According to Regulation 23 established by the WBO:
"In all World Championship contests, the WBO President shall endeavor to appoint neutral officials, that is, officials who are not of the same nationality of place of residence or origin of the Champion or the Challenger(s), or of their respective agents. USA residents shall be considered neutral if they are residents of different states or commonwealths as the contenders. When the contenders are of the same nationality, the officials that are also of the same nationality, residence or origin of the contenders, shall be considered neutral for the purposes of these Regulations."
So much for rules and regulations meaning anything as the ref, Quinones Falu, is a Puerto Rican.
I had a funny feeling about this fight. On paper, it was an absolute mismatch, Corley not having beaten a quality opponent in some time and Cotto blowing away everyone in his path. But Cotto is vulnerable to right hands as we saw in the N'Dou and Sosa fights. I honestly thought Cotto at that point could've beaten anyone in the world at that point except for Tszyu, but now I'm not so sure. I think Tszyu would've stopped him that night. Corley just doesn't know how to finish a guy. Cotto needs some defensive work.
i think coto didnt even make wieght. didnt gatti come in 20 lbs heavyier in one of his fights? there was rumors about him not even making the wieght in that fight, this one was in PR and coto was 17 pounds heavyier it wouldnt surprise me at all
Apparently, Don King had some choice words after the fight:
"It truly is magnificently austentatiously satanical, how chop was dealt a low blow.
King, whom many know as the flamboyant promoter seemed to have some questions regarding Corley's knee touching the canvas.
there is absolutifically not a shadow of a doubtery, that Miguel Cotto's corner rigged the fight. There is NO DOUBT!
Kings comments stem from the rumor that Cotto's camp placed weights on the back of Corley's knees, in turn causing him to "appear" to take a knee.
u realize that was DON KING, right?
it's true cotto was getting on top, and it's also true the ref was either biased or incompetant. my aguement is why did this fight take place at all? corley was outweighed by 17lbs come fight time. if there is'nt a rule about being so many pounds over the contracted weight, there f*cking well should be, especially is a title fight. what if corley was lying in a hospital bed now? it's about time the governing bodies bought a rule in about maximum weight allowed at time of fight.
Overall Soko, I think your a bitter person and are very closed minded. You need to broaden your horizon about other cultures and stop generalizing other people simply b/c of your experiences with those in your immediate surroundings or b/c you saw a guy on tv act a certain way. This carries over to the world of boxing. Don't hate on a guy just b/c he's a certain race or b/c his corner shouts something you don't like or b/c a decision was unjustly made. Judge a boxer by his character, his ability to fight, and the quality of the opponents he has fought. The rest is trivial.
in other words stop talkin like a little b*tch
Dude that doesnt suprise me.. What I'm about to say is not going to be politically correct and might even get me kicked off of here, but most Puerto Ricans are classless.. Before Tito fought DLH he kept running his mouth off calling DLH" a wimp, and chicken" .. Well guess what Tito you got a decision you didn't deserve in that fight and your reaction after the decision was announced confirmed that.. The look of relief and shock on your face will I not soon forget. Big mouth=No heart. Why wasn't Tito begging for a rematch after Hopkins embarresed him in front of a packed MSG full of Puerto Ricans. Oh yeah I forgot because he ran back to PR like the little bitch that he is. You'll start to see him call out Hopkins after the signs of Hopkins slowing down are clearly visible. Now this little bitch Cotto and his classless handlers acting like animals last night was pathetic.. Don't bank on seeing Cotto in against Mayweather or Gatti anytime soon. He will be a protected fighter. And for those of you who are gonna say stop hatin' or lets all get along I say kiss my ass. I live in NY and have grown up around all different people and ethnicities.. The blacks, Italians, Mexicans, Asians where I live are all stand up people.. They interact with others and respect others. It's the Puerto Ricans that cause all the trouble here.. Now I know why Mexicans can't stand them and tell me not to trust them..
You talk about class but you showed everything BUT class in your post. Generalizing a single race on the actions of a few is very foolhardy. You make my point by saying that all the other races 'WHERE YOU LIVE', and all the Puertoricans 'WHERE YOU LIVE.' Not all races and nationalities act the same as the people 'WHERE YOU LIVE.' You need to get your head out of your ass.
The fight vs. DLH in my opinion was a draw and no he didn't deserve that fight. However, all fighters talk a little smack prior to their fights. That is part of the game. Some are more reserved than others. But to hate on the guy simply b/c he's doing a little trash talking before a fight is kinda dumb b/c then you would have to hate on the rest of the 95% of boxers who do the same.
I don't know about your statement that Tito has no heart. That has to be one of the most ignorant statements I have heard in a long time. If anything, Tito has MORE heart than most fighters in today's game. You can't blame the guy for taking some time off after the Hopkins fight. He got beat by a better fighter, probably the best Middleweight of all time. Shoot the guy why don't ya for trying to regather himself and make a decision on what he plans to do for the rest of his life. He got beat by the best. There is no shame in that.
Overall Soko, I think your a bitter person and are very closed minded. You need to broaden your horizon about other cultures and stop generalizing other people simply b/c of your experiences with those in your immediate surroundings or b/c you saw a guy on tv act a certain way. This carries over to the world of boxing. Don't hate on a guy just b/c he's a certain race or b/c his corner shouts something you don't like or b/c a decision was unjustly made. Judge a boxer by his character, his ability to fight, and the quality of the opponents he has fought. The rest is trivial.
Why not all they need is to bring some of New York with them, hell last time I was in N.Y. there seemed to be more Puerto Ricans there than in P.R. itself:D
By the way WHERE THE FUCK ARE MY POINTS DLT?Dude, there ARE more Puerto Ricans in NYC than PR.
