Let's All Show Respect for Cotto...

[damian5000]

The one thing I have to say I lost a little respect for was the way he kneeled and quit. a true warrior get's KO'd not allows his corner to bail him out.

He kneeled because he couldn't stand anymore.

[Avenue]

he always had respect
its time to respect margarito

[oldgringo]

He's not the champ anymore, not in your eyes or any other eyes. He gets my respect for putting up a great fight and boxing great for 8 rounds or so.

The one thing I have to say I lost a little respect for was the way he kneeled and quit. a true warrior get's KO'd not allows his corner to bail him out.

Cotto doesn't want a rematch because there's nothing he can do differently than the first fight to change the outcome.

You can shut up too. A real champ knows when he's defeated and acknowledges that he lost to a better man. Cotto fought till then end and gave Margarito all of the credit in the world. Humble in victory, humble in defeat.

I suppose you like to watch guys go out like Oscar Diaz and Leavander Johnson though (rip). That was a brutal match, one of the best Welterweight fights in years. Why undermine the fight by calling him a quitter? Just doesn't make any sense to me. Oh well.

[deanrw]

He's not the champ anymore, not in your eyes or any other eyes. He gets my respect for putting up a great fight and boxing great for 8 rounds or so.

The one thing I have to say I lost a little respect for was the way he kneeled and quit. a true warrior get's KO'd not allows his corner to bail him out.

Cotto doesn't want a rematch because there's nothing he can do differently than the first fight to change the outcome.

You cannot call him a quitter for that. Maybe he had blood in his eyes and could not see. Maybe he could not breath. Maybe he was trying to just give himself some time to compose himself.

You were not in the ring last night. You have no right to call him a quitter. You were not in his shoes. Maybe he used up every resource he had and had nothing left. To stand there and allowing himself to get knocked out would not be a sign of a warrior, but a sign of someone dumb. He has a family and a future to look after. Try to be realistic here.

It was the 11th round of a grueling fight. To take more punishment could have been deadly for him. Was he relieved that his corner stopped it? Probably, but more because he knew his body would not allow him to go further.

It happens. He lost to a better guy last night. I favored Marg to win the fight by decision as Cotto has gotten tired late in fights. He expended too much energy early though and could not maintain the pace to go 12.

**** happens, but Cotto is no chump.

[Foodie One]

Wasn't his night

Cotto fought well. I just wasn't his night. He'll be back.

[deanrw]

Cotto fought well. I just wasn't his night. He'll be back.

He will be back with a vengeance!! So many children in this place. There are some poor losers, but there is a ****load of poor winners also.

Why can't people just sit back, show respect to each other and to two fighters who gave it their all last night? Is that really too much to ask?

[marsman]

Yeah Shout otut to Cotto for a tremendous effort. He should've kept it up. He looked like he was in ****ing shock, he mirrored Zab Judah after their bout together..that **** was a classic fight... it was as if he suffered karma.

[SdBoxingFan83]

first of all, cotto has had the respect and will continue to have it, for his courage to fight the most avoided fighter of the sport. i dont think it was fatigue at all, i just think he was beaten because margarito is the better figther overall has he proved it. next, cotto should not take the rematch with margarito that would be a mistake. we all know that. after a beating like that u dont fight the same figher again and expect somethin different. third, if people r showing disrespect to cotto and the fans, is because they have a big mouth, many were disrespecting margarito before the fight even happened. they were given no credit whatsoever to the tijuana tornado. it made many fans mad, so now cotto fans have to eat all of the ****talking. its only fair. but either way cotto does have big time respect, he will be back just call out mayweather and beat him. and for those who didnt believe in margo, there u have it, the tornado arrived.

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

You cannot call him a quitter for that. Maybe he had blood in his eyes and could not see. Maybe he could not breath. Maybe he was trying to just give himself some time to compose himself.

You were not in the ring last night. You have no right to call him a quitter. You were not in his shoes. Maybe he used up every resource he had and had nothing left. To stand there and allowing himself to get knocked out would not be a sign of a warrior, but a sign of someone dumb. He has a family and a future to look after. Try to be realistic here.

It was the 11th round of a grueling fight. To take more punishment could have been deadly for him. Was he relieved that his corner stopped it? Probably, but more because he knew his body would not allow him to go further.

It happens. He lost to a better guy last night. I favored Marg to win the fight by decision as Cotto has gotten tired late in fights. He expended too much energy early though and could not maintain the pace to go 12.

**** happens, but Cotto is no chump.

I have a right to call him whatever I want. I watched the fight just like you and I never said he was a chump, I just think the guy quit. Anyway you look at it, he didn't go out on his back, he went out on his knee.

Even the Puerto Ricans I was watching the fight with were angry that he did that.

I respect Cotto and think he's a great welter weight who still is an elite fighter in that division but he won't beat Marg no matter how many times they fight. He did everything perfectly in that fight for 7 rounds and it wasn't enough.