Comments Thread For: “Fighting Words” – Cotto Left Foreman Without a Leg to Stand On. As For Mercante?

[Dan...]

I don't have a problem with the decision by Mercante to let it go a bit longer. It wasn't like Foreman had taken much punishment. Sure he was injured but he at least had to see if he could stand and fight and have a chance to win. He did that, found Foreman couldn't, then stopped the fight.

Good refereeing.

[FirePunch]

Mercante did a great job . Do these idiots know how bad that wouldve been for boxing if the fight was stopped the first time . I applaud mercante becuase he saw yuri was willing to fight . Props to yuri and mercante

[mannypr201]

Yeah, he came in with that leg injury. You didn't hear the post-fight interview? He also wore that brace from round one, are you blind? Did you even see the fight?

Second, I was not the first to make racial comments. Why don't you criticize your PR boy for starting it first with the white guy comment? I guess it's ok only when you guys make them...

Are you ******ed he wears that knee brace in almost everyfight dumb ass it's an he had an accident when he was 14 yes old ... Listen my track coach is to wear a knee brace too but her knee was fine.... You don't even know sports jack ass much less boxing

[pugilist03]

Mercante did say "That's what the fans came to see", but also said "There was no reason to stop the fight" showing Mercante was in fact looking at the well being of the fighter. "Thats what the fans came to see" was an afterthought.

[BoxzAnne]

Mercante Jr.


Mercante was inexcusable, as was the NYSAC, in not stopping that fight, even though the kid was not head injured or at death's door: He couldn't defend himself if he couldn't move his legs. The "please the crowd" reasoning--which I think infected the commission as well, what with all the sports history being made re Yankee Stadium--is the exact wrong reason to give. They are there to protect the kid FROM crowd expectations, or any other unreasonable, unfair, or cruel expectations or occurrences. It was replayed (I didn't see it, only heard from a friend) on major network television, which is a shame for boxing, insofar as it surely made boxing look as bad as some fools think it is, providing plenty of ammunition for those gunning for contact and martial sports.

[pinkivory]

It's pointless to argue with any PR about a PR fighter, you will defend him no matter what, just like the Brit fans will defend a Brit fighter. Nothing wrong with being nationalistic but seriously, can you claim that was a great victory over a HEALTHY opponent?

Did you see how his knee shifted from a normal side-step? That does not happen because someone is "weakening", that's a structural deficiency in the body caused by injury, which he apparently had coming into the fight or he wouldn't have been wearing a brace on it. It's not hard to outland a one-legged cripple, what's surprising is how long it took Cotto to take him out. Cotto is shot...

A win for a fighter that does not get hurt is a great victory for the fighter. Fighters do not come on fight night and fight, they take long weeks to prepare for a fight, and in some instants, they do not see their family during that time. For a fan to not find a fight a great victory b/c one of the participants was handicapped during the fight is a different story. If I was a boxer, and had a win that neither boxer was hurt badly, I would consider it a great victory for the fact that a lot of time and effort was put into it. Cotto did his thing and did what he came there to do, and that was win the fight, it is not his fault that Foreman was not able to finish the fight. Styles make fight and there have been times when Cotto has gone to war with an opponent that have given as much as he has received.