Dude that doesnt suprise me.. What I'm about to say is not going to be politically correct and might even get me kicked off of here, but most Puerto Ricans are classless.. Before Tito fought DLH he kept running his mouth off calling DLH" a wimp, and chicken" .. Well guess what Tito you got a decision you didn't deserve in that fight and your reaction after the decision was announced confirmed that.. The look of relief and shock on your face will I not soon forget. Big mouth=No heart. Why wasn't Tito begging for a rematch after Hopkins embarresed him in front of a packed MSG full of Puerto Ricans. Oh yeah I forgot because he ran back to PR like the little bitch that he is. You'll start to see him call out Hopkins after the signs of Hopkins slowing down are clearly visible. Now this little bitch Cotto and his classless handlers acting like animals last night was pathetic.. Don't bank on seeing Cotto in against Mayweather or Gatti anytime soon. He will be a protected fighter. And for those of you who are gonna say stop hatin' or lets all get along I say kiss my ass. I live in NY and have grown up around all different people and ethnicities.. The blacks, Italians, Mexicans, Asians where I live are all stand up people.. They interact with others and respect others. It's the Puerto Ricans that cause all the trouble here.. Now I know why Mexicans can't stand them and tell me not to trust them..
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Soko
What is your education back round. This is sad that you have to single out a whole race and clearly show racism. I think that you bring no class to this forum.I hope that the mods here deal with you properly. We are a country with many different ethnicity. I thought racism died many years ago but I was wrong the only thing that died or fail is your education level. Your whats wrong with society, your family should be a shamed of you. Just sad,
lol
It was a bad stoppage, but Cotto was on his way to KOing Corley in a few rounds, so in reality its a moote point. The right man won.
while you can argue that AFTER Cotto's rough 3rd round (due to ONE punch) there wasn't any doubt as to the outcome, you can also argue that BEFORE the 3rd round there wasn't any doubt. The fact is that the doubt was created by ONE punch - and who's to say that a similar punch couldn't land again at some point?
all the credit to Cotto for coming back after that shot, but his f***ing corner let the whole "were in puerto rico sh*t" get into their head, after this do you think someone wants to fight Cotto in his backyard? hell no. im a Cotto fan and i hope he has a huge perfomance in his next fight
lets exclude corruption for a sec is there a rule for liek title fights if the ref was illegal it would be a NC or soemthing?
I don't know. Maybe someone else could help us out here.
I hope so, but with the rampant corruption in boxing, I wouldn't think so.
lets exclude corruption for a sec is there a rule for liek title fights if the ref was illegal it would be a NC or soemthing?
very well said. like i've been saying in the cotto has no chin thread, next time cotto steps up to a big fight hes done.
I would like you take the same shot he did and keep fighting afterwords. That was a clean shot any boxer would have been rocked it was right to his temple man give the man some credit.
Dude that doesnt suprise me.. What I'm about to say is not going to be politically correct and might even get me kicked off of here, but most Puerto Ricans are classless.. Before Tito fought DLH he kept running his mouth off calling DLH" a wimp, and chicken" .. Well guess what Tito you got a decision you didn't deserve in that fight and your reaction after the decision was announced confirmed that.. The look of relief and shock on your face will I not soon forget. Big mouth=No heart. Why wasn't Tito begging for a rematch after Hopkins embarresed him in front of a packed MSG full of Puerto Ricans. Oh yeah I forgot because he ran back to PR like the little bitch that he is. You'll start to see him call out Hopkins after the signs of Hopkins slowing down are clearly visible. Now this little bitch Cotto and his classless handlers acting like animals last night was pathetic.. Don't bank on seeing Cotto in against Mayweather or Gatti anytime soon. He will be a protected fighter. And for those of you who are gonna say stop hatin' or lets all get along I say kiss my ass. I live in NY and have grown up around all different people and ethnicities.. The blacks, Italians, Mexicans, Asians where I live are all stand up people.. They interact with others and respect others. It's the Puerto Ricans that cause all the trouble here.. Now I know why Mexicans can't stand them and tell me not to trust them..
very well said. like i've been saying in the cotto has no chin thread, next time cotto steps up to a big fight hes done.
Dude that doesnt suprise me.. What I'm about to say is not going to be politically correct and might even get me kicked off of here, but most Puerto Ricans are classless.. Before Tito fought DLH he kept running his mouth off calling DLH" a wimp, and chicken" .. Well guess what Tito you got a decision you didn't deserve in that fight and your reaction after the decision was announced confirmed that.. The look of relief and shock on your face will I not soon forget. Big mouth=No heart. Why wasn't Tito begging for a rematch after Hopkins embarresed him in front of a packed MSG full of Puerto Ricans. Oh yeah I forgot because he ran back to PR like the little bitch that he is. You'll start to see him call out Hopkins after the signs of Hopkins slowing down are clearly visible. Now this little bitch Cotto and his classless handlers acting like animals last night was pathetic.. Don't bank on seeing Cotto in against Mayweather or Gatti anytime soon. He will be a protected fighter. And for those of you who are gonna say stop hatin' or lets all get along I say kiss my ass. I live in NY and have grown up around all different people and ethnicities.. The blacks, Italians, Mexicans, Asians where I live are all stand up people.. They interact with others and respect others. It's the Puerto Ricans that cause all the trouble here.. Now I know why Mexicans can't stand them and tell me not to trust them..
I thought Oscar won that fight too. Tito also retired until he saw that Hopkins was older.
I was more disgusted by how Cotto's corner had no respect and screamed out "this is our house bitch" when both corner where confronting each other.
yeah,that guy that screamed that is a pussy, big young guy like that should be a fighter not a cornerman,probably a un coordinated big-for-nothin that can't fight for shit,probably was an amateur fighter but quit because he got ko'd or something
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