Cotto did not quit!!!!!!!!!

[unbanrogelio128]

THANK YOU, I was beginning to wonder if I was the only one to see Cotto nod at his corner. It was subtle, but he definitely nodded in acknowledgement that he was willing to stop.

The thread starter is a complete idiot! He will always try to discredit something! What the quote above says is absolutely right! Cotto started walking to his corner before the count was even over! He took a knee without receiving a punch lol this guy had bo will to continue cotto was a beaten man and quit anyone saying different is a complete moron and should find a new sport to watch and can also take cotto's bloody nuts out their mouth in the process

[IchiBonDj]

Actually he did, I just saw the entire fight over again and if you look at the last moments of the fight, Cotto clinches Marg on one side of the ring, the ref breaks them apart and then Marg without even throwing one punch, Cotto takes a knee.

Then he looks at his corner who is waiving the towel TO Cotto as if to say, "Should I throw it in" and Cotto nods his head slightly as if to say "I have had enough."

Look at it closely and you will see, the corner never physically threw the towel in they just waived it at Cotto to see if it was ok to throw it in and Cotto nodded in approval.

Actually once the corner steps on the apron they were throwing in the towel, if not it would have been a DQ. Cotto looked over to them, saw them doing it and had a look like yeah, the fights over. When he did that, the fight was already over. He was looking at the ref while he was counting ready to go back and then looks over to them.

And also, the last knee he took, his right foot slipped and he had nothing left to keep his balance.

[dstew]

What is everyone getting so worked up about? I haven't seen anyone in this discussion openly criticize Cotto; I was pulling for him to win the fight and still have the utmost respect for him as a fighter and a man.

Cotto did not quit!

Taking a knee was smart, and also to prevent it from being stopped.

Then he would get up and take another knee and get up again, then when he looks to the corner, you see Evanalista Cotto by the ropes with the towel already, and basically Cotto said "**** it, they're there already, might as well stop it"

What's Cotto gonna do? Force his uncle not to stop the fight? He was already half way in the ring.

Ya people on this site are some ****s you know that? Its like its a 7th grade forum.

I believe he quit; the second knee he took, he had not been hit. He just dropped to Margarito's feet. Then he stood up, looked at his corner, and gave a slight nod before they signaled to the ref to stop the fight.

I can't believe you'd argue that Cotto said, "**** it, they're there already, might as well stop it," and not equate that to submission on his part. He clearly wanted to get the **** out of there, had zero interest in continuing the fight, and did not protest when his corner presented him with the opportunity. In my view, that's not fighting, that's quitting.

DID NOT HAPPEN.

Move on time, you guys are killing me.

Trying to redefine what QUITTING is.......pathetic.

I gave you examples of real quitting, saw none of it from Cotto.

END OF STORY

I don't know whether to laugh at you or pity you for taking this so personally.

[QuCongee]

Cotto's Uncle stepped into the ring waving the towel. Cotto looked at his uncle and nodded to him, acknowledging that the fight was over and he did not want to continue. Bayless then waved the fight off...

Of course he quit. Rightfully so.

[unbanrogelio128]

The video clip has the mexicnas commenting on how Margarito was losing and needed a KO. lol!!!

Your full nof shot u always are ur always trying to make something out a marg fight just like ur poor cintron fight. Margarito was up on the cards there is not one mexican that thought margarito needed a ko we can all feel the momentum and it was all marg after the sixth the place was rocking knowing margarito was on his way to a victory I was there don't make **** up to try to be important get the hell out of here!! Dumb ass!!

[Landi]

DID HE SAY "I QUIT" TO THE REF????

If so, I must've missed it.


Did he take a knee??? Yes but that isn't quitting. He could of done it to take a breather or because he was sensing that the ref was about to stop it. It wasn't quitting.

From what I saw, he got back up on his feet and it was his corner who threw in the towel. Did he have a look of resignation on his face? Yes but that isn't quitting.

So Stop the Nonsense.

Excellent point. A loss is a loss & its done.. but u speak the truth.

[IchiBonDj]

By the corner on the apron, already waving the towel the fight is already over, Cotto nodded, he did not want to fight but that not to say he wouldnt have if the corner didnt jump in.

[dstew]

And also, the last knee he took, his right foot slipped and he had nothing left to keep his balance.

Watch the video again; his foot doesn't move at all. There is NO slipping. He backs halfway across the ring, straight into a corner without being hit, Margarito looms over him and he squats down, covering his head.

[Scott9945]

Watch the video again; his foot doesn't move at all. There is NO slipping. He backs halfway across the ring, straight into a corner without being hit, Margarito looms over him and he squats down, covering his head.

Yes, he couldn't defend yourself. He had no legs left. He didn't quit, he was beaten. Why does everyone else realize this except you?

[dstew]

Yes, he couldn't defend yourself. He had no legs left. He didn't quit, he was beaten. Why does everyone else realize this except you?

He was beaten to the point of submission. The only thing left for him in that ring was a knockout - him getting knocked out, that is. He knew that, hence the knees and lack of protest when his corner waved the towel at him. His will was gone.

He may not have verbally said, "I quit," but that doesn't mean he hadn't given up. I'm beginning to think that some of you didn't even watch the fight. Everything about him said "I quit."