got a chance to see the fight and props to mallinaggi he came to fight and at times he did make cotto look very wild. and malinaggi has a good chin, and though he doesn't hit hard he did seem to stagger cotto for a few seconds.
cotto defently has to move up in weight. as for malinaggi if he fights again i hope he still puts this type of effort in every fight, from what he shown he has a good chance with improvment to be a world champion.
Think Cotto will stay at 140 one more time for a Castillo fight?
In the post fight interview, Cotto stated that he will most likely be fighting at 147, and Cotto never sais anything unless it is for sure.
holding is part of boxing
some people will never understand this
how do you guys think he will do at 140 over the next few years with cotto moving up to 147?
please warriors dont hold the way he did he made the fight boring so stop.
no, holding is Lennox Lewis v. Henry Akinwanda. the guy took lots of punchs and still faught back..... while taking lots of punishment and keep fight back all the way through.
maybe im giveing him too much credit cause i didn't expect him to stand their and fight with cotto and be willing to accept punishment and fight on.
the guy deserves credit, he held a bit but over-all he was their to win and didn't mind taking a few punchs to try and win, to me thats a warrior - willing to put himself in danger to win.
if he still has his confidence and was not left gun shy from the fight, then he can only get better.... you got to respect a fighter who doesn't mind taking punchs to try and win a fight...
i dont like him but i give him respect
he gave a good performance. it was a very close fight.
he has a bright future, he just shouldn't talk so much shit