Miguel Cotto beating Sergio Martinez was NOT a great win

[Mister Dad]

Even if Martinez was a shell of himself its still a good name on paper

[Joe Beamish]

Everyone thought Cotto was going to be destroyed though.

Maybe, but it was obvious once the fight got underway that Sergio was a cripple. A few of us were not surprised; the end of his previous fight was not good.

[_Maxi]

Everyone thought Cotto was going to be destroyed though.

People like to forget this. prefight Cotto had no chance....

Exactly like this guy says below. No one knew how injured Sergio was. He could barely move. That knee was ****ed up. Many of the exercises done to heal it, actually hurt it more, that's my opinion. And let's not forget he had surgery before the Murray fight.

Maybe, but it was obvious once the fight got underway that Sergio was a cripple. A few of us were not surprised; the end of his previous fight was not good.

[ShoulderRoll]

Somebody been claiming it as a good win? Maravilla was done. He was already done against Murray a year earlier. Cotto had no business at 160 either FWIW but it was kinda nice to see Sergio get a fat paycheque for his retirement fund.

Yes.

As I said Stephen Edwards constantly praises that win for Cotto in his Daily Bread mailbags.

It's baffling to me, coming from someone who usually offers intelligent boxing commentary.

[daggum]

martinez wasnt shot. he's still winning to this day! haters!

[siablo14]

I'm getting tired of seeing this made out to be some monumental accomplishment. Even knowledgeable people like Breadman Edwards have fallen for the false narrative.

The fact of the matter is that Sergio was basically a one-legged cripple in the ring that night. He was far from being the elite boxer who had beaten Paul Williams and Kelly Pavlik.

Spot on, Roll...

[Boxing-1013]

I just wished people carried this analysis into every fight they evaluate...a fight against a solid pro in his prime and at his best weight is often times a tougher fight than one vs a fading guy with a great name/not at his best weight.

Fandom in boxing has people evaluating things too crazily

[Rip Chudd]

Weird considering before the fight people were saying Martinez would destroy Cotto and Cotto was the one that was past it having lost to Trout and only beaten Delvin Rodriguez the past couple years. It was a good win for Cotto, not great. Not his fault Martinez's leg was shot

[Larry the boss]

who is saying this??

[QballLobo]

Sergio hadn’t fought in over a year and had multiple knee surgeries during that layoff.
I remember being surprised Cotto took that fight as he was small for 154 much less MW.
A healthy Sergio does a number on Cotto but minutes into that fight it was clear he wasn’t right.
His knee basically gave out completely before he quit on his stool.