The "Mecca of Boxing," New York's Madison Square Garden, was the battleground for one of the most intriguing bouts of the year. WBA world welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (31-0, 25KOs) kept his undefeated record intact by winning a unanimous decision over four-time world champion "Sugar" Shane Mosley (44-5, 37KOs). [details]
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Being a fight fan for over 30 years, one of the most frustrating things in boxing is when the politics of the sport come into effect. On Saturday night we saw a great fight in Mosely and Cotto. The problem is I don't see how the fight could be scored with a majority decision for Cotto. Look inside the numbers and Mosely won the fight with his accuracy in power punches. 53% and he landed 177 of them to Cotto's 150. That's 27 more punches but he loses 7 to 5, and 7 to 4 with one round tied on the 3rd scorecard. Look at Casamayor's decision win and you see the politics of putting together the next fight before the present fight is fairly judged. The best I could see for Cotto is a draw. Hopefully, there will be a rematch!
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Originally posted by oovavu View Postcottos jab was obviously a deciding factor.
btw, Mosley won that fight imo...but a draw would've been cool....this fight was a classic imo...Cotto showed off his BOXING ability...he was no longer seen as JUST a bull in my eyes
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Cotto was more effective in their eyes and in the eyes of most simply because He landed the most effective blows. This BS tracking system serves mostly to justify poor desicions and can be used to create controversial doubts. We watched the fight, Cotto outfoxed one of the greatest boxer-punchers in his time. This is Cotto's best win and its just not civil to take it from him men.Last edited by Pin Galarga; 08-24-2012, 11:28 AM.
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Originally posted by Pin Galarga View PostCotto was more effective in their eyes and in the eyes of most simply because He landed the most effective blows. This BS tracking system serves mostly to justify poor desicions and can be used to create controversial doubts. We watched the fight, Cotto outfoxed one of the greatest boxer-punchers in his time. This is Cotto's best win and its just not civil to take it from him men.
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Lol, mosley himself nodded and acknowledged to cotto being the winner when the scores/winner was announced. I scored the fight 115-113...numerous times. That was not a fight that mosley won. Obviously im a cotto fan tho. Inb4 Mosley fans tell me mosley was robbed.
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