Could Cotto have continued..?

[Idgas]

yea cotto cotto could have finished. he was doing a good job dancing away that pac was getting annoyed by it. i thought cotto deserved to finish the round.

[Xcel]

he could have but it would not have mattered one bit

[mannyman]

He could have continued - if the ref was going to stop the fight he probably could have done it earlier, maybe his corner should have thrown the towel in.
But it only takes one punch to do permanent damage so maybe he did the right thing?

[El Chicano]

The fight should have been stopped in the 10th.

[Killa_Kali]

nope. his corner should have stopped the bout in the eighth when cotto got on his bike.

[PittyPat]

Dammit if Bayless wouldn't have stopped it, I'd still be 75k richer. :angry1:

Ah well.

[El_Cholo]

he could have continued but it just needed one more decent punch and Cotto could have been seriously hurt.

Cotto was hurt a few times in the fight as well.

[Idgas]

Dammit if Bayless wouldn't have stopped it, I'd still be 75k richer. :angry1:

Ah well.

lol.

[Larrysbird]

I think Bayless heard the news about Z Gorres yesterday. Just a precaution or might regret it later.

[rfn109]

Ref Was Right In Stopping Fight

Just to give you a little of what's going on in the background during the latter part of the fight: Cotto's wife and children leaved their seats after Round 9. Cotto's Father, Don Miguel wanted to stop it before the 10th. Cotto's Trainer, Joe Santiago warned Cotto before the 10th that he'll stop the fight if he can't get the next round. Cotto's corner waved at the referee after the 11th, but was prevailed upon by Cotto himself. Cotto has not landed a single punch during the 12th. Cotto backpedaled at the start of the 7th, and refused to engaged. And finally, Kenny Bayless is a boxing referee and not an official fight timer, and therefore has the first hand account of how battered Cotto was.

Cotto only managed to get rounds 1 and 5 in my scorecard. He was systematically destroyed by Pacquiao after his 2nd knockdown in the 4th. All of these, points that it should be stop to protect Cotto.