Miguel Cotto Gets a Gift in Madison Square Garden

[donavanman]

Gift? That's bull. Cotto could have quit after 4 and won easily. Instead, he fought 12 hard rounds and won a close fight, mainly because Clottey was tired/lazy the last 3 rounds and didn't throw punches. Cotto threw 100 more punches, and landed "fewer" according to compubox. I think they were giving Clottey too much credit for blocking. Regardless, you cannot say Clottey was better, because the huge gash changed the dynamics of the fight. It was 2 bulls charging forward for the 1st 2 and a half rounds. The headbutt changed all of that. Close fight? Yes. Robbery, no freegin way.

[Maestro USA]

GIFT is 100% accurate.

[Pullcounter]

cotto looked awful,,this fight also makes me belive margarito didn't have anything in his gloves the night they fought ..why?.because with tony he got tired after the 6th round,people say thats when plaster started taking effect,but he also looked very tired in this fight after the 6th round,mouth open,hands down,he also looked tired against mosley and a bit against judah,,,i believe thats just him,he gets tired,now i think margarito beat him fair and square,if that was tony last night he would have been all over him,he's not like clottey who throws 30,40 punches in a round,tony throws 100 punches,cotto looked just as bad and tired as with tony,,,we all knew if it was close no way clottey gets decision,i really don't think cotto is that good,he looks awful against better comp and good against weak competition

you have some good points...

i told you guys that cotto gases. clottey didn't throw enough punches; if he did he might've stopped cotto.

[streetthrowback]

their was no gift here, clotty could of won the fight but he went away from what was winning the fight with the right hand and the left hook, if cotto didnt get that cut over his left eye then cotto might of ko clotty

[TOBYLEE1]

Clottey does fight only in spurts and in the end of the fight stopped punching. This how he always fights and got outboxed in the end. Kudo to both fighters fighting thru with the injuries they sustained. A rematch should be down the line somewhere

[streetthrowback]

i agree a rematch should take place

[Xcusemymood]

Cotto certainly ended up paying alot for his "gift".

[streetthrowback]

it was a gift?, if anything clotty gave cotto the fight, he should of jumped on cotto when he got that cut, and as for the knee it was ok cause he was running after cotto so i dont want to here about that

[Dave Rado]

By T.K. Stewart - NEW YORK – Let's say this right off the top – Miguel Cotto received a gift tonight. [details]

What a terribly biased article! The knock-down was the difference. The margin of victory on two of the cards was certainly greater than it should have been, but the victory went to the right boxer. Clottey stopped fighting in the last two rounds and therefore has only himself to blame for the loss. But I do agree that 116-111 was ridiculous, and 115-112 was also too wide a margin. It should have been one round to Cotto or two at the most.

It was a really great fight, in which both fighters showed tremendous courage - why couldn't the writer of the article celebrate that instead of whinging about a result that was fair, even if the margin of it was not?

Also, now that the iron chinned Clottey has been knocked down by a jab, I hope that will stop the haters once and for all from going on and on about Khan being shaken by Prescott's jab. It can happen to anyone.

[Xcusemymood]

How is he dirty? it was accidental

u forget cotto threw clottey to the ground, then later on hit him in the back f the head, and hit him low.

and u call clottey dirty for an accidental head clash? in that case amir khan is dirty(MAB fight)

Edit: btw i picked cotto to win

Clottey is known for headbutts. On purpose or not.....

Cotto didnt even throw Clottey to the ground. He shook him off and Clottey slipped and fell awkwardly. The punch in the back of the head definetly didnt seem intentional and Clottey blew it out of proportion again.