HBO: Miguel Ángel Cotto vs. Sadam Ali & Rey Vargas vs. Oscar Negrete RBR.

Cotto has always been chinny guys. He's shown to always be able to recover though.

 

Lederman has it 38-38.

 

38-38

 

Round 1: 10-9 Ali
Round 2: 10-9 Ali
Round 3: 10-9 Ali
Round 4: 10-9 Ali

40-36 Ali

 

Maybe I shouldn't have called it lacking heart, but Ali has zero finishing or even attacking temperament. Sooo many top fighters, Charlos or Canelo, etc would've had Cotto outta there if they hurt him like that. Ali just looks at Cotto when he hurts him and lets him back in the fight, he hasn't forced Cotto to adeptly survive and come back.

 

Round 5 Cotto
3-2 Ali
Great fight

 

Cotto 3-2

 

I have 3-2 Cotto

I can see it 3-2 Ali though.

 

Round 5

Cotto is unable to nick a piece of the body, trying his best, just unable to compensate for Ali's very quick footwork. Ali very adept using their ring positioning to his advantage, drawing Cotto into a corner and then sidestepping with a straight flurry on the point of the dome, nearly behind Cotto before the older fighter knows he's no longer directly in front of him. Cat and mouse, and the mouse is scoring tons of rapid little jabs.

10-9 Ali

49-46 Ali

 

If the fight continues at this rate Cotto will almost certainly get the decision. Despite Ali getting the better of him.

 

Would be over by now.

 

Lederman has it 48-47 Cotto.

 

Round 1: 10-9 Ali
Round 2: 10-9 Ali
Round 3: 10-9 Ali
Round 4: 10-9 Ali
Round 5: 10-9 Cotto

49-46 Ali