Cotto vs Clottey the day after

I can't see how you can give Cotto any **** for last night. Must have been ahead after the 4th and probably could have taken the technical decision due to the cut like Calderon did but he fought on and got a close decision on my card. In the latter rounds rounds the Doctor was giving Cotto every chance to pull out ("Is it affecting you in any way?") but he fought on.

There was the grand total of 1 low blow, 1 rabbit punch (when Clottey had turned his head) and 1 throw all of which resulted in Clottey blatently playacting and looking for a point deduction from the ref and yet if you listen to some people over on the GF Cotto is a cheat and a dirty fighter.

 

watch the last 30-60 seconds of round 4 closely...also watch clottey as he walks back to his corner at the bell.

 

Thats true but I never scream "Robbery!!!" when I have a 1 or 2 point split on my card, and to me thats the type of fight we are talking here.

 

Clottey threw it away! if he’d sustained his attacks he would have knocked cotto out I’m sure of it he had the power and Cotto didn’t want it.
WTF was Clottey doing in the sixth?? I know Cotto tagged him but he went to sleep behind his guard the whole round.

I thought Clottey was acting disgracefully and trying to get a point off Cotto in the twelfth round and as for lying on the ground screaming .........I though he was trying for a DQ!

Clottey must be the most angry with himself this morning.

All that fight proved to me is that is not the same Cotto who traded with Mosley, who beat up Judah and dined on and punished the out of his depth Gomez.

He looks 'wary' of whats coming, cagey; and how slow was he compared to the lightning storm that came out against Margarito!!

The commentating was rubbish.

(I bet Pacquiao fancies the Cotto fight even more now........)

 

trotter..

go to 6.20 here...i think this is where clottey hurt his left...and watch as he goes back to the corner...he looks like he's telling his corner that he's hurt it.
to me it was an explaination for the 6th round.

maybe i'm wrong though


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF4EAX0aHU0

 

Cotto has gone up a lot in my book after last night. I'm still not convinced he handles pressure well esp. when he'd on the ropes (he still does that direction feint which ends up leaving him bang in front of his opponent and square on) but he showed a real heart last night.

 

Calderon could definitely have continued. I wouldn't go as far to say he 'bitched out' but when you consider he was told by the HBO TV execs that 'a good performance here can push you on to bigger things' he hardly looked to put on a show did he?

Personally I think Clottey was engaging in histrionics when he was down from the 'throw'. No need for a rematch here, Cotto has limited time left, won fair and square and needs a bigger fight.