Zab could have won easily if he was more active.

[Deeznuts]

Cotto won clearly tonight. I am a Zab fan, but people that are saying Zab should have let his hands go, he couldn't because that's just the styl ehe fights. I think that Cotto would have recognized this, piled the pressure on, and came away with the win.

Props to you for being a boxing fan and recognizing that your fighters like it or not can evantually lose

[kidwicked]

The thing is Zab wasn't more active because he didn't know how to be. He only knows how to capitalize on mistakes but not create mistakes for him to capitalize on.

What do you need to know? All you need to do is throw ****en punches. Zab is a fool. End of story.

[jamesbrown]

it is time for Zab to be his own man!!!!!

first hats off to Cotto.... you have loose defense but.... you win
all fighter that have they father as a trainer feel the need to break and be there own man Zab time is now he looked unprepared for the pressure in anyway i don't know how much could be expected out of zab but if he could make 140 comfortably i believe the sky could be the limit with a trainer like freddy roach, steward, anybody but his dam father.... i know some people on here talk to boxers if u talk to zab plz tell him to be a man and find a new trainer...
corrales left after 1st lost
mayweather left his father
mosley left his father
tito didn't leave his father and only know one way to fight cause of it
ZAB LEAVE YOUR FATHER you only know one way to fight as of now
if ur 29 like it says that 4-6 years of boxing left time to see if u can expand what u bring to the table
cotto.... congradulations... for now

[robjr]

yea zab has the skills.. but seemed to kinda break down especially after the 2nd low blow.. cotto's plan worked.

[Eno]

What I take from this is the one thing we have always known that Zab fades in fights. But what I learned is that Cotto is like fine wine, he gets better with time. He was taking huge bombs in the early rounds and getting wobbled but then he was taking the same bombs late in the fight and was only hurt by a huge flurry by Zab in the seventh. He also has that relentless attack to the body which makes it even harder for his opponents to go late into the fight.

[LoftyDog]

What do you need to know? All you need to do is throw ****en punches. Zab is a fool. End of story.

Yep, thats all boxing is...just throwing punches.

[Derranged]

If he threw more left hands perhaps he COULD HAVE stopped Cotto late, but he DIDNT. And I dont think it would've been easy.

[JAHamilton77]

but then again when he did get close ... he got low blowed ...



mark my words... if BOB ever dares to put him against mosley, delahoya or mayweather... EVEN clottey would dethrone cotto ...


he will get destroyed ...


like mayweather said "Name a fighter, Delahoya!, he got a loss, Trinidad! he got a loss "COTTO!" , Cotto? , he cant take one to the chin.He gonna have a loss he ever runs into one of these.

So I guess cong**** arent in order?

[JAHamilton77]

Cotto won clearly tonight. I am a Zab fan, but people that are saying Zab should have let his hands go, he couldn't because that's just the styl ehe fights. I think that Cotto would have recognized this, piled the pressure on, and came away with the win.

You summed it up about as well as one could.

I hate it when people say woulda, coulda, shouldas, and give guys passes for their shortcomings. If you watched Zab against any decent competition, you'd see even when things are going good, he is really twitchy and unsure when he throws. Just because someone could have done something doesnt mean they are mentally prepared to do that. Its what seperates fighters who have exeptional skills like Zab, those who are mentally able to do what it takes, and those will only go as far as their physical skills will take them. Thats why at the top levels they say the game is won mentally.