Cotto Bloody and Bruised, Overcomes Clottey in Twelve

[The Surgeon]

how could u have the first round 9-9 it could only be that way if clottey dominated the round..clottey was knocked down so it has to be a 10-8 round buddy!!!

Dont have to be but it is in my opinion

[Sanman08]

I dont understand how some people can critisize Cotto in this fight. It was very obvious how much that cut was affecting him. Not only was he wiping it every 10 seconds but it obscured his vision alot too. Cuts have a big mental affect on a boxer and especially considering how big that was. I give all props to Cotto for holding his nerve after that and showing great heart once again. Clottey didnt do enough for 12 rounds in my opinion, Cotto win.

[rod_serrs]

and if clottey can hit cotto that easy. image what pac would do to him.

Hopefully Cotto won't be fighting through impaired vision so early and become that easy to hit. Prior to the cut both fighters were selective with their punches and only jabs were really landing. The fight would have been a lot different without the cut. Cotto was forced to do the defensive dance that he is not that good at and allowed Clottey a straight pipe to shot down at.

[rod_serrs]

dam what a fight. Dirty clottey headbutting again. Thats why cotto didnt look dominating but yea i had cotto winning rounds 1, 4 , 6, 10, 11,12 nothing dominating but he won those

Yep same here he saved himself with the later rounds when Clottey just stopped doing what was winning him the rounds in the first place.

[sangresabia]

woulda

coulda

shoulda

Didn't!

ROUNDS 1-4:
Through the first 4 rounds they had about the same amount of power punches (Clottey had 1 more) and, undeniably, Clottey won the most part of rounds 1 & 2 while Cotto won 3 & 4. The difference? The knockdown. Clottey had slightly more connects but the big difference in the stat was round 1, which was completely erased from Clottey's column by the knock down.

Cotto 39-Clottey 36

ROUNDS 5-8:
Cotto started the 5th very concerned about the bleeding left eye and Clottey took advantage. Clottey obviously doesn't respond well while cornered so when Cotto did get him in the red corner with the quick juke Clottey tried to headlock him and got on his shoulders. I'm just sad that Cotto didn't slam him harder. Go to round 6. Clottey was backed into his own corner for most of the last 2 minutes of the round (from 1:48 to 0:11). I could very well see a judge giving Cotto the round 10-8 since he landed as many power punches in this frame as he did in the first 3 altogether. Clottey did fight back in the end to avoid a clear 10-8 round for Cotto. Clottey completely dominated rounds 7 & 8. Cotto was obviously bothered by the left eye again, unable to see Clottey's right punches coming. Clottey connected 23 power punches in round 8 compared to Cotto's 10.

Clottey 39-Cotto 37

ROUNDS 9-12:
Rounds 9 & 10 were a repeat of 7 & 8. In the championship rounds Cotto didn't change the offense much but blocked most of Clottey's power shots while getting in with his (19-19 punch-count). Cotto just danced and stung with a few good uppercuts in #12 while Clottey forgot to throw. Clottey's horrible acting trying to get the ref to take a point off Cotto not once but twice, tells me he was worried about the cards, especially since he couldn't find Cotto at the end.

Cotto 38-Clottey 38

6 rounds a piece. Cotto 114-113 ('cause of the knockdown), just like Lederman had it.

A couple of things:
1. Whoever gave this fight to Cotto 116-111 should never, ever judge again. EVER!
2. Cotto gets props for not bitching about stopping the fight right after the 4th when he had a really good chance of getting away with a deep cut, a short night and a win.
3. Don't be fooled by Clottey's utter dominance in rounds 7 through 10. These 4 rounds accounted for over 90% of the huge lead for Clottey on the punch count. The fight had 8 more rounds of which Cotto won 6 and during one of those Clottey got put on his ass.

I respect your opinion if you think that Clottey won, but you can't say that there's no way Cotto didn't win it.

[joe strong]

I had it 114-113 cotto.the knockdown was the difference.I had it a draw going into the 12th.it could have gone either way.cotto won the 12th so he won on my card.116-111 cotto on 1 scorecard was a joke! Did anyone else think cotto won 8 rounds? Terrible judging& teddy atlas' scoring meter would help cleanup judging.good fight but did anyone think clottey was overdramatizing the slip & the behind the head shot? I thought he was milking it a little but Arthur mercante would have none of it.great job by the referee.I'd love a rematch but cotto won't fight him again.

[sangresabia]

Dont have to be but it is in my opinion

You sir are an idiot. Never in my life have I heard about somebody scoring a round 9-9 without a point deduction. Were you the judge that gave it to Cotto 116-111?

[rod_serrs]

Why are people so quick to criticize Cotto for not being able to dominate this fight? This was Joshua Clottey he was fighting against, not a Michael Jennings or Alfonzo Gomez(with all due respect to them). Clottey is a good solid fighter that any WW would have difficulty fighting against, especially an essentially one eyed fighter. This was not Cotto's best performance, but how could it have been against one of the best defensive fighters I have seen in recent years and with that gash over his lead eye? I do believe that Cotto won the fight by the narrowest of margins, and believe that Clottey earned himself a rematch in the near future if the mega fights don't come through for Cotto.

[sangresabia]

Cotto is not impressive!!! he barely won the fight, he ws badly hurt many times! he do a mayweather style in the end to survive and win a close decision! have a cotto-mosley rematch and cotto will get KOd 4 d second time!

There's such a difference between getting hit flush and being badly hurt. If you want to see Cotto hurt, watch his Ricardo Torres fight. Cotto was never hurt at all and if it gave that impression it's because he couldn't see Clottey's right coming because of the bleeding left eye.

If Clottey had some pop on that right this fight would've been over around the 8th or 9th.

[donluckylu]

its funny how so many people for months were saying clottey was gonna K.O. cotto like margarito & if i dont remember it was clottey who hit the deck & the only reason why it came to be so close was because of the headbutt cut....people try fighting a margarito or clottey with one eye. why u all think steward was praising cotto? cause he knows,hes a hall of fame trainer, trust me he & every fighter out there knows that ussually with a cut that bad 9 out of ten times the fight is stopped or the fighter just cant continue... i think cotto held his own considering the circumstances. & i believe that if not 4 the cut cotto goes on to be the first to K.O. clottey. By the way thats the first time clottey hits the deck in his career....dont hate people....it wasnt pretty but he overcame adversity.........manny's next....i do have 2 say i had cotto winning by 1 point only so only so i do get why some people are crying. but either way i still feel cotto won,should have won without the cut,& held his own considering.wasnt his best performance,or best night, i mean come-on, the deck was stacked against him after the third round & he was fighting JOSHUA CLOTTEY the guy that was gonna kill cotto, remember?. so he did all right,its not like u get cuts this bad in every fight, so he survived & got the win, thats all that matters