I'm not sure if anyone has done this but let's see what the scorecards were like last night? And if you mexicanas were even sober when watching the fight :bottle:
I'll go first with mine -
Round 1 I gave to Canelo, not much in it but Cotto didn't work down the stretch, could have been even but I was trying to avoid even rounds
Rounds 2-6, Cotto, the 6th was the closest but in all the others, Cotto threw more, landed more, moved better, had Canelo missing with those wild, looping shots and worked really well to the body. Even Canelo's corner seemed agitated at this point
Rounds 7-9, Canelo, really started to impose himself physically and finally started to land those big, wide loops on a consistent basis. Cotto looked like he was tiring the same way he had done against Margarito and although he moved well continuously, he wasn't throwing enough but...
Round 10 and 11, were cotto. Especially 10, which I think even the idiotic guys on boxnation scored for Cotto (may have been the 11th on their part). Cotto regained his punch output and Canelo started looking for one big shot, in his mind, he wanted the KO but it didn't help him here.
Round 12, Canelo's most decisive round in the hwole fight, backed up Cotto, had him cut, finally had him looking lost. Canelo impressed wit ha good last round, as he normally tires down the stress. I liked the resilience he showed here and wanted to fight till the last bell.
115-113 Cotto.
Post away, let's actually have a boxing discussion rather than a mexican/floydick circle jerk.
i know this may be controversial but moving around and throwing volume that doesn't land or barely lands isn't as good as punching your opponent in the head cleanly.
:rofl: I don't see why that's so hard to understand.
i know this may be controversial but moving around and throwing volume that doesn't land or barely lands isn't as good as punching your opponent in the head cleanly.
At any point in the fight did cotto look like he was getting momentum or even that he was doing what he wanted to? Did roach's gameplan seem to change every round? Did cotto ever execute what roach was asking him to do? Sometimes i think fans are too concerned with trying to count punches and forget about ring generalship and who is controlling the fight. This was an easy fight to score.
I had it 7-5 Canelo. Had him down 4-3 after 7 and then he pretty much took over. Lots of close rounds in the first half.
That's about exactly what I had it too.
Ok, thanks for the scorecard...
I'm probably not gonna bother doing a scorecard for a fight that wasn't close or controversial
If you think Miguel Cotto won that fight then you should probably stop watching boxing.
So not a single scorecard?
I was asking for a boxing discussion but too many people simply posting "canelo won, yay!"
Fact is, it was a close fight, if there's any canelo fan who understands scoring in a fight, show me your cards. That's all I'm asking for. It's not difficult is it? Just 1 card?
I stopped scoring it around the 9th because I was struggling to give rounds to Cotto.
I might re-watch it if I can be arsed but you're trying to create controversy where there isn't any.
Ok, thanks for the scorecard...
I had it 7-5 Canelo. Had him down 4-3 after 7 and then he pretty much took over. Lots of close rounds in the first half.
I can see it 7-5 Canelo, no doubt a very close fight. Still, would be great to see a scorecard.
120-108 Canelo (of course i'm totally unbiased)
Great scorecard here too :lame:
i posted in the main thread. i had it 5-1 or 4-2 cotto at one point. then canelo started doing some work. I have no problems with a canelo 7-5 win or such. i think what has people upset (myself included) was how wide the scores were. i wasnt drunk or nothing of the sort. i was streaming it at home(lol) thinking somewhere in the middle rds that Canelo isnt doing so good. Then the stgry became cotto loses in the exchanges, canelo hits much harder, and how the hell did cotto fall from pacs lil side uppercut, knees buckled at floyds uppercut, but was surviving what looked like monster uppercuts from nelo?
i saw the fight as one in which canelo hit harder, and won most of the exchanges, but cotto boxed better, defended better, out jabbed, and out worked canelo. i did not however in any way, shape, form, or fashion see this as a blow out fight.
Cotto-1,4,6, 11
That's it. I could even see 9-3 for canelo. It was an unspectacular fight. Only because of who was involved is what made it intriguing. Other than that, it was a pretty typical easy UD. Nothing controversial, no reason to repeat it.
Can't remember the exact rounds I've got it written down somewhere, but I had Canelo winning 115-113.
Anything between 7-9 rounds in favour of Canelo would be a fair score in my mind.