a desire to incorporate the left hook in his repertoire. Hopefully the kid makes a career out of it.
But yeah, there's isn't any specific Puertorican thing. Many, many great champions who all fought differently. The one true characteristic was that they were all warriors.
@@mini_worx Trinidad was definitely known for his left hook.
@@mini_worx na Puerto Rican trainers teach you to step in for left hooks with authoritt and confidence for combinations pretty early on. Not all trainers difference certain corners of the earth will emphasize those things.
@@mini_worx brooo your a disgrace to boriquas. The Puerto rican left hook comes from bazooka gomez and Wilfredo Benitez used it against sugar ray Leonard. Do some soul searching before you respond with a diatribe of egotistical blasphemy
@@pristinefitness9268 -- Trinidad was known for great punching power and knockouts. Not specifically for just the left hook.
Watched cotto from his 11th fight, such a good fighter, my favorite fighter was tito trinidad. Big fan from the 🇬🇧 uk.
That was good content 👊🏾
Man Puerto Rico have all hope on you . Be focus boy .Latin America are with you too😊
Puerto Rican left hook with a twist
Of mark Anthony is all you need
too make opponents dance or
Disappear.
Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 también pesa en el deporte,🥊🥊 ejemplo de eso el nombre de grandes firmas escritas en la historia de este hermoso deporte
Tiene 45 campeones mundiales en su historia y mexico 195 dime quién pesa más.
@@leonardosantillan3373 mira muchacho aca nadie esta tratando de convencerte que puertoRRo 🇵🇷 tiene mas campeones que México, tu comentario esta fuera de lugar loco
@@leonardosantillan3373 compare the number of Mexicans to the number of Puerto Ricans first. Then do some math and realize for such a small island with so fewer people a lot more has been done not just in boxing but across many other arts....
Zayas 🥊🥊👌🏽
Also cotto
Big respect 🥊
Miguel Cotto & Wilfredo Gomez my favourite fighters from PR
pre-Margarito without the tats Cotto was the man.
My guy 💯!!
Coto was actually southpaw, he changes stance because he felt more comfortable, that means his hooks were super powerful cuz it was his stronger hand
Proof?
@@Icetruckkiller1234proof for what? It’s true
Xander would be a good UA-camr for teaching
Oh no! Then the internet would have to bully him like Ryan
@@Idolikethis nah xander is a no nonsense kid we don't do the trash talking on the internet then not make the fights happen but he don't got time for UA-cam he's that dedicated to his craft
@@Fabian6980
Exactly!! Xander’s lives and sleeps at gym. The kid, is disciplined!!
Chaves Sr is the real master of this punch.
Thank you Miguel and Xander for an excellent video to describe a technical punch. I particularly like the 1,2 lead up and rotate the hips to "pre-load" the shot. Not so sure about the Puerto Rican ownership of the punch, it looks to me to be a classic liver shot - but hey, whatever floats your boat.
Never heard of the Pietro Rican left hook saying, but I now Pietro Ricans love to use the left hook since back in the days just like us Mexicans aswell.
It's marketing. Bom Arum and their people know what they do
@@EduardoPerez-rf7ie Igual q el boxeo estilo mexicano same shit.
@@nosaj_prod el Mexican style no exsiste asi como ese left hook es un Gancho cualquiera
And it’s Puerto Rico not pietro Rico
I mean theyve earned that saying. All the last great Puerto rican fighters cotto tito danny all have lethal left hooks and if you look further gomez rosario wilfredo vazquez had nasty left hooks also and now xanders best punch seems to be the left hook
Tito Trinidad was the fighter that got me to become a boxing fanatic. His left hook was amazing, quick and deadly.
True. I trained with Carlos De Leon JR and we worked on the left hook exclusively. The Puerto Rican left hook is diffferent 🔥
This reminds me of my nation inventing the jab. The Slovenian left straight as its called
Mexicans in the other hand is, in orthodox stance, left jab(tap, luring his opponent for a 1-2 straight, making him cover upright) then left hook to the body.
The liver punch from Mexican and Puerto Rican is so dangerous that if a boxer saw it coming, they will cover their body not knowing that they can also mix it up from jab to a straight, or a jab to an upper cut.
This is awesome but seeing Cottos speech slur like that makes me sad he barely retired and already feeling the shots to head , hope gets to recover from it
Xander is going to be great.
Wow I loved this. Lemme get another one on a different punch
BORICUAS 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Top Rank done a good job with this video
@Rufino shut up
Great video thanks for the upload
Please do the “Mexican forehead defense” you know when they purposely get ht just to land a punch.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂
cold 🤣
It’s effective with puerto Ricans cause they always lose to mexicans
For A Conventional Boxer The Left Hook To The Body Than To The Head Is Basic But Very Effective 1 - 2....Xander Zayas Young Future Undisputed Champ.!!!
