How did you score the fight?

Cotto vs Clottey?:huh

 

Lost the bet - c'mon you had to have seen the bet thread.

 

No actually I havent, So let me guess you lost picking Clottey which explains why your here arguing cus your a sore loser correct?

 

**** you I haven't argued at all. I've said from the beginning that I scored it 114-113 Clottey, but it could have gone either way. You should read up before you talk **** *****!

 

Wow arent we a bit angry today? you scored the fight for Clottey simply because you had a bet on the line. no way does clottey win fading in the last third of the fight and being dropped in the 1st round he did more complaining to the ref than he did fighting.

 

Of course I'm angry - look at my avy. Just playin, but you're saying sore loser and I am probably the one person who lost the bet, took the worst avy, and did not come back complaining.

Regarding your theory why I chose Clottey, it's pretty clear that a lot of people scored like I did - even people rooting for Cotto. Also, I am not a Cotto hater, I would have liked to see him dominate, just didn't see it that way.

 

Just to let you know and I am sure your aware of this, its kind of hard to be objective in scoring when you have placed some sort of bet on the fight in question.

 

If I was betting $$, then yes, I agree. For this bet, big deal, I lose a picture for a week. I scored the fight twice, and both times, had the same score. If I was choosing based off of the bet, I would probably be wider than 114-113. Clottey did fade in later rounds, but at the same time, a lot of Cotto's flurrys only hit gloves. There were a lot of rounds where neither did much, some went to Cotto, some went to Clottey.

 

Also, for the bet I picked Clottey because I considered his style and the fact that he seemed to have more momentum going into the fight. This was his big shot so I felt he would fight hard through the whole fight and not stop throwing at the end (wrong about that one).

Inside I wanted Cotto though. I like Cotto more and felt we'd see better future match-ups should he win. So mentally I liked Clottey; but emotionally, Cotto.

 

When I watched it live Saturday night I had Cotto taking it 114-113 because he won the last round (for once i agreed with Lederman's scorecard.)

I watched it again last night though, and Clottey really had control for most of the fight. He landed more punches, cleaner punches, he kept backing Miguel up, while Cotto's shots were mostly blocked. So the 2nd time around I had it Clottey 114-113 or (7 rounds to 5 rounds with the knockdown making it a point closer.)

I think like most people, I was just awed by how harcore Cotto was dealing with the cut the entire fight and still giving his all. Clottey has such a defensive and uninteresting style, that its hard to give him rounds, especially when the entire crowd his rooting for his opponent.