Did Miguel Cotto quit??

[Flawless]

Ali's corner stopped the fight, he would have gone on if he they hadn't intervened.

Corrales would have gone on had his corner not stopped the fight.

Cotto would have gone on had his corner not stopped the fight.

Did Cotto look like the beaten fighter? Yes. Did he look broken? Yes. Was Cotto willing to fight on? YES.

I don't see how it is considered quitting if he is willing to fight on.

NO. Margarito plan worked to perfection. Cotto may have been the slicker fighter but that did not win him the fight now did it. He went on his knee twice without even being hit with Maragrito's full power. Cotto did quit, but hey they is always next time to get his respect back.

[TCNŽ SOULJAH]

Ali's corner stopped the fight, he would have gone on if he they hadn't intervened.

Corrales would have gone on had his corner not stopped the fight.

Cotto would have gone on had his corner not stopped the fight.

Did Cotto look like the beaten fighter? Yes. Did he look broken? Yes. Was Cotto willing to fight on? YES.

I don't see how it is considered quitting if he is willing to fight on.

He gives no signal of wanting to fight on. Just a long hesitation.




Your examples are deceptive.

Chico near tried to kill his pops for stopping that fight.

[The Hammer]

Does not being physically able to continue constitute quitting?
Because that's what it looked like to me.
Cotto was battered pretty badly physically. Maybe he just couldn't physically do it anymore.

That's how I saw it too. And still, he didn't say to the referee he was unable to continue, he wanted to fight on even though he was physically unable to.

[Flawless]

Does not being physically able to continue constitute quitting?
Because that's what it looked like to me.
Cotto was battered pretty badly physically. Maybe he just couldn't physically do it anymore.

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[Porter's Dad]

Ali's corner stopped the fight, he would have gone on if he they hadn't intervened.

Corrales would have gone on had his corner not stopped the fight.

Cotto would have gone on had his corner not stopped the fight.

Did Cotto look like the beaten fighter? Yes. Did he look broken? Yes. Was Cotto willing to fight on? YES.

I don't see how it is considered quitting if he is willing to fight on.

Man, you might as well just save your breath. It's pointless when people want to revel so badly in the defeat of someone and don't want to see what's obvious to most.

All those who are using the "Quitto" moniker are sad as ****. Cotto boxed beautifully for alot of that fight but got beaten by a bigger man who walked through everything he had. How anyone can question or laugh at his heart is beyond me.

Props to both fighters for putting on such a great, spirited show.

[Silencers]

Your comments have been right on the money as usual Silencers, saving me the bother of haveing to repeat the same thing. To me quitting is stopping when you have something left (Freitas was a good example you used). Cotto had the fight beat out of him and had nothing left. If you can't stay on your feet it isn't quitting.

Exactly, Cotto had very little left but was still willing to fight on had his corner not stepped in and stopped the fight, that doesn't signify quitting.

[Silencers]

NO. Margarito plan worked to perfection. Cotto may have been the slicker fighter but that did not win him the fight now did it. He went on his knee twice without even being hit with Maragrito's full power. Cotto did quit, but hey they is always next time to get his respect back.

He gives no signal of wanting to fight on. Just a long hesitation.




Your examples are deceptive.

Chico near tried to kill his pops for stopping that fight.

You two don't get the point, if he was willing to continue fighting, how does it mean he quit? Just because he looked dejected, weary and beaten doesn't mean he quit, he was willing to fight on.

[Guest]

Thank you, you 5 k is coming up right now

No problem, boss.
I am sure you'll get me back and win the next one.
All in fun, my man.

[KESSLER]

First knockdown, no. Second knockdown where he "took a knee" or just litteraly fell in front of Margarito, he did look like he quit. But that dosen't make him any less of a warrior than he was before. Cotto is a warrior with alot of heart, and he'll bounce back.

[Flawless]

He didn't even nod at the ref that he wanted to go. He just stood there in shock, and couldn't believe what was happening to him. If he was able to continue why did he run to the corner and get on his knee not once but Twice. Then he got up with in a state of confusion and looked at his corner and walked straight at them. He didn't look like he care what had happened he wanted to leave the ring as fast as possible.