Did Cotto Quit In The First Fight Against Tony?

[-MAKAVELLI-]

i thought it was common knowledge that NOT WANTING to fight back anymore and taking a knee was universally considered as quitting

but on this thread below

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=524274

apparently, its not...according to a guy that calls himself a boxing genius, Cotto did NOT quit in the first fight


please vote and feel free to discuss

[chav]

Yes, no doubt he wanted out

[WARQUEZ]

Naw man, la princesa just wanted to go ass to mouth. She didn't quit.

[SixFootGiant]

He was catching an ass whooping, so he took a knee and didnt get up because he didnt want no more of that ass whooping.

I like Cotto, but yeah he quit

[THE REED]

Me personally... I think he got beaten to the point where he just couldn't fight anymore... the guy had nothing left... he was exhausted, his face was covered in blood, battered and beat, his legs had nothing left, he could barely stand anymore.

I'd say he fought as long and as hard as his body could let him.

I'd never label someone like Cotto a quitter...

At the end of the day, it's an opinionated topic, that's mine.

[IronDanHamza]

He certainly wasn't arguing with the ref/his corner that the fight was being stopped.

The 2nd knee he took was basically saying 'I'm done, get me the **** of here'.

So yeah, he quit.

[dan_cov]

yeah he was back peddling in survival mode and took a knee/quit he didn't want anymore of the freight train & neither did his corner.

[x3_bazooka_x3]

Look it was obvious the knock out was coming it was beaten out of him true but he still waved that white flag

[BoxingGenius27]

Me personally... I think he got beaten to the point where he just couldn't fight anymore... the guy had nothing left... he was exhausted, his face was covered in blood, battered and beat, his legs had nothing left, he could barely stand anymore.

I'd say he fought as long and as hard as his body could let him.

I'd never label someone like Cotto a quitter...

Finally!

Someone that knows the definition of quitting and getting beat until you can't fight anymore.

[wazaa.]

Me personally... I think he got beaten to the point where he just couldn't fight anymore... the guy had nothing left... he was exhausted, his face was covered in blood, battered and beat, his legs had nothing left, he could barely stand anymore.

I'd say he fought as long and as hard as his body could let him.

I'd never label someone like Cotto a quitter...

At the end of the day, it's an opinionated topic, that's mine.

In other words... he quit.