Watching it live I had it 7-5 (likely influenced by the Crowd cheering for every punch Cotto threw despite many of it not landing, plus Lampley over-reacting to flurries that wasn't landing)
after watching it again ALONE...I had 9-3 Mayweather
much respect to Cotto though, he fought TOUGHER the the score indicated though but you can't reward a fighter for hitting mostly Elbows and Shoulders and then landing a few Jabs in between...why Mayweather was coming with Combos I haven't see him throw in years...Mayweather Right Hook and Left Uppercut was landing most of the night
so yes Cotto EFFORT and RELENTLESSNESS no question made it look like a much closer fight to your Average/Casual Fan but when they would slow those flurries down, nothing was landing clean and certainly not that was doing any serious damage
after watching it again ALONE...I had 9-3 Mayweather
much respect to Cotto though, he fought TOUGHER the the score indicated though but you can't reward a fighter for hitting mostly Elbows and Shoulders and then landing a few Jabs in between...why Mayweather was coming with Combos I haven't see him throw in years...Mayweather Right Hook and Left Uppercut was landing most of the night
so yes Cotto EFFORT and RELENTLESSNESS no question made it look like a much closer fight to your Average/Casual Fan but when they would slow those flurries down, nothing was landing clean and certainly not that was doing any serious damage
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