Personally I think while Pacquiao did lay an ass whooping on Cotto and left him bloodied and battered, I don't think he deserved to have that KO on his record. Cotto fought valiantly and was surviving just fine when the referee stopped the fight. The ref should have let Cotto have his pride and finish the match without the unneeded stoppage. He deserved it. And more importantly, people shouldn't get KO's on their record when they aren't deserved. I'm pretty sure there's only one reason the fight was stopped in the 12th when Cotto wasn't even in trouble -- $$$$. They were just trying to build up Pacquiao's record with "KOs." After all it sounds better in promotional ads, interviews, etc to say "Pacquiao KOed Cotto" rather than "Pacquiao defeated Cotto." The fact is Cotto had problems with Pacquiao's speed, and to a lesser degree, his power, but he DID NOT get knocked out. Technically or otherwise. This is just something I thought on the night of the fight and I forgot about it until now, but I just wanna know does anyone agree with me?
It's not about deserving anything. It's about the damage that could've been done in that last 2:30. Manny was not content to just let Cotto run like he was the few rounds before that. Roach told Manny to "knockout this SOB" and Manny was going after it and after that last punch that sent Cotto back into the ropes Manny was attacking. Smart stoppage.
Yes I'm serious. That's just how I've always felt about it. I have nothing against Pacquiao and he's one of my favorite fighters. He beat him soundly but I think he should have got the UD and not the TKO in that particular match. But I respect other people's opinions about it and that's why I asked.
The fight should have been stopped in the 9th. Bayless stopped cotto from taking any further damage. It would have been sad to see cotto get KO'd at the end , it was not needed
I don't get the questioning of the TKO. The ref stopped the fight. He deserves what he was awarded. He beat Cotto down, plain and simple.
not really. of you look at the fight, as bad of an ass whooping as it was, pacquiao had a hard time finishing of cotto when cotto was running. pac got fustrated and even pounded his chest at one point in the fight. now cotto was just abrely hanging on and it could have been stopped earlier, but seeing as how it continued to the 12th rd, the ref jumped because of what happened in the prior rds. pac never really hit cotto with a devastaing blow to finish him off at then end.
Should have been stopped by referee in the 9th round. Can't believe people here want to see defenseless Cotto get pummeled even more than he did just to say he survived 12 rounds with Manny. Ever heard of Parkinsons?
Yeah it should have been stopped earlier. Cotto quit long before that so all we say was a dude ****ing run for 6 rounds.
I would have personally stopped it at the 10th round. If I remember correctly he was warned between 8th and 9th round about being stopped. It was for his own health. There was no point in risking it. At the point of stoppage he was already taking another flurry from Pac. Let the dude have another pay day fight and retire in good health. I really don't see the point of trying to survive for the sake of a decision instead of TKO when you don't have a chance of winning at all. It would be different if he had a punchers chance or it was a close fight that he could have won it in the scorecards.
That's the thing. In my opinion a fighter always has a puncher's chance. Cotto had a chance to quit. He didn't want to. He had no way of winning the fight on points, but in a fight anything can happen. He could have maybe gotten one good clean punch on Pacquiao and caught him by surprise, got him hurt and then finished him. Ever seen Corrales-Castillo?