The Morning-After Pill: What Miguel Quitto did wrong....

[Del Coqui]

These Ricans are about to kill themselves.

LOL some are, others know that Cotto has more balls than Floyd ever had.

[bdevils]

The only thing he did wrong, and what made his eventual undoing was leaning forward and eating uppercuts and body shots.

Cotto fought a perfect fight the first 6 rounds, he did everything right to beat Tony. He got caught against the ropes in the seventh, got his nose broken and took some nasty body shots and that was the beginning of the end.

He didn't do everything right cause he didn't go to the body like he should of.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

LOL some are, others know that Cotto has more balls than Floyd ever had.

Ok. Cotto has huge balls. Great.

He just got his ass handed to him and got his career derailed for a small fraction of the money that Floyd was making. Oh, by the way, he has nowhere near the legacy Floyd has.

So cong****, Miguel.

[snoopy360]

Miguel Cotto made a number of mistakes (IMHO). As I was watching the fight, I was observing these.

1) Where was the bodywork? Miguel went almost exclusively upstairs. While he was snapping Tony's head, he failed to balance his attack by employing jabs to the stomach to disrupt Tony, and left hooks to the body to soften TM up.

2) Too much movement. FMJ is often called a "runner". I have watched every FMJ fight since he was a prospect. I have NEVER seen him run as much as Miguel did. While some (SOME!) of that movement was warranted, Migs wasted GOBS of energy with the 10K that he ran in the ring. Where was the clinching? Clinching eats up time, and gives you a breather. Why didn't he ever tie Tony up and walk him back? If you look at fights like FMJ/hatton, or Oscar/Vargas, they tied their man up, or used smart breaks to take some of the steam off. You can't RUN for 12 rounds. Running backwards and changing directions uses more energy than the guy who is just walking forward. Imagine if Tony had even the slightest inkling on how to cut off a ring.

3) Quitto kept it on the perimeter. Who has done well against Tony? Clottey? Yes. Williams? Surely. Where were those fights fought? Largely in the center of the ring. Up close. Who has done really poorly against TM? Golden. Cintron. and now Quito. Where did they all get knocked out? against the ropes. You can't stay at arms length vs a tall man. Sugar Ray Leonard found that out vs Hearns, and that is why he came inside and became the ****er. Quitto's mistake is that he was ending up on the powerful part of Tony's punches, instead of stepping inside and smothering that power. He allowed Margie to have full leverage. Never tied him up with elbows, forearms, holding, etc.

4) One pace. Think about the fight. You almost can't distinguish one round from the next. The fight was going by so fast for two reasons: a) it was a very good fight. But b) because it was the same **** happening over and over. Do you remember when Floyd had ricky hurt at the end of round 8? What did he do in round 9? Move in for the kill? No. He jabbed Ricky silly. Changed the pace. Kept the guy off balance. Boxing is about adjustments. Miguel just kept circling and countering, and Tony kept getting closer and closer. Against Shane, Miguel made the late-round adjustment to backpedal and box. Against Tony, he tried that tactic for the WHOLE FIGHT. This sounds strange to say, but the fight I was reminded of mostly was Taylor-Chavez.

5) "Don't try this at home". There are guys who can sit on the ropes and defend and who feel very comfortable there. They can stay on the ropes and avoid leather all night. Those guys have names like Whitaker and Mayweather. Miguel, you are a terrific fighter. But that isn't your game. You are not Pea. And you are not Floyd. When you went to the ropes, you basically sat there and countered....but you ate leather.

6)Don't read your own press. Everybody was saying that the fight turned into the fight they expected. That was good for Tony, and bad for Miguel. Tony is largely a one-trick pony. Miguelhas the more comprehensive skills package. I believe that Quitto pretty much bought in to all the experts opinions. I'm not saying that he relied on that. But he certainly felt that his superior boxing (that earned the early 3:1 odds) was enough to win.

That is the Dios viewpoint. I may become smarter after breakfast. Later.

Look at Cotto's previous fights, you'll easily see that when he is on the back foot he doesn't throw to the body. Also the back peddling would have worked if he hadn't gone from one side of the ring to the other. He should have backed to the center flurried and then side stepped and try to hit tony from a different angle backed off, held on till the ref broke them up and rinse and repeat. Tony is going to set the pace no matter what you throw at him, as we see he takes a hell of a punch. But honestly who thought Tony could take that much damage and still keep coming. Only Tony's die hard fans believed that he was unstoppable. I can't think of one other person in the Welter weight division that could take as many punches as Margarito did and still keep coming and that includes anyone. I'm a Cotto fan but in no way shape or form am I disappointed with Cotto's performance. Cotto fought a good fight it just wasn't the right fight to beat Margarito. Cotto believed his power was going to make the difference, he gambled and it failed. Margarito showed tremendous will, power, courage and heart in the fight against Cotto. Its was really hard not to be upset about the fight cause I'm a Cotto fan but then the Boxing fan in me takes over and I have to say that it was one hell of a freaking war. Holy **** that was a freaking battle wills, it should definatly go down as one of the all time greatest fights of this generation. Thank you Cotto and Margarito for finally giving us something good to talk about.

[Del Coqui]

Ok. Cotto has huge balls. Great.

He just got his ass handed to him and got his career derailed for a small fraction of the money that Floyd was making. Oh, by the way, he has nowhere near the legacy Floyd has.

So cong****, Miguel.

And why are you defending his money again? He aint giving you any of it, might as well want to see him against Margarito and see him earn the 50 bucks you pay for his fights right? I'm not comparing their legacy and I think it was one of those fights were Cotto actually made a bigger and more profitable name for himself.

[woftam]

I thought Cotto's biggest mistake was to stay low when defending. I lost count on how many uppercuts got through his gloves. He didn't have the defensive skills to pull that tactic off.
Standing up and using the jab may have been a better option and at least would have reduced the amount of uppercuts he was eating.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

And why are you defending his money again? He aint giving you any of it, might as well want to see him against Margarito and see him earn the 50 bucks you pay for his fights right? I'm not comparing their legacy and I think it was one of those fights were Cotto actually made a bigger and more profitable name for himself.

Cotto made a bigger and more profitable name? let's watch and see when the next time Cotto makes more $$ than last night.... Deal?

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

And why are you defending his money again? He aint giving you any of it, might as well want to see him against Margarito and see him earn the 50 bucks you pay for his fights right? .

Is Boxing...?
a) just a sport
b) just a business
c) Both

I await your reply.

[Del Coqui]

Is Boxing...?
a) just a sport
b) just a business
c) Both

I await your reply.

Ok, is this

a) from mine and your stand point
b) Floyd's stand point

You see, they're not the same.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

Ok, is this

a) from mine and your stand point
b) Floyd's stand point

You see, they're not the same.

I don't know what YOUR answer is. i will tell you MY answer.

"C"

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