Everyone agrees this fight was a Cotto winner...But the judges scored it 115-112,116-111,116-111, so it wasn't a blowout. I've haven't watch paulie fight too much so wanted to take a look at this fight. So i'm gonna watch/judge the fight here on ESB. If you want to join me, here's the full fight.......http://www.boxingvideosonline.com/2008/04/miguel-cotto-vs-paul-malignaggi.html
Round 1: 10-9 Malinaggi...Close Round 2: 10-8 Cotto...Clearly Round 3: 10-9 Malinaggi...Clearly Round 4: 10-9 Cotto...Close Round 5: 10-9 Malinaggi...Close Round 6: 10-9 Malinaggi...Close Halfway: 57-56 Malinaggi