I'll give Cotto his due

**DJ OxXx** · 02-26-2005, 11:13 PM

I was extremely impressed how cotto came back after being severely hurt...im mean he was basically out on his feet. Cotto was eventually going to win the fight but the stoppage was rediculous. It was only stopped because cotto was in his home. I'm saying this and im puerto rican. The fight should have not been stopped like that.

**Run** · 02-26-2005, 11:15 PM

I am impressed by Corley.

If he had 10 more pounds on him, he would have knocked Cotto out.

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**DLT** · 02-26-2005, 11:21 PM

I'll give Cotto his due

I didnt think he can do it but he did. I guess we both were kind of right. You see that it was a tough fight and he couldve lost if Chop didnt BS around but a win is a win.

Im not going to be to hard on Cotto because I tried to tell all of you guys for the longest that a southpaw will hurt you more then a really hard punching right hander can. Chop will hurt good fighters more then Zoo can because everthing is backwards and its hard to see the punch coming.

I'll kind of give Cotto his due if you know what I mean but this is for all of you who was saying that if Chop can hurt Floyd then imagine what Cotto could do. So if a 140 pound Chop can hurt Cotto, imagine what Harris or Zoo would do. Nah, im just kidding but you get my point. There is nothing more dangerous then a hard punching southpaw. Thats why Pac is so good. If he was a right hander then Pac wouldnt be nothing. He just has one punch.

**ottoevans** · 02-26-2005, 11:26 PM

Cotto has no chin Corley is not a KO fighter, and he had Cotto doing hookie-pookie. They stopped the fight cause the fight was in Puerto Rico

**trinidadpr87** · 02-26-2005, 11:33 PM

Originally posted by ottoevans

Cotto has no chin Corley is not a KO fighter, and he had Cotto doing hookie-pookie. They stopped the fight cause the fight was in Puerto Rico

The punch didn't hit him on the chin,it was on the top of his head.Corely stunned Mayweather too,i guess he doesn't have a chin neither.Anyway i liked the way Cotto regained his balance after being stunned,however i think he got hit way too much.Bad stoppage by the ref.

**MlLkMan** · 02-26-2005, 11:38 PM

Originally posted by DLT

I didnt think he can do it but he did. I guess we both were kind of right. You see that it was a tough fight and he couldve lost if Chop didnt BS around but a win is a win.

Im not going to be to hard on Cotto because I tried to tell all of you guys for the longest that a southpaw will hurt you more then a really hard punching right hander can. Chop will hurt good fighters more then Zoo can because everthing is backwards and its hard to see the punch coming.

I'll kind of give Cotto his due if you know what I mean but this is for all of you who was saying that if Chop can hurt Floyd then imagine what Cotto could do. So if a 140 pound Chop can hurt Cotto, imagine what Harris or Zoo would do. Nah, im just kidding but you get my point. There is nothing more dangerous then a hard punching southpaw. Thats why Pac is so good. If he was a right hander then Pac wouldnt be nothing. He just has one punch.

Left handers dont punch harder than right handers, it depends on who it is.

What do you mean by if Pac was a right hander he wouldnt be nothing? his right hand would be his bombing left.

**DLT** · 02-26-2005, 11:43 PM

Im hearing alot of bashing on Cotto now and I think it is a littile unfair. Like I said above, Chop will hurt Cotto more then Zoo, Harris, and Gatti would. Chop is a crouching lefty with decent power. Everything hurts more. You either dont see the punch coming or you see it and still cant do anything about it. I said the same thing when you guys were trying to question Floyd's chin. It's not there chin, its Corley's left hand crouching style that hurt them.

However, there is a difference because I said those other guys wouldnt be able to hit Floyd flush and wouldnt hurt him if they did because he can see it coming and he can take it anyway. Cotto on the other hand has a questionable defense. He got hit alot against N'Dou and sometimes against Pinto and Baily so he might be a littile different then Floyd but I still dont think his chin at "140" will be a major problem. If he moves up then maybe

**IwatchBoxing** · 02-26-2005, 11:46 PM

Cotto vs. Corley

From the get go I felt something was wrong, tho a great fight while it lasted, it was dirty, awkward, and shocking, at some points my jaw was almost hitting the ground
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Bad stoppage, I would of loved to see the fight go on so Cotto could finish Corley off, but whatever, I truely belive that those 17 pounds took a great fight from us, seems to me that all the hype not only got to Mighty Mike, but Cotto too.
Still both did good, and I still think Cotto should fight Mayweather, or Kostya (and beat them). I wouldnt mind a rematch either.

**riz** · 02-26-2005, 11:46 PM

i think cotto was gona win a bit later anyway. he was reckless which is why he wobbled.. but wen he was hurt he fought smart... he held and landed little punches and walked off wen he had to
in the 4th and 5th he boxed the way we saw him against sosa and bazan and perez and martinez.

I'll give Cotto his due