An open letter to each and every person who calls Cotto a 'quitter'

Have you ever seen a fight where a guy took a knee to avoid further punishment and try to get out of the round without getting knocked out? If he wanted out of the fight he could've just went down from any number of punches and not gotten up. I viewed him taking a knee as trying to buy time and escape the round.

 

lol , i cant believe you actually compare running a couple extra miles in pain to putting yourself in mortal danger against a top proffesional fighter. the guy knew he was defenseless against a man that could swell his brain from a punch and he had no chance of stopping him so he conceded the win like a man.
iv'e had the opportunity to judge courage in war and in prison from heros to killers and i suspect that you do not understand courage, as most people don't, because most people are cowards by nature.
i went through us army airborne school with a sprained ankle. i ran mandatory runs that would make your 10k look like a walk in the park and i jumped out of 5 airplanes with that same sprained, swollen ankle. thats the kind of pain that will make you want to puke and take a **** at the same time. but that is not courage nor is it comparable to what cotto was facing in the ring. i have seen acts of courage that are comparable but missunderstood by the masses of cowards and this is a similar situation.

 

Never said anything I did was the equivalent of a boxing match, I'm talking ideals. I was raised that you never give up even if you are behind. Playing pee-wee football and basketball it was always drilled in me that you do not quit even if you are behind, because its how you finish.

Now maybe you all don't want to see your favorite boxer as quiting because you feel it is an insult instead of an act, but you need to get over it. Cotto took a knee because he thought he was going to get hit, looked at his corner and then the towel was thrown in. I believe the knee and the look to the corner was a sign that he wanted out and his trainer/uncle obliged.

In my eye Cotto quit when he physically could continue, but he didn't want to because he knew that he could not hurt Margarito because he had hit him with his best.

I know some of you are crying about sadism, savageness, UFC, and some other irrelevant crap, but I'm not going to play that game, because you all aren't making arguments you are trying to shame people to conforming to your beliefs and I don't play that game.

 

Not offended but surprised @ your answer when somone asked a serious question about you ever quitting something. I thought you'd come up with something way more compelling than that. And to refer to the race as a 10k marathon puts it into even more of a ridiculous situation of overcoming adversity and not quitting.

 

Hey its relative I say. I'm never going to box and I don't ever dream of doing it, but it was my big mountain to climb so to speak, but if you can't understand the underlying concept I was trying to evoke, no problem.

 

Well said. Most of the time those who denigrate on a subject like this are those who are least likely to accomplish things so they just take pleasure in others misery. Bunch of Poodles.

 

Great post, don't expect MANY to understand.

 

I understand the concept perfectly, and ya know what, when I ride my Harley 500 miles in a day IT MAKES MY ASS HURT!! Hardly the same thing as competing in a world class boxing match.

 

I'll accept that you think Cotto actually quit, but why is it so important to you to argue this point so much considering that he and Marg. had put in 10 + rounds of brutal boxing. It's kind of strange.

 

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This is more of a matter of opinion. One can argue either side. After the first knee the ref let him go on, and Cotto did not stay on the ropes or walk backwards, he instead walked towards Margo and stood in front of him and threw his punches, but he was too hurt and too tired to take Margo's pressure. He fought with what seemed to be a broken nose for the last 9 rds of the fight against a fighter naturally bigger and stronger. He fought a brave fight IMO. I still have respect for him because with that kind of fight most fighters wouldn't have made it passed the 5th-6th rd.

 

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Jesue Christ man!!! I already knew what it was!! You didn't have to make me read that ****:yikes