Comments Thread For: Cotto - The Fighter All Boxers Should Model Themselves After

[Drew Bundini Br]

I respect his body of work but he did lose most of his big fights. I think WARD wouId be a great example because he cleaned out a whole division and then moved up and stopped killer KOV.

[WesternChamp]

so fighters should wear pink slippers and shiiet??

[elfag]

Cotto - The Fighter All Boxers Should Model Themselves After



So every fighter should storm out the ring refusing post fight interviews after they lose? Cotto is the biggest crybaby puta after every loss. The guy has 5 L's and has only admitted to one of them.

On the very same front page there is yet the umpteenth article about cotto and roach crying about the canelo decision, a fight in which he was completely outboxed and ran from canelo all night. Cottos own mother knows he lost that damn fight.

Cotto on his fights:

Canelo - world not fair to me, I was robbed
Mayweather - Im a victim, I was robbed
Trout - robbed again guys, world is against me
Margo - margo cheated in this fight. I have no proof. The only facts are my trainer and the commission approved his gloves but they must have been illegal because i never lose, Im miguel cotto

pacquaio - ok guys, this time I actually lost
Mosley - great decision, i won like 10 rounds to 2, no controversy
Clottey - another great decision, i definately won by atleast 10 rounds
Torres - punches like a girl, never hurt me

[RememberTUA?]

I respect his body of work but he did lose most of his big fights. I think WARD wouId be a great example because he cleaned out a whole division and then moved up and stopped killer KOV.

I think ward is a bad call. He was a dirty fighter, and I never saw him in a truly entertaining matchup. He won all his fights for sure and was good at what he did, but he ain't a great example. If more boxers fought and acted like him our sport would be worse off than it already is.

[KnickTillDeaTh]

One name he did avoid but so did everyone else so u dont blame him is paul williams ...cotto fought fellow puerto rican carlos quitana who did fight paul williams...but he still owns the second best resume in this decade... first ill put carl froch

He actually didn't avoid Paul Williams. The timing didn't work out. They were never close to fighting. I did this whole timing thing a few years back to show how and why they were never able to fight. But I'm not doing all that, so here's a short version. Cotto moved up to welterweight a month after Williams fought, for his next fight Williams chased Margarito, won the WBO belt, would have probably fought Cotto soon after, but he lost the belt to Quintana, While Williams was busy losing, then avenging his loss, Cotto was busy taking out 3 of the top 10 Welterweights. Cotto goes on to a huge match up against Maragrito, which had he won, it would have set up Cotto vs. Williams, but Cotto lost, Arum did not want to rematch Margaritto against Williams, and Williams moved up to 154. As I always said too many people here present thing so far out of perspective it's crazy.

[Kiowhatta]

For Christs sake, some people on here just can't be benevolent and magnanimous when it is clearly timely to show some respect to a fighter who has had a remarkable career.

The point of the article was focused on Cotto's generally quiet, humble, and stoic attitude, working class work ethic, along with his warrior spirit.

This is a respectful farewell piece, giving the man his dues and suggesting some fighters might do well to take a leaf out of his book.

Instead little trolls jump on him and trounce all over it with thier petty resentments and snide barbs. Pathetic.

[nycsmooth]

Is overrated he lost the most important fights of his career he is an arrogant and standoffish type from what I have seen and I have met him twice... no one please no one tell me he's an all-time great he doesn't even belong in the top 15 or 20... but I give him this he comes to fight... an old Duran would have had him finished in 8 Rounds or less..

[nycsmooth]

I think ward is a bad call. He was a dirty fighter, and I never saw him in a truly entertaining matchup. He won all his fights for sure and was good at what he did, but he ain't a great example. If more boxers fought and acted like him our sport would be worse off than it already is.

Ward was in a week to vision would not great competition and he always stayed home in Oakland picture him versus the all-time greats he wouldn't have never beat Dwight Braxton Mike Spinks Bob Foster and I could keep on naming names... unfortunately we are in a weaker and less talented generation for all the divisions pretty much