I lost all my respect for Cotto.

The guy had a knockdown the first round. Soon after he was cut with an opening big enough to consider stopping the fight. He could have found many ways out of that fight due to the cut and did not! Even with the fact that if they went to the score card early he would have got the win. Many punches he was hit with were due to the fact that he couldn't see them coming. He did what he had to do to win the fight. I had them winning six rounds each but because of the knockdown I had Cotto winning by 1 point. The one you should be upset with is Clottey for not taking advantage of the opportunity when he had a chance by not throwing punches.

how you lose respect for a man who knocked another man down with a jab idk........ a jab plus ungrounded feet

how you lose respect for a man who knocked another man down with a jab idk........

How can you being hurting in from a Knee, when you drop face first paralell to the ground and in a paded canvas? Even then if you did, how after 4 min of you maing it seem like a truck ran over you, then you can move freely agaian without problems? dont matter how he reacted, what matters is the first action that took place, how delusional are some of you people? you defend the dirty fighter and tear down the guy who is just regrouping himself from being on the opposite end of dirty moves.

I don't think either was dirty. You do have a point about Cotto punching Clottey in the back of the head and then low blowing him, but I take all the events as heat of the moment type things. I don't think either is particularly intentionally dirty overall although both had their bad moments last night. Exactly my thought, anyone can get worked up in the moment, just like when Cotto slammed him, just got heated up that's it. I think the low blow and back of the head was accident, once again you can get carried away and throw a shot low by accident, and with the back of the head Clottey tried to turn away whilst he through a shot, it accidentally hit the back of his head. All accident's, the only dirty thing I saw was the slam and like I said it was just getting heated up I think. well ain't you just a bullshit ****ing lier? You Mayweather fans always hear what you want.. pretty lame how you gonna try to stick words in my mouth that I didn't even say. I didn't say you did... I said I was pretty sure, I could of been wrong... but I am pretty sure it was in the "Mayweather's America" thread. Anyway, you still do come out with bullshit to try to be negative... you will be negative to him for doing anything, so you can't go round saying that "Cotto haters just hate for the sake of it" when you do the same for Floyd... that is all I am saying. Truth is, I haven't seen you make a positive Floyd post from what I remember. You Mayweather fans? I aint biased... I am pretty fair actually. Your going on about Mayweather fans only hearing what you want, I bet this goes exactly the same for you right now... you don't like hearing that the Clottey headbutt was an accident and wasn't dirty but you do like hearing people saying that he is dirty and it was intentional. I don't know how anybody can lose respect for Cotto in this fight though... at the end of the day the guy had a nasty cut and fought through it winning a decision, you should be proud of your favorite fighter Sin. :fing02: I am gonna be honest I have become bigger fans of both fighters now after last night, they both get my respect.

Cotto could have quit and taken a technical decision at any point but he soldiered on despite the blood clearly affecting him

Cotto continued to compete and I respect him for that and Clottey should have pressed it in the latter rds (10-12) but that 116-111 score was trash IMO. I apologize to all for my comments this morning (those really in favor of Cotto) I am more pissed at that score than anything and thought the fight could have been a draw. I am not a one-sided trash talker and do not want to be perceived as one, I just get heated sometimes. :boxing:

Seriously, dude ran all night and faught like a bitch. Clottey clearly won the fight. Winky had a bad cut against B-Hop and looked alot better then Cotto did. Cotto ran and didn't do much, then when he did go on the attack, it was in the last 20 seconds of the round and nothing really landed. Where as Clottey did his all to chase Cotto down but what for? He wasn't chasing Cotto who boxed beautifully (Calderon, Mayweather, Guzman or B-Hop) he chased a man who didn't want to fight and wanted to get away. :gives: who gives a shit about your respect he earned true non biased boxing fans respect throughout his whole career. something you could never even imagine accomplishing

Seriously, dude ran all night and faught like a bitch. Clottey clearly won the fight. Winky had a bad cut against B-Hop and looked alot better then Cotto did. Cotto ran and didn't do much, then when he did go on the attack, it was in the last 20 seconds of the round and nothing really landed. Where as Clottey did his all to chase Cotto down but what for? He wasn't chasing Cotto who boxed beautifully (Calderon, Mayweather, Guzman or B-Hop) he chased a man who didn't want to fight and wanted to get away. clearly? schoolboy error?

I don't think either was dirty. You do have a point about Cotto punching Clottey in the back of the head and then low blowing him, but I take all the events as heat of the moment type things. I don't think either is particularly intentionally dirty overall although both had their bad moments last night. I pretty much agree with you. It's just funny to see people crying about the Clottey headbutt, but giving Cotto a pass for the punch to the back of the head. Especially when the headbutt appeared to be the more accidental of the two. I do agree that the back of the head punch was more a heat of the moment type thing though. But an accident it was not. However, this is boxing, not a game of horseshoes. So shit like this is going to happen. But certain fans want to have it both ways, and that's just silly.

I didn't lose rspect because he continued to compete!

I would have had it the same... about the headbutt don't be so bitter and biased... the headbutt was accidental... stop acting like Clottey cheated, it could have easily been Clottey cut f there heads were positioned right. I am pretty sure I saw you be negative in a thread where he was simply celebrating flag day, the guy can do anything, you will be negative. He isn't a cheater, its called an accidental headbutt... the referee knows that... Cotto knows that, only you don't know that. Both stepped in, heads clashed by accident, if the heads where positioned differently Clottey could have been cut. well ain't you just a bullshit ****ing lier? meh.. if those conservative talk show hosts such as I think it's Hannity?? can name their show Hannity's America.. why can't Mayweather put that shit on his gym? After all, it's my America.. your America, every American's America. You Mayweather fans always hear what you want.. pretty lame how you gonna try to stick words in my mouth that I didn't even say.

You guys know sh@it about boxing Cotto won the first round 10 -8 that gives him 2 round advantage over Clottey right off the start then he won rounds 7, 11 and 12 that gives him 5 rounds already he also won on my opinion rounds 2,4,5 that is a total of 8 rounds to 5 since I honestly think Clottey was more aggressive and won rounds 3,6,8,9. Stop looking at lederman card you novices... this is a round per round fight. Also I was counting the punches and the stats were wrong....I know Cotto haters out there are crying like babies and can not accept Cotto won a hard fight bleeding and protecting himself. He was the better man and the better fighter all along and Clottey knows it nobody fights 8 rounds bleeding with limited visibility like that.

LOL @ people calling Clottey dirty, but not Cotto. Agreed. Even if you like Cotto he tends to throw low at times. One time or two is a pass. But it has happened in several fights.

I wouldn't say I lost respect for Cotto, but I think he clearly lost the fight, and was the only one getting physically beaten up in the fight. However, Cotto fans really have to stop calling Mayweather a runner, because Cotto was actually running a lot more tonight after he realized that he couldn't box at mid range with Clottey. BOX AT MID-RANGE!!!! with that huge cut!...??? he was supposed to stand there and let clottey land right hands he couldnt see coming? please stop this.

Seriously, dude ran all night and faught like a bitch. Clottey clearly won the fight. Winky had a bad cut against B-Hop and looked alot better then Cotto did. Cotto ran and didn't do much, then when he did go on the attack, it was in the last 20 seconds of the round and nothing really landed. Where as Clottey did his all to chase Cotto down but what for? He wasn't chasing Cotto who boxed beautifully (Calderon, Mayweather, Guzman or B-Hop) he chased a man who didn't want to fight and wanted to get away. cotto ran, and he lost the fight, IMO..... but i gained respect for him for not quitting.....that was a really bad cut, and i gained more respect for the man for continuing to fight it out......but i think clottey won tho.

ugh, no.. Cotto sealed the deal with the KD. If not it would have been a draw imo. It pisses me off though because it would have been a much better performance if it wasn't for Clottey running in head first trying to do some damage with that big head of his like he always does. I would have had it the same... about the headbutt don't be so bitter and biased... the headbutt was accidental... stop acting like Clottey cheated, it could have easily been Clottey cut f there heads were positioned right. I give him props for what he did early on in his career but you can't say he hasn't done anything worthy of praise lately, not since lightweight anyway. Look at that big ass cut on Cotto's face and tell me Clottey isn't a ****ing cheater.. I gave Clottey the benefit of the doubt before hand that he wasn't gonna pull some shit like that, I shoulda known better of course. I am pretty sure I saw you be negative in a thread where he was simply celebrating flag day, the guy can do anything, you will be negative. He isn't a cheater, its called an accidental headbutt... the referee knows that... Cotto knows that, only you don't know that. Both stepped in, heads clashed by accident, if the heads where positioned differently Clottey could have been cut.

LOL @ people calling Clottey dirty, but not Cotto.

ok, watch the replay, he was not even looking at Cotto when he moved in- accidents happen, you know that Cotto should have lost the fight that's why you are saying this crap. ugh, no.. Cotto sealed the deal with the KD. If not it would have been a draw imo. It pisses me off though because it would have been a much better performance if it wasn't for Clottey running in head first trying to do some damage with that big head of his like he always does.

Cotto fought like Hector Camacho the 3 last rounds.