My Scorecard. 115 113 Cotto.

[cottothechamp]

115-113 cotto for me

[Omega Red]

3 times now i've watched it

114-113 Clottey everytime. it's not even arguable to me, but whatever.
and no, stewart isn't an idiot. He saw what I saw.. Clottey blocking beautifully and putting on a decent technical display in the early going, but falling short in 11 and 12. i don't see how cotto wins more than 5 to be honest, i thought there was only 1 spin round, the 11th, and i gave it to cotto.

Gotta forgive me, I can't give rounds to people for being active but hitting nothing but gloves. Defense is a part of boxing too. I can't help but see a whole lot of wright/taylor in this fight.

Also, i disagree that a uncut cotto would have dominated. An uncut cotto was the reason clottey was winning, he kept resetting his feet, and leaning into uppercuts. I always told people that cotto wins this fight on the outside, by using his bike. Him being cut is what forced him to use his bike, and what sealed the deal. It was actually a blessing in disguise. had he not been cut, it would have been more counter uppercuts by clottey.

I just finished watching the fight and your OP is spot on. I had Clottey winning 114-113 based on clean effective punching. Cotto was a bit busier but Clottey shell was very good. But mad props to Cotto, He's an old school fighter;Huge heart and determination and doesn't look for the easy way out or smart way out depending on your perspective. If I were his trainer I would've definitely gone to the cards. As far as Clottey, he's inactivity cost him the opportunity of a life time. I know Clottey is a defensive minded fighter but when the opportunity is presented he has to go for the kill. He should have easily won this fight after Cotto sustained the cut, if it were the other way around Cotto would have stopped him. To get a better view of a close fight we should all watch the fight a second time with the sound muted and a fraction of the speed decreased that way you wont be swayed by the commentators biased or unbiased perspective. It also helps to slow down the video enough to more clearly see whether punches connected or were blocked because these fighters punch at such a rapid pace that it is very hard to see every single punch specially when you are usually more focused on what the fighter your rooting for is doing. That's why most sports support instant replay because even trained official can't get everything right. With all that being said this is my scorecard

10-8 Cotto
9-10 Clottey
9-10 Clottey
9-10 Clottey
9-10 Clottey
10-9 Cotto
9-10 Clottey
9-10 Clottey
10-9 Cotto
9-10 Clottey
10-9 Cotto
10-9 Cotto
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113-114