Cotto alone, isolated and in a mental slump.

[BattlingNelson]

This worrying article is from m.marleys site. Is this a sudden abrupt end to a promising young fighter?

"In boxing, just as in any business, rumors have a way of becoming facts. The rumors that usually grow into factual information are usually the persistent ones. Now there is a persistent rumor about Miguel Cotto.

Some of those in Puerto Rico, including people who Cotto was close to long before he became Top Rank chattel, are saying that the ex-welterweight champion is having problems dealing with his stunning and brutal loss to Antonio Margarito.

It’s not the cuts, bumps and bruises from Margarito’s devastating KO victory. It’s the psyche of a suddenly not undefeated fighter whose “I am the man” attitude may have slipped into arrogance.

“Miguel seems to have cut himself off, isolated himself,” one longtime acquaintance told me this week. “He is not responding to old friends, to invitations for social events. He seems to want to be alone.

“I know him since he was a little kid, starting in boxing, and that’s not the Miguel Angel Cotto I know and love. It seems as though he’s gone into a mental slump.”


Ouch!

[T-97]

Oh damn, sounds like the loss hit him hard. I thought he had taken it well, I hope he comes back from it well...

[King Koopa]

Ok. I wouldn't expect anything less, a first loss, especially on a large scale and by KO is devastating mentally

If he's a true warrior, he'll bounce back, if not...

[Xyei]

He's still grieving over the loss which is completely normal. He needs a tune up fight or two to get his confidence back up. I am a bit worried though. I'd expect to read something like this sonner than almost two months after the fight. I hope this loss doesn't ruin him mentally..

[abadger]

I don't know why, but the title of this thread made me laugh out loud when I read it. Then I read the post and now I feel incredibly guilty.

[Xyei]

And thank you for posting a good thread in NSB today Bat! There have been very few...

[JAB5239]

This worrying article is from m.marleys site. Is this a sudden abrupt end to a promising young fighter?

"In boxing, just as in any business, rumors have a way of becoming facts. The rumors that usually grow into factual information are usually the persistent ones. Now there is a persistent rumor about Miguel Cotto.

Some of those in Puerto Rico, including people who Cotto was close to long before he became Top Rank chattel, are saying that the ex-welterweight champion is having problems dealing with his stunning and brutal loss to Antonio Margarito.

It’s not the cuts, bumps and bruises from Margarito’s devastating KO victory. It’s the psyche of a suddenly not undefeated fighter whose “I am the man” attitude may have slipped into arrogance.

“Miguel seems to have cut himself off, isolated himself,” one longtime acquaintance told me this week. “He is not responding to old friends, to invitations for social events. He seems to want to be alone.

“I know him since he was a little kid, starting in boxing, and that’s not the Miguel Angel Cotto I know and love. It seems as though he’s gone into a mental slump.”


Ouch!

Could be. But I'll believe it when I see it. The aura he had is gone, but I think he is to talented to not be a force.

[KILLA RIGHT]

This is why he is my favorite fighter. It means so much to miguel, he loves boxing. He will come back stronger then ever

[Sin City]

he needs some alone time.. he probably training his ass off and doesn't want to be bothered.

CottoBot 2.0 will return!

[Pugilistic™]

Hopefully Cotto is not too badly affected by the loss.

Maybe all he needs is time to come back mentally.