Comments Thread For: Delvin Rodriguez: I Got Too Relaxed, Wanted to Continue

[Lords]

The body shots were the difference in this fight. Delvin felt them and through his whole game off

[Weebler I]

Ref should've let him have one more go.

[nycsmooth]

1st thing I noticed was the size advantage of Cotto, especially across the back and shoulders...

[The Surgeon]

that fight shouldn't have been stopped.... it was the 3rd rd and it was one shot that did it

I agree. I think Cotto Delvin would have made it up but i think Cotto would have jumped on him and ended it. Thats what we fight fans want though, or at least most of us - a clean finish. Rodriguez hadnt taking a bad beating, it was early and it was a meaningful fight for both guys.

[djinferno]

youre just not on that level friend

[MASTER1454]

yea he was out on his feet for not even a second and cotto landed 2 or 3 more punches on him, but the issue is that rodriguez was already on his way down when the ref basically fell on top of him and stopped it

at least give him a chance to get up and make his case to continue, even if it seemed that cotto was getting stronger as the fight went on, I've seen rodriguez in some fights the dude can scrap, but i guess we'll never know

Exactly, let the man get up & then check him out, ask him where is he, etc. And if he's off, then he's out....

[TaurusJ27]

Rodriguez is back on espn friday night fights by February knocking out some journeyman by the 6th rd.

[The Surgeon]

Rodriguez has guts and can fight, he's just not of the same caliber as a Miguel Cotto. Had Cotto slipped far enough to accommodate Delvin's level of skill was the question. He hadn't was the answer.
There's still some fire left in this Bull

[IronDanHamza]

Cotto would have most definitely knocked him out in that round but the stoppage was early.

[elgranluchadore]

I agree the fight could have went on but either way we had already seen enough to know that Cotto was on a different level and Delvin had no chance of winning it would have just been delaying the inevitable while Delvin takes more punishment dude already has slurred speech hes one step away from being punch drunk as it is so I'm glad it was stopped.

He is not punch drunk his commentary is smart but he stutters all the time, its kind of worrying.