Odds Favor Canelo By Decision. WTF???

If that's what washed up looks like, you've just redefined the phrase and made it a compliment.

 

Good call man. What really surprised me was how Canelo outboxed Cotto. For the first time he has shown me that he has improved greatly since the Mayweather fight. What also surprised me was how well Cotto's chin held up and how much he took to the head and body without going down. I did not anticipate that. I have heard some people state that Canelo's power is overrated but he had to be around 172 pounds last night and Cotto was probably 159 or 160 and he is 35 years old and has been in many wars. This is the last scenario I envisioned. I could totally see Canelo winning but I thought if he won it would be by stoppage and not a 12 round decision after outboxing Cotto for most of the fight. I disagree with the official scoring and felt it was 116-112 for Canelo. Either way, the right guy won. Congrats to Canelo!

 

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Good call man. Cotto showed a lot of heart and must have been in amazing shape to go 12 rounds and take some really hard shots to the head and body without going down. I didn't see that happening. I thought if he was getting tagged like that he would go down and eventually get stopped.

 

Good call man. I do believe that Canelo was punching pretty hard last night. I'm not saying he is GGG but he was a 172+ man pounding on a 159/160 pound 35 year old man who had been in many wars and I was impressed with Cotto's durability. He must have been in amazing shape. I don't see the need for Canelo to continue to kill himself to make 155 when he is clearly a Middleweight now and weighs as much or more than other Middleweights do on fight night. He not only seems to want other natural Middleweights to drain themselves down to 155 but he asked Cotto to fight at that weight when he can easily make 154. It's weird, I guess he is insecure about fighting at the full limit of 160 and officially declaring himself a Middleweight. Even small ass Cotto fought Sergio at 159 and Cotto is smaller than Canelo. It seems like an insecurity thing.

 

I acknowledged I was wrong. Regardless of boxing IQ, we can't get them all right. What more do you want from me?

 

I still don't think too many people thought that Cotto at 35 after having tons of wars and being hurt by 140 pound dudes could take the shots he was taking to the head and body over 12 rounds from a 172lb+ heavy handed opponent like Canelo. I think Canelo is insecure about his height. I think that's why he is so reluctant to go up to the full 160. If he was 5'10 or 5'11 he would have committed to 160 already.