Mosley did not win all those later rounds. More often than not his attack was not effective and he was made to look foolish by a surprisingly slick Cotto. Non-believers and naysayers should all have a read of this article by William Dettloff:
........Cotto cleared it up after his unanimous decision win (I had him winning, 116-113) when he casually told Max Kellerman he decided to move and box to make the fight "easier." Maybe it was true. Maybe it wasn’t. But he took the 10th on my card and clearly won the 11th mostly by letting Mosley come to him and then countering with heavy, accurate punches.....
i just finished watching the fight. scored every round with a neutral perspective, as unbiased as I could be. i had it tied, 114-114. i gave Mosley round 12. it was a very close fight.
I agree with this......There was no clear winner.I disagreed with Lederman giving both the 11th and 12th to Cotto and he had it 115-113 for Cotto so a drawwould have been fair.
To give this the worst case scenario treatment I also gave the 2nd and 8th rounds to Cotto, but those could have easily been Mosley rounds. I think Cotto did that 5% more to snatch em though.
The 2nd and the 8th are what has this twisted.
I still need to see that last several again.. **** cutout.
I agree and maybe I also need to see it again minute by minute. We can't complain, it was a great fight.
I agree and maybe I also need to see it again minute by minute. We can't complain, it was a great fight.
I just finished the whole thing. I kept everything in mind favoring Cotto.
The 10th and 12th HAD to be Mosley.
The 11th was very close, but I give that 5% extra to Mosley.
When I score this with the guy coming forward I give the 2nd and the 8th to Cotto and the 11th to Mosley. This were the toughest rounds to score.
I had it:
Cotto 1,2,4,5,6,8
Mosley 3,7,9,10,11,12
A DRAW.
If you give the 2nd, 8th, and 11th to either guy, either wins. Depending.
The crowd and the commentators were very distracting. The HBO team was wrong about Cotto, and wrong about Mosley at different points. And as some members have already stated; the crowd was RIDICULOUS. They were hyping every Cotto punch thrown. But that's to be expected.
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