This guy is everything thats good about this great sport! He is a class act through and through, he gives everyone respect, he is humble, is never in a dull fight, has the stones to fight through blood and to pull himself off the floor to roar back, takes on all comers, all the dangermen nobody wants to fight, and does it with style, he can box he can brawl - He can Fight!
On tonights fight, Haters - suck my balls! He deserved the decision in my eyes even tho it was close (as predicted!) but that aint even the point, the man was butted badly (accident to be fair) and his eye was all tore to shit and when the doc checked he could have quite easily bailed out like 99% of fighters would have done knowing they were up on the cards (which he had to, what with the KD) but this man kept fighting through the blood which clearly effected his performance! He showed the heart of a champion AGAIN and the Tony fight hasnt effected him as much as many thought/hoped/feared! But there is only so many times a guy can go to the well and Miguel has had a good few hard fights now.
If u question Cotto's heart or character u dont know shit, the man is ALL heart
He looked like a busted-up TRACK star last night.
I thought you Ricans don't like runners????
Clottey had his ass in FULL FLIGHT.
Im from Scotland.
He Boxed on the backfoot so much due to the cut he said
although i think 116-111 was way off i still had cotto winning 114-113...that knockdown was crucial but so were the last two rounds that cotto won...even the 9th as well...cotto is a ****ing warrior...the cut on his eye was nasty and he coulda easily won a technical decision by saying "he couldn't see" or something like that...and im tired of hearing "cotto is a dirty fighter" ppl i was watchin the fight with said that when he threw clottey down...cotto just fights like that ...he gets frusterated when ppl clinch him and he will throw them off him, just like he did in the quintana fight when cotto threw him into the ropes..cotto's a warrior and hes not a bitch so he will give clottey a rematch...at the same time he should extend his training camp from 9 weeks to 11 or so because he looked winded a little...but it could be because of the nose bleeding or the blood streamin in the eye!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah the 116-111 card was way to wide man
Cotto did well last night to turn it around.
Has to be said though, he is damaged goods and there for the taking.
Nah man, the cut was the problem. That and the fact Clottey is a beast!
I thought he proved he WASNT damaged goods by taking all the shots he did so well. The Jennings bout didnt mean all that much but this has cleared the doubts
He wins a fight with one eye against a top 5 WW and he is damaged goods? WTF man this forum gets stupid by the minute.
he showed fantastic heart last night, I'm saying though if there was sustained pressure from Clottey he could have been taken out.
He wins a fight with one eye against a top 5 WW and he is damaged goods? WTF man this forum gets stupid by the minute.
Bro this forum is infested with stupidity and hate that it smells like shit on here sometimes.
Don't even waste your time with that shit. So many alts, and people just talk shit. They know nothing of boxing.
Not flaming, but Quintana never fought Margarito.
My friends were all watching the fight.. They were all on their feet saying that Cotto needs a KO to win, and screaming when Cotto had him in the corner.. The fight brang drama, and it was great. I loved the fight.. The headbutt affected Cotto, but he still fought on. Cotto fought with a pussy on his eye.
Typo, musta ment Cotto not Marg.
the last few years......
cotto - fought quintana , mosley , marg and clottey
mosley - fought cotto and margarito
margarito - mosley , cotto , williams and clottey
williams - fought magarito and quintana
clottey - fought cotto and margarito
quintana - fought margarito and williams
they're all killing each other while the "man at 147" and the "still #1 p4p" allegedly is fighting the lightweight champ. :nonono:
Not flaming, but Quintana never fought Margarito.
My friends were all watching the fight.. They were all on their feet saying that Cotto needs a KO to win, and screaming when Cotto had him in the corner.. The fight brang drama, and it was great. I loved the fight.. The headbutt affected Cotto, but he still fought on. Cotto fought with a pussy on his eye.
I agree 100%.
Dropping Clottey with that jab in the first round was Cotto's saving grace. I was getting a bit pessimistic on the last three rounds when Cotto was backing away, but he boxed beautifully, and kept Clottey from ripping that cut open even more.
Yeah i think the KD sealed it, i think its a different fight without that cut tho.
Still it gave the fight some drama, it was a fight that was fought round by round because both knew and i thought the Doc could stop it and it go to the cards at anytime, edge of ur seat stuff
the last few years......
cotto - fought quintana , mosley , marg and clottey
mosley - fought cotto and margarito
margarito - mosley , cotto , williams and clottey
williams - fought magarito and quintana
clottey - fought cotto and margarito
quintana - fought margarito and williams
they're all killing each other while the "man at 147" and the "still #1 p4p" allegedly is fighting the lightweight champ. :nonono:
Its a joke but history wont forget this
I sometimes wonder if Mayweather is letting them burn each other out before he makes a deal to fight one of them
Let them hate thats all they do fuk the haters cotto battled back even when it looked bad after getting headbutted and getting hit alot in the 7th and he battle back to win enough rounds 114 113 cotto. Let me say this he woulda won in more still more convincingly if it hadnt been for the headbutt by da cheater
I agree the cut fukked him up a bit and the fight would have been a clearer Cotto win without it.
To be fair tho i think it was accidental, tho i was worried about it coming into the fight. What WAS disgusting was Clotteys acting!
This guy is everything thats good about this great sport! He is a class act through and through, he gives everyone respect, he is humble, is never in a dull fight, has the stones to fight through blood and to pull himself off the floor to roar back, takes on all comers, all the dangermen nobody wants to fight, and does it with style, he can box he can brawl - He can Fight!
On tonights fight, Haters - suck my balls! He deserved the decision in my eyes even tho it was close (as predicted!) but that aint even the point, the man was butted badly (accident to be fair) and his eye was all tore to shit and when the doc checked he could have quite easily bailed out like 99% of fighters would have done knowing they were up on the cards (which he had to, what with the KD) but this man kept fighting through the blood which clearly effected his performance! He showed the heart of a champion AGAIN and the Tony fight hasnt effected him as much as many thought/hoped/feared! But there is only so many times a guy can go to the well and Miguel has had a good few hard fights now.
If u question Cotto's heart or character u dont know shit, the man is ALL heart
Great post, there's nothing more I could really other that I'm proud of what Cotto did last night.
quintana in 06 , mosley in 07 , margarito in 08 , clottey in 09.
win or lose , much respect to miguel for fighting the best.
great matchups at welter the last few years. quintana , clottey , marg , mosley , williams and cotto have all been fighting each other. would have been better if the last lineal champ at 147 had gotten involved in a couple of those fights......
Wouldnt it just......
Cotto is embaressing the guy
Cotto is the man..He fights the best and beats them without cheating.let the hating begin
The haters can kiss my ass, i was just saying in another thread, We just saw 2 of the best fighters in the deepest division in boxing face off in a great fight, a fight that Cotto should be credited for taking, a fight where he fought on despite the bad cut, and all these chumps do is bitch!
If he lost id be gutted but would still have a positive look on it, it was a great fight with no clinching as always when Cotto is in there