Hypothetical situation here fellas.....

[BennyST]

Oooooh, here we go lads! Fight's starting! For me anyway.

Let's see what we come up with.

[BennyST]

Definitely, he did the same thing in this fight, he failed to clinch when it was smart to do so and used a lot of wasted movement when he was backpedaling in rounds 8 and 9. I was screaming at my screen for him to use smart clinches around that time.

He does seem to be trying to stop those uppercuts from getting through though, even though Clottey got through will more than a few when Cotto's defense lapsed. Cotto was closing his elbows early on which was pretty much the first thing I noticed in the fight.

I agree with you in the last 2 points. I thought it was common knowledge that Clottey has good handspeed, it seems like a lot of people thought he was a slow lumbering guy like Margarito.

And it was definitely weird hearing the criticism for Cotto, I mean he's got to be at the top of his game to beat a guy like Clottey, but at the same time Clottey will make him look vulnerable because he's a really good fighter and would make a lot of people in the division look vulnerable and bad.

And no Cotto was not running like DLH was, Cotto was actually throwing punches, something I like to call boxing.

Good post.

lol @ bolded.

Fight's starting! Whoooot!

[TheGreatA]

The big problem I have with the decision is that Clottey giving away the late rounds did not even matter, he wouldn't have won anyway.

I thought he was clearly on the lead and made it closer than it should have been although admittedly I have only watched the fight once on low quality.

For whatever reason the fight reminded me of Wilfredo Gomez's decision win over Rocky Lockridge.

[#1Assassin]

a few things are clear from watching this fight.

it was very close and couldve gon eighter way.

it was close because clottey gave away late rounds after dominating most of the fight.

it doesnt really matter what clottey would or wouldnt have done cuz the judges werent gonna give it to him anyways.

[BennyST]

Well, after seeing it in HQ, I must admit that I had Clottey winning. I thought he controlled enough of the early through middle rounds and even the last couple were pretty close, though Cotto certainly won the last round. The eleventh was also very close but I also had Cotto winning that, but I had him losing the tenth as well as the ninth, eighth and seventh certainly.

Oh well, that's what you get for fighting Cotto at MSG on the PR day parade eve and losing the last round, not that losing the last round would have mattered. Anyway, great fight!

A real pity though, Clottey is a brilliant fighter and I would love to see a rematch. I must admit though I actually thought he won quite clearly, though the KD and last rounds made it close I still thought he won more rounds much more convincingly than Cotto. Quite a few rounds that Cotto won were very close, but.....that's the way it goes I guess.

Let's just hope that Clottey can get some more big fights. He certainly deserves them and after tonight if he doesn't I'll be mighty sad. Great fighter and a great winning performance, even if he did lose.

As for the headbutt, anyone saying it was Clottey's needs to watch it again. It was actually Cotto's head that came in from the outside more so than Clottey's.

Clottey vs Berto or rematch.