Roach Worried About Miguel Cotto's "Dirty Tactics"

[fightingfigs]

In other words, he doesn't want Cotto to slam people on the ground and low blow them (like he does every time he's in trouble).

HAHA Clottey couldnt get out of the corner without taking heat so he tried jumping his way out and it didnt benefit him whatsoever. Cotto just shed Clottey off not slam hi intentionally

[supafastjab]

Excellent post Icata.It's not about Roach changing the rules,it's about a known cheater following the rules.Miguel Cotto is a good fighter,but also a known cheater.He's not ashamed of it either.That's not an honorable way to win a fight.That's not an honorable champion period.Fans should be offended when their favorite fighter has to cheat to win.- A classic example to me is Lennox Lewis vs Bruno & Grant.In the Bruno fight Lewis was allowed to post the guy w one arm & hit with the other!And win w that bullcrap!!CLEARLY CHEATING!-In the Grant fight, ref Mercante allowed Lewis to hit & hold til he got Grant w an illegal uppercut!!!Folks that's not boxing or great skill.Its CHEATING damnit!!!Boxers need to be called out on their crap.This is a sport not the street.Lastly,I hate when commentators keep saying "rough house tackticks" as if that's just part of the rules of the sport.No its still just cheating!!!!!

[Mr. Philadel]

lol it's a little too late for all of that Fredrick Roach the third. Sounds like to me that you are already looking for excuses in case your pac man get's beat, which he should.

......nice one!!!

[madsweeney]

Excellent post Icata.It's not about Roach changing the rules,it's about a known cheater following the rules.Miguel Cotto is a good fighter,but also a known cheater.He's not ashamed of it either.That's not an honorable way to win a fight.That's not an honorable champion period.Fans should be offended when their favorite fighter has to cheat to win.- A classic example to me is Lennox Lewis vs Bruno & Grant.In the Bruno fight Lewis was allowed to post the guy w one arm & hit with the other!And win w that bullcrap!!CLEARLY CHEATING!-In the Grant fight, ref Mercante allowed Lewis to hit & hold til he got Grant w an illegal uppercut!!!Folks that's not boxing or great skill.Its CHEATING damnit!!!Boxers need to be called out on their crap.This is a sport not the street.Lastly,I hate when commentators keep saying "rough house tackticks" as if that's just part of the rules of the sport.No its still just cheating!!!!!

Your right, this is boxing not a street fight.

[THE NAMELESS]

Damn Roach Knows his boy is getting stached!!! Dude knows what he got into and now he is ****ting his pants.

Dude wants Cotto at a catchweight, dont want him to throw bodypunches, wants the new cowboys stadium as a ring, whats next, Cotto can only use one arm? and Only Can throw back when Roach saids so?

Tha ****?


**** is getting ridiculous

co-sign!!! It seems that Roach wants to stop this match.

[Gabilan]

I was at that Clottey fight and when Cotto was in trouble, he went low and threw Clottey to the ground. That's just how he gets when he is in trouble. It's dirty, but it's smart. With that being said, he is STILL going to knock Manny out.

I was there as well, he threw Cottley down for the same reason he threw Urkal down (and I was there for that one as well): Both were doing their best Holyfield interpretations and headbutting his cut and Cotto always reacts angrily to that and responds by trying to show who the stronger man is.

Cotto is not a dirty fighter per se, he's just a brawler.

[Crazylegs77]

come on now,how manny times did you see cotto get dirty when he fought margarito? thats as tough as it gets, roach is really showing his true colors now.damn just fight and shut the **** up,i bet pac isn't even woried about that.

With Margo he was too busy trying to avoid getting battered later in the fight and earlier he was winning the rounds.

I think theres no need to worry in this fight about low blows he will just suplex Pacman if he gets in trouble.

[THE NAMELESS]

come on now,how manny times did you see cotto get dirty when he fought margarito? thats as tough as it gets, roach is really showing his true colors now.damn just fight and shut the **** up,i bet pac isn't even woried about that.

what times?

[Gabilan]

Excellent post Icata.It's not about Roach changing the rules,it's about a known cheater following the rules.Miguel Cotto is a good fighter,but also a known cheater.He's not ashamed of it either.That's not an honorable way to win a fight.That's not an honorable champion period.Fans should be offended when their favorite fighter has to cheat to win.- A classic example to me is Lennox Lewis vs Bruno & Grant.In the Bruno fight Lewis was allowed to post the guy w one arm & hit with the other!And win w that bullcrap!!CLEARLY CHEATING!-In the Grant fight, ref Mercante allowed Lewis to hit & hold til he got Grant w an illegal uppercut!!!Folks that's not boxing or great skill.Its CHEATING damnit!!!Boxers need to be called out on their crap.This is a sport not the street.Lastly,I hate when commentators keep saying "rough house tackticks" as if that's just part of the rules of the sport.No its still just cheating!!!!!

Nope. Cheating is what Margarito did (as well as criminal) and what Mosley and Vargas once did when they used steroids. Fighting rough is not actual cheating because you do get penalized for it, hence point deductions or DQs. Under your definition going in with your head (like Clottey did, and like Holyfield always did) is also cheating and that is incorrect. What we can agree on is that the Ref has to be prepared to warn and deduct whenever those kinds of PENALTIES - which is what they actually are - occurr.

[Iceta]

HAHA Clottey couldnt get out of the corner without taking heat so he tried jumping his way out and it didnt benefit him whatsoever. Cotto just shed Clottey off not slam hi intentionally

What about the time that Cotto intentionally hit Clottey in the back of the head during the last round? Hell, Margarito was the one who got low blowed by Clottey, and he still beat him more decisively than Cotto did.