Comments Thread For: Cotto Beats Down Martinez, Makes History at MSG

[Snake4380]

Still don't understand why Mayweather never fought Martinez at 154 when he was ranked number 3 pound for pound?

Mayweather waits out another one ...

[Snake4380]

I can't believe that Sergio's trainer begged Sergio to continue and then tried to cover up the fact by saying it was his decision to stop the fight...

Sergio Quitinez let me down tonight I must say...

[davetheone]

Gotta give cotto his props. He took a hell of a chance, move up in weight, and not know what Sergio would show up.

Regardless, Sergio couldn't counter and couldn't take cottos shots. I had a feeling cotto would do well because of his performance against a mayweather with great legs and defense. Even if Martinez had healthy legs cotto would have still stalked him like he did Floyd. His jab bloodied Floyd's nose too. Again, Floyd's speed, defense and movement couldn't keep him away from getting roughed up. Cotto would have done the same to the Martinez that ko Paul Williams and bloodied Pavlik.

They are talking Cotto Bradley, def not a middleweight fight.

[radioraheem]

You know what was unfair......that left hook that the NEW MW Champion of the World King Cotto landed on the first round. Sergio never recovered.

Now, be a good boy and give props when props are due.

Yes! These dudes better pay their respects after all their disrespect and blasphemy!

[assiong]

Thanks for showing us that but it shows that before the first left hook that landed, Sergio was moving fine, i'm not saying that he doesn't have knee problems but if they were to surface it would have been in the later rounds. Fact is Cotto hurt him very early in the fight and he just couldn't recover, other fact is that when you have been hurt that bad from 3 KD's your legs just don't work that well, it would've happened to a 100% fit fighter, notice again when Sergios head started clearing up, he started moving better again and his punches had a bit more behind them, but then he got hurt to the head again and his legs went again plus by that stage he was getting tired too. I must STRESS that i know Sergio went into the fight with bad knees, but the real damage was done early because of head shots that took Sergios legs away.

This right here is a true fan of boxing. Great post mate. I concur 100% with your assessment, I too observed that he was moving fine until he got KD 3X and those body shots made it more difficult for him to recover. Plus Miguel didn't let him get his rhythm to get back to the fight. Miguel was relentless, timed Martinez when his hands are down, landed those hard shot when he get close. Ring generalship was evident and his ability to block and duck Sergio's punches was a thing of beauty. Roach really made Cotto a better boxer/fighter once again. Great job by team Cotto, well deserve win and best of luck to Martinez. It's time to hang em up Champ, you've done great in the sport of boxing. You're knee and your nagging shoulder and hand are all indications that it's all over.

[BarnBurnerBrawl]

Excuses are like *******s.... With the injuries he found a way against murray... Cotto is just a completely different challenge for a guy like Martinez. I knew Cotto's speed would bother Martinez and it was apparent as he got there first every time.

This is not a excuse look at my previous posts where I gave props to roach for resurrecting a new animal in cotto . I take nothing away from cotto. I like cotto and Sergio ABSOLUTLY equal

People saying sergio was "exposed" as if he never had talent . Pushing 40 comming off knee surgery and over 1 years off LMFAO "exposed " more like over the hill a long time ago

[EAAE]

Agreed, Martinez himself said Cotto caught him cold and couldn't recover from the shock. The delicate knee did not help though, that's a factor that cannot be ignored. You can tell how he walks to his corner late in the fight, I have a right knee problem myself and I know the tendencies I do to prevent the pain from increasing when I'm exercising. He sort of floats the whole leg so he won't strain it as much. I agree though, Cotto's bullrush caused everything to crumble.

Absolutely, i cant deny that, i myself have 2 disasters for knees, when i'm cold i feel them a bit but once i warm up i'm ok till about 4 rounds or 15-20 mins of running then i really feel the pain, i cant say all knee problems are the same but i feel that Cotto did the main damage that took his legs away.
It's a shame that Cotto won't get much credit for this cause he put on a great show, i feel he couldve beaten a very healthy Sergio due to his style but we wont know.

[radioraheem]

Truth be told didn't see this coming no way no how..ain't a coward. I picked the wrong man. Am man enough to sit here and eat crow.

Much respect to you brother. Much respect!

[PunchyPotorff]

Where are the Cotto haters? He embarrassed the **** of Sergio.

Gloating is for trailer trash there bub, give it a rest. Seriously.

Certainly didn't expect that to happen. Props to Cotto he did the job.
The question now: Is Cotto that good.. or is Martinez that worn out?
I guess the only way to find out is GGG/Cotto this fall at MSG.
Then we'll know for sure what each are made of.

[assiong]

NOt at all. I dont think peoples problem with Freddie ROach is his level of intelligence in the boxing community. He has done A LOT and that should be respected. The problems/questions people had for Freddie were/is his ability to teach defense. Though I thought that this training camp with Cotto went extremely well, I DO NOT think that it did enough to answer those questions. He's excellent at what he does. Teaching angles, footwork, and combination boxing.

I don't think you'll need a good defense if you have a tremendous offense. His offense was his defense so as Manny, and Provo. Although a I saw some good defense by Cotto tonight. Besides, how many fighters won championship with their defense compare to fighters with tremendous offense?