El q pega duro con las 2 manos tiene mas ventaja a noquiar. Boricua Campeones cuentan con el famoso left hook. Vamos arriba Xander q tu seras futuro Campeon'. 🇵🇷🇺🇲🥊
Claro que si con Dios por delante Xander sera futuro campeón pero el presente es Subriel el killer Matias. Te lo recomiendo a conocer a el orgullo de Maternillo Fajardo Subriel Matías. Y pronto su próximo combate en Octubre estará peliando por el título de la IBF de las 140 una de las divisiones más calientes en el mundo del boxeo
@@damaryscolon4983 D mis favoritos pelea x titulo en octubre, next champion. Saludos desde Boston, Mass ! 👍
The longest-reigning Welterweight Champion of all time was Puerto Rico's Felix Trinidad as he held the IBF Title for six years, eight months and 14 days. I grew on on Tito thats when I 1st started watching in the bronx .New York woud pack out Madison Square Garden for him everytime he fought there
Ive heard the name "Puerto Rican left hook" a few times since i live in Puerto Rico but no Puerto Rican use it. Its more of a way that other fighters from around the world use to describe a fighter, like if i where to say " hey your next opponent is Puerto Rican so watch out for that left hook" that type of thing. Same goes for other fighters as well. Like if your fighting a mexican or a Japanese people say things like" your in for a hell of a match" or like " get ready to stand there and fight it out, since most Mexican and Japanese fighters come at you none stop. You can say that cubans and Philippians are in general south paws with great movement and a great jab. Or how most russian fighters are very smart and technical. But thats just what ive seen so i might be wrong.
Im puerto rican, but De La Hoya's left hook was a thing of beauty.
Yo they just made the body shot a puerto rican left hook like it's sweet fried plantains.. HAHAHAHAHA
The puerto rican left hook after observing The MEXICAN gancho al hígado.
Our people need to stick together and go back and rebuild our homeland. We must promote the sport better among our young people in a way that instead of selling drugs, they dedicate themselves to improve physically and mentally with boxing or any form of athletics, education in general. We must show the youth that by following a better way of life, they will be rewarded. Demonstrate to them that by they improving themselves, others will follow. Who ever you are, if by blood you are Boriqua, go back and buy land and try to develop a business that will benefit the community.
On a side note, Miguel Cotto is cemented as one of the greatest boxers in the history of the sport.
AHI ES PUÑETA ORGULLO DE PUERTO RICO ! 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
If they move Xander right and take thier time with him,
He’s going to be just as big as Trinidad and Cotto
Anyone know where I can Purchase the Boxing shoes that Xander had on?
I feel like Cotto aint talked about enough among Puerto Rican's... for example he is way better than Tito ever was and had a better resume
Umm..no..cotto was good, really good.
Trinidad was great and was a force to be reckoned with.
But to this day, there is and never will be another Puerto Rican fighter like the late and GREAT, Hector Camacho!
That man came out of the hood of East Harlem, El Barrior and was a phenomenal fighter. Speed, Power, Charisma, Heart.. unfortunately, he had some bad habits outside of the sport which could have destroyed his career early, but that didn't even break him.
It just happened over time with a lot of child hood trauma. That's life for many. Some can over come indefinitely, some can't. Doesn't define them as a human being.
Long live the best Puerto Rican fighter ever to this day, HC!
@@kairoperu1587 lmaoo Puerto Rico is deadlier than Spanish Harlem dude trust me 😭 shit camacho got murdered where in Puerto Rico that's why the majority of great Puerto rican fighters come straight from the island their motivation to make it is bigger at one point puerto rico a island of 3 million people was the murder capital in the world let that sink in mfs throw u in a trunk and youre never seen again. also benitez trinidad and gomez were better than camacho
@@Fabian6980 yea, I understand he got murdered there. Says alot about our own people.
@@kairoperu1587 it is what it is no one is a Saint
@@Fabian6980 and that's the biggest problem in our world today. Things of this extreme, like murder, loss of life in general is now brushed off with statements like "it is what it is". I used that alot too once, but don't anymore, because it not what anyone who has to suffer through such a tragedy would say, if they cared at all about the person whom they lost to something so senseless.
We are in a sad time of living. I pray very hard, and I was never religious. I watched the Camacho's mother and many others mourn severally, and it's heartbreaking brother. Heartbreaking to lose someone like that.
It's not how we are supposed to live and treat one another.
It's evil. Period.
Be blessed brother..
Puerto Rican probably had the most consistent power punchers produced after Mexicans. They have Wilfredo Gomez, Felix Trinidad, Edwin Rosario, Miguel Cotto, Wilfredo Vazquez, Juan Laporte and Juanma Lopez
If I stand corrected cotto was a left hand dominant fighter out of an orthodox stance? Possessing a strong lead hand like many others have done. De la hoya, hagler I think aswell.
I know this isn’t a comparison video, but I would take Cotto over Trinidad.
Both were great punchers, but Cotto was just as good as a boxer.
Trinidad vs Cotto at 147 Trinidad would’ve stopped Cotto by knockout
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Possibly, but I would still put my money on Cotto because Trinidad’s losses came from Versatile guys like Cotto.
Cotto’s boxing is truly underrated, he was truly a gem to the sport.
@@X-Factor-22 yeah I remember when Cotto fought margarito he was boxing beautifully. I just think Trinidad was a better version of margarito with natural raw power.
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No doubt it would have still been a spectacular fight either way.
@@X-Factor-22 Absolutely, I still wanna see that exhibition between Cotto and Marquez
Hey love your videos. I am a boxing channel as well so find this really interesting!
I was wondering what the hell a Puerto Rican left hook was come to find out it's just a left hook that Puerto Ricans like practicing a lot
Lmao
I think the point of calling it the “puerto rican left hook” is because of how successful they are with it, winning multiple world title fights with PR guys who use it as their main weapon… everybody can practice a left hook lmao but how many are extremely successful with it hall of fame status?
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Xander the future greatest
Hearing Cotto makes me hate Jose Capetillo (Margarito's old trainer) even more.
Chavez had this left hook before Puerto Ricans even knew what this was tho 😂😂😂😂😂😅🤦🏽♂️
Chavez was not before Wilfred Benitez ,stop.
Puerto Ricans put mexicans to learn how to figth😂we was killing your people🇵🇷👿🇵🇷👿🇵🇷👿🥊🥊🥊thats why you have good figthers now in mexico
Puerto Rico papi
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@@joshuajarod1909 he said cotto and Trinidad made that left hook vicious Chavez Destroyed every Puerto Rican fighter in his era with that left hook 🤣😂🤣🤦🏽♂️
@@yoofaceee514 gomez had it before Chavez 🥱 try again we the goats in this shakur stevenson know that's why he rock with 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷 we the trend setters nobody was flashy outside of the ring before camacho now everyone wanna dress up in their ring walks
@@Fabian6980 Chavez ate every Puerto Rican fighter 🤦🏽♂️
Xander Zayas..hermano, I think we should not have a specific style we should use both arms with the style and be more unpredictable to challengers..shout out to Puerto and all my Rico brothers.❤
The left hand Xander throws after the jab-cross looks more like a uppercut rather than a left hook though.
It's to drive the shot into the exposed area of the liver on the right side of the opponent. It's a left hook.
As a Puertorican myself sad to see Cotto like this slurring his words and stuttering but I guess that’s the price you pay in boxing
Puerto Rican left hook ??? 🤨🧐🤔
Bru that's the Mexican left hook wytb I'm jus playin... Salute!!!!
Did anyone else notice how Xander says one, two, seven? Not one, two, three. That is when you know you are talking to a boxer who went to a good school of boxing.
way more detailed breakdown. ty.
Cotto has aged quite a lot in just a short time. I don't even speak Spanish but I could detect some slurring. It's sad but the effects of CTE are already showing and it will likely only further worsen with time.
What about Puerto Rican southpaws?
Soooo a Puerto Rican left hook is just a normal left hook? You don't have to make up terms as an excuse to upload a video of Cotto. He's welcomed anytime.
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Michael Fontanez has the Puerto Rican Right hook!! Look him up
That mean mug zayas gave his opponent after the lead hook in the intro took me out harder than he took out his opponent
So sad to hear Cotto. He's always been a slow talker, but i noticed right way his mental decline. He repeats some words and slurs, ever so slightly, but it's there for us native speakers and boricuas 😮💨
"Other fighters use it, but we like to use it, so it's called the Puerto Rican Left Hook? LMAO.
It's called a left hook, or a properly/excellent or perfect left hook.
No nationality owns this and it definitely didn't come from Puerto Rico.
If a fighter likes using it, somewhat prefected it, it's one of your signature shots, that's all
Cotto is losing his eyebrows 🤣🤣🤣
Like a SSJ3
There's brawlers and boxers.... timing,speed and technical skills ALWAYS wins liver shots game over!!! Can say much for brawlers,🤔🤔🤔
Tito's left hook has enter the chat.