he won 8 out of 9 rounds, and before the injury (which happend in the 7th) cotto had won 5 out of 6 rounds, do you really think it would have been a draw? cotto was gaining alot of momentum towards the end of the 6th round
haha yea cauz he didnt bring back his power jab or his frightning left hook to the body right... oh wait...
Yeah because all 3 division champs are a bit flawed. Wtf is wrong with you posters....no no please don't answer that
No way. Cotto already have Foreman figured out before the slip. They were having a good action packed fight. Maybe Cotto was a little hesitant taking advantage of a limping man.
It was Cotto's first fight at 154 against an opponent who's almost 6 feet and was the champion at his divison and rated a top 3-5 LMW...how wasn't it impressive? Cotto dominated the fight from beginning to end and the rounds that Yuri won(one or two rounds at most), he won them by an inch because Cotto was relaxing and wasn't overloading or overthrowing wild punches. It was an almost flawless performance by Cotto...do you realize how many people in this forum had Yuri winning? Just because Yuri lacks power doesn't make him an easy opponent, he's hard to hit and Cotto managed to get to him and break him down totally. The whole leg thing wasn't making a difference, Foreman's face was getting blasted the entire fight; he was on his way to getting knocked out.
Foreman, rated sixth in the top ten at light middle, was handed his first loss by a guy coming off a bad KO against the best fighter in the world, and was widely considered damaged goods. Cotto didn't do it by stinking the joint out, he did it with great movement, his jab, sharp punching and a great gameplan. He beat a bigger, fresher man by doing the very thing that Foreman was meant to do better - he out-boxed him. His first fight at the weight, with a convincing stoppage in a near shut-out victory against a top ten ranked opponent with a title, by beating the other guy at his own game = pretty damn impressive.
Beating a man who was undefeated, that in his mind felt superior due to never have experienced defeat is a great accomplishment. Haters will be haters. People talk about let's see how Cotto reacts when he faces big hitters, Cotto hasn't been knocked out on one punch. His TWO defeats (Pacquiao has more defeats) were due to continous punishment because of garbage training. His mistakes have been poor defense and poor footwork which seemed to have improved a bit.
Only time will tell. His footwork did look better, but I was honestly surprised with Forman's lack of a jab and low workrate.
Man, you guys are F***ING Hilarious acting like Yuri Foreman was some formidable opponent throwing out numbers like: "he was ranked 6th in the top ten" - "He was rated top 3-5 LMW" - "He was undefeated" - "He was bigger" - "he was almost 6ft"...blah F***ING blah!!! I didn't bother wasting my time with a prediction for this fight...because the one thing I knew is that Cotto (whether the old or the New Cotto) had far more skill, tools and a variety of ways to stop Foreman as opposed to what ability Foreman had to hurt Cotto. And you guys are giving far too much credit to Foreman for being undefeated. The two most noticeable names on his resume are Daniel Santos and a 4th place finisher of a reality show called "The Contender" Cornelius "K9" Bundrage...and that fight was a "NO-CONTEST" (stopped because of a head butt). Look...Cotto looked better then he has in a while...but to come in here screaming: EL PUERTORRIQUEÑO IS BACK BABY!!! YO SOY BORICUA, PA'QUE TU LO SEPAS!!!! WEPA!!! QUE RICO!!! As if what Cotto did was so OFF THE CHARTS SPECIAL AND AMAZING is just ridiculous. He looked good...Plain & Simple!!!
I agree with your post darryl! Cotto didnt do anything special last night he just beat an inferior fighter. When miguel gets in the ring with williams, martinez or margarito hes going to get his ass kicked AGAIN!!