Freddie Roach: "Cotto's Corner Failed. They Let Him Take A Beating."

[skyler]

Remember what Roach on 24/7 said about Santiago not really the one in command in that corner.

Well, that's exactly what happened. Cotto's corner really wanted to stop the fight, but, Cotto got his way. Santiago should've just overrode his fighter's insistence to continue and threw in the towel, plain and simple.

Spot on...

[str8balln]

that's points against their boxer-trainer relationship man.

i dont think you'd want a trainer who doesn't have your best interest at hand.

it's maybe inexperience on the trainer's part, but santiago kept on saying he had experience, so that's out of the question.


i seriously hope he gets a better trainer... better yet, have roach give cotto the "manny effect".... it would be damn scary if he got better.


morales made me a fan after their trilogy.

at the end of the night...cotto made a fan outta me. coz just like morales...miguel and pac did deliver WAR.

[BrushMyCage]

santiago should be sent to jail..........

[Danny Gunz]

its boxing and cotto is a boxer, jesus who wants to see a fighter quit on the stool

[funks]

I would rather see a boxer quit on the stool and lose with dignity than going in the ring and not fighting, taking more damage and just back-pedaling (some fans were booing, and even Pac looked like he was miffed that he wasn't fighting).

Back-pedaling is not fighting, it's running away. Sometimes, you just know when you are beat and not needlessly put yourself in danger, especially when you have a family to take care of.

A warrior's heart is only useful when you are still competitive - when that ceases, the mind should take over. Something Oscar found out when he fought pac.

[oaba09]

I agree...
Just think about what happened to Z Gorres....

[BoxCleva]

its boxing and cotto is a boxer, jesus who wants to see a fighter quit on the stool

But who wants to see a fighter brain-damaged for life.. it's a fine line I think..

[BoxCleva]

Vid Links broken.. here's the new link

[p4p-champ]

Totaly agree with Roach on this. Cotto was taking an uncessary beating, he clearly was no longer trying to win the fight but they kept sending him out there. Another thing to note is that Santiago had nothing of substance to give Cotto in terms of tactics and game plan changes between rounds. All I heard from him was words of encouragement....sure it may help but very little. They needed to change up their game plan on the fly and didn't.

[Joe2608]

I think it should have been stopped earlier, but i think Miguel/his corner didn't want to quit like they did against Margarito. Cotto had nothing to prove though, anyone knows when a fighter takes that much punishment that he should throw in the towel, there's no shame in that.