Miguel Cotto Gets a Gift in Madison Square Garden

[Xcusemymood]

Please. So Clottey was fightign with ONE LEG. Cuts happen. Knee injuries don't.

Kind of a bad cut if you didnt notice.

[Xcusemymood]

I scored it 114-113 for Cotto.

It was not a gift decision, although the judge that scored it 116-111 was too generous to Cotto. Clottey had a great opportunity to win but let it slip away by not doing enough in the late rounds.

Serioulsy why didnt he fight?

[Haterfree]

Fighters are going to know from now on that you can not get a decision victory against Cotto in New York especially right after the Rican parade.

[Xcusemymood]

what u have to take into considaration is that cotto went 12 rnds with that cut, he cudda stopped at the 4th or 5th & it wudda went to the cards & he wudda won anyways so think about that next time u wanna talk **** bout cotto. I admit it wasn't his best performance but that cut had alot to do with it.

good point

[Xcusemymood]

cotto got ruined by margarito
i bet arum gives him another jennings for his next fight

and margarito will probably get Golden Johnson again after Shane ruined him..

[rod_serrs]

Fighters are going to know from now on that you can not get a decision victory against Cotto in New York especially right after the Rican parade.

If you win convincingly enough then you can. Clottey himself said that if he won convincingly that he would get the decision, but the fact of the matter is that he didn't do a good enough to appear to be the better fighter and allowed Cotto to make his case in the ring.

[rod_serrs]

are you sure compubox doesnt show how many they threw? cotto did not outbox clottey. no chance. if that was the case cotto would have landed alot more punches than clottey and he didnt. clottey actually landed more than cotto. nobody outboxed anybody here, it was just simply a close fight and ultimatly whilst 1 of the judges scorecards were a bit wayward, the right man still won. clottey has no1 else to blame except himself, you cant drop the workrate in the championship rounds when the fight is pretty much even after 8 or 9.

Completely agree with you there.

[Jim Jeffries]

Most biased piece of drivel I've ever read from one of the BS writers.

Very entertaining, close, fight. The difference was the knockdown and Clottey being ineffective the last 3 rounds.

[mist8rioso]

I saw Cotto win 1-3-5-6-11-12 for a 114-113 score. Round 10 Cotto landed two left hooks at the end that might have persuaded 2 of the judges for the 115-112/116-111 scores. Clottey DID NOT win 11 or 12. I have to add however that Cotto didn't look super sharp or dominant as he has at times, credit goes to Clottey for that. The guy is not a bum people, he's a champ caliber boxer that took Margarito the distance with broken hand and possesses very good skills/stamina. Cotto definitely deserves credit for digging deep and pulling off a win with a nasty cut against a tough opponent. He could have quit early and gone for the score cards but didn't! That's balls in my eyes

I hate to say but only weakness I see with Cotto is stamina. He seems to get tired in the later rounds and that's a big no-no. Strong guys like mosley (as vs margarito), paul williams, etc. would be hell for him, for sure. Cotto still my man!

Pacquiao, I know u want some!

[Xcusemymood]

[QUOTE=Madlib;5486715]Well obviously Puerto Rican's are defending Miguel Cotto. But......

That's where the rest of the world comes in, those unbias, who are of neither nationality, who have better judgement when it comes to sport and competition, and don't have their mentality clouded with pride.

Cotto won, but admit it, he absolutely does not look as good (nh) as he used to be.[QUOTE]


I agree with most of your post especially the part about clouded and biased judgement.......but take into consideration Clottey is a beast, has an amazing defense and granite chin, and Cotto fought with one eye the whole fight.

Cotto has always looked vulnerable in there against good opponants.

ILL GIVE HIM THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT ON THIS ONE.