why was yuri allowed to fight that long after his knee buckled

Cause it wasn't like his head was getting bashed in, it's his knee and he had %100 heart. Now once the ref sees he's getting punished bad then he knows to stop it, but his knee bothered, the ref asked if he wanted to continue, he could have said no but he's a fighter, I tip my hat to him man, we need mre fighter with heart like that, not like cintron, that dude faked that sh!t lol

Yuri would have win this fight if his knee doesnt give up. Cotto was slowing down, Yuri was taking over. Them game plan looked like to turn the heat on after the 6th round

He would of got knocked out regardless, dude is just a bigger Paulie Malignaggi

Merchante Jr is the worst ref, should be banned before he does more damage. He has blood on his hands already

I was surprised that the knee thing was never mentioned. It was clearly a problem and it buckled for no reason, the slow motion replay looks sick....like an acl popped or something. The ref told him to tough it out but he was done after the knee gave out. It definetely looked that way. But to be honest, he did a very good job at staying up-right after that only collapsing one more time.

that is correct. it makes sense, cotto is the toughest opponent he's ever faced.

watch the tape again. after cotto lands the big left uppercut hybrid hook punch in the corner (he lands it while yuri is escaping the corner, biggest punch of the fight, very surprised it didn't put him to sleep) after that, the leg stuff starts. it's a bunch of bullshit. So let me get this straight, Yuri planned it so far ahead he decided to actually wear a knee brace on that knee before the fight began so he could fake a knee injury?

I was surprised that the knee thing was never mentioned. It was clearly a problem and it buckled for no reason, the slow motion replay looks sick....like an acl popped or something. The ref told him to tough it out but he was done after the knee gave out.

I think Yuri probably has done some damage to his ACL previously and it gave way. With the amount he was moving one way and then pushing off on the knee and going the other it finally gave. I have a friend who played a lot of football and now he can run fine if it's in a straight line but if he has pivot and swap directions he goes down like a baby goat. I've seen it happen and Yuri's falls looked exactly the same. He didn't slip, his ACL gave out and couldn't support his weight basically. He was a lamb to the slaughter after that.

I was just pointing out the jewishness yuri is jewish...the promoter/manager is jewish...referee is jewish...the cornerman who threw the damn towel was jewish.. I'd say German if it was Germany and they threw in the damn towel after dude fakes the limp, but he fakes the limp so good it fools his idiotic cornerman, who when yuri gets back to the corner says, 'are you ok' and yuri says yes, then the cornerman, (also a jew) begs the jewish ref to stop the fight, after they OK it verbally with the jewish promoter they continue with the jewish event I don't believe Arthur Mercante is Jewish, also his cornermen are certainely not Jewish, anyone with a brain would know that. And if they were so what? You hate Jews but its ok, you will be banned shortly.

watch the tape again. after cotto lands the big left uppercut hybrid hook punch in the corner (he lands it while yuri is escaping the corner, biggest punch of the fight, very surprised it didn't put him to sleep) after that, the leg stuff starts. it's a bunch of bullshit.

Just saw the fight, his knee buckled on his own, or he slipped, combo of both. He clearly wasnt the same after. Im not familiar with yuri's fights, but does anyone know if this has happened before? It was bad enough that his own corner tried to stop the fight, and the ref basically forced him back in teh ring. Of course a fighter would still want to continue, but he shouldnt have allowed back in. He looked like an injured rabbit getting chased by a wolf. It was ugly These slips are starting to be a pet peeve. Ever since dirrell slipped I just hate seeing these. It ends up being the deciding outcome on the fight. I understand Yuri was wearing a brace, but he shouldnt have been so active side to side if this was the case.If you want to dance and move side to side, make sure you have the balance like floyd to do it. Otherwise youll look like a retard like dirrel and yuri. He was allowed to continue because despite his lack of punching power he has the heart of a champion. Simple. The first time he went down his knee just gave out, I used to have a similar problem and had to have surgury on it. I was in the army, we would be running along and suddenly it was like my right leg was gone from the knee down for just a second, and I would go rolling. Yuri fought through it, but with his mobility reduced it was just a matter of time before Cotto walked him down and landed that body shot. When Yuri went down for the final time it wasnt the bad knee, in fact his good leg gave out that time because of the great body shot Cotto landed. Cotto is one of my absolute favorites, he looked pretty good last night and I was very happy to see him get a good win, but lay off Yuri. Yuri has something most people lack today, heart.

lol wtf you got against jews??? I was just pointing out the jewishness yuri is jewish...the promoter/manager is jewish...referee is jewish...the cornerman who threw the damn towel was jewish.. I'd say German if it was Germany and they threw in the damn towel after dude fakes the limp, but he fakes the limp so good it fools his idiotic cornerman, who when yuri gets back to the corner says, 'are you ok' and yuri says yes, then the cornerman, (also a jew) begs the jewish ref to stop the fight, after they OK it verbally with the jewish promoter they continue with the jewish event

the ref was jewish, yuri was jewish, the promoter was jewish it was just jewish really jewish. lol wtf you got against jews???

He didn't slip the first time, his knee gave out. You can clearly see it. He was moving around landed a little funny and just went down. He wasn't forced to keep fighting either when the towel came in he was utterly dissapointed and wanted to keep fight. The ref did a good job in my opinion and wanted to let Foreman control his destiny.

the ref was jewish, yuri was jewish, the promoter was jewish it was just jewish really jewish.

ref was just giving him chance to show how tuff he was and it worked i think you will see a better yuri in the future he proved to himself he can fight too.he can trust himself to sit down a little on his punches ?

the injury is fake. what the hell is wrong with you idiots. yuris just another lying jew like arum.

or maybe keep the ring dry, floyd doesn't even move as much as dirrell and foreman, retard cuz floyd knows when and how to move. dirrell excessively moves and pays for it. In his case Arthur had to pay for it. Yuri shouldnt have been moving as much as he did if he was wearing a breace. and dont blame the water, there'd better be a ****in waterfall next to the ring for them to slip like that.

the ref was clearly an idiot. Yuri corner stated that they thrown the towel If the ref thought that Yuri can continue to fight with one leg he is in the wrong business, he can clearly not able to look for the fighters benefits. What a douche