Clottey and Cotto Rematch?

Everyone at my place had Cotto winning, Ledderman had him winning, and 2/3 judges had him winning. I had him winning by 2: Cotto-6, Clottey-5, 1 even rd (10th), 10-8 in the 1st.

116-111 was a bit much, but the right guy won.

What was up w/Clottey trying to quit--TWICE? He did the same thing against Margarito (though I had him winning that fight, 'injured' hands and all, comfortably).

Its hard to see giving Clottey any more than 6 rds in this fight. Holding your hands up and getting hit on the gloves doesn't win you rds. He had a cut guy in front of him from rd. 3 on and failed to take full advantage of it. He blew it, bigtime. Around rd 8 I really thought Clottey was on his way to an easy win, or possibly stoppage, but then around the 10th he just stopped. How many more chances does he think he's gonna get?

Clottey just didn't go for it, and he disappeared in the last 2-3 rds. Way too cautious.

Big props to Cotto for persevering under some very tough circumstances, and for taking such a hard fight to begin with.

 

And, no, I don't see a rematch. At least not any time soon.

Cotto gave Clottey a HUGE opportunity here, and will now move on to other things.

I, for sure, wouldn't want a Clottey re if I were Cotto and his people.