Anyone know where tonight's "old injury" came from and why it showed in this fight?

are you implying he was faking? he had the kneebrace against santos i remember that.

 

I'm just making an educated guess here because I've had a similar injury twice, but it could be an ACL issue. Maybe partially torn? Or completely torn? Keep in mind, I work in Marketing. Not anywhere near being a doctor. Hell, I've never even seen ER. But I blew my ACL out about a decade ago, had a botched surgery and went about ten years without having an ACL. I could still play fairly competitive amateur sports with a brace, but every once in awhile, the knee would go out when I attempted lateral movement. It's a sharp pain for a few seconds, and then it subsides and you can continue. But it does tend to slip quite often, and once it slips out of place once, it tended to do it a few more times in rapid succession. Just a guess, but it would make sense based on what we saw tonight.

 

He just stepped wrong and his knee gave out, and then he fell awkwardly which probably further injured the knee. My guess why the knee gave out tonight is that his previous injury wasn't rehabilitated and healed properly, which can leave a long term instability in the knee.

 

my hats off to Foreman. he kept getting up and fighting. didn't use it as an excuse or take excessive time when it offered. Thats heart! I hope he heals up and makes another go at it

 

I think he initially just strained it and when Cotto put more pressure on him, it gave him the perfect excuse to get out of the fight w/o hurting his pride. The injury just seemed inconsistent during those last few rounds. He would be circling just fine and then once he got hit with a good punch by Cotto he would be hurt and then consciously decide to grab his knee and act like his knee was why he was hurt or why he was hit. Just go back and look at the fight. He would circle throw a few punches and only limp a little but when Cotto landed a good shot Foreman would then have a major overacted reaction then grab his knee and react as his knee was the culprit. Even when he got hit with that good body shot at the end, his initial reactions was as if the body shot hurt him (and it did) but then after a short time he acted as if the reason he went down was because his knee.

Everyone is giving Foreman too much credit. When his corner threw in the towel he made no real comotion about the fight being stopped or as if he wanted to continue. He and his corner thought he was gonna get away with a dq or go to the scorecards instead of a tko or ko happening.
First his corner throws in the towel and then lies about it afterwards.

My opinion is what Foreman and his corner did was uneacceptable. Everyone is looking at this in favor of Foreman. They almost stole a clean clear cut victory from Cotto by that bull****! Instead of Cotto getting the ko or a tko he would of received a not so appelaing or satisfying DQ win. Then Cotto critics would still be on his back. And instead of Foreman getting a ko or tko on his record, he would of had a DQ, which he could of made excuse after excuse that he could of or would of won or wanted to continue.

Plus I have never seen so much ass kissing for such a mediocre fighter. Its just like when a Great White Hope comes along, everyone jumps on the bandwagon and gives high praises just because white people now have one of their own to cheer for. Recall the ass kissing and premature ridiculous credit Joe Mesi received by HBO and the press. Remember the lovefest for Rosenblat??? He got the same attention as Foreman, but he proved to be just as mediocre. I know I will receive **** for this post but its true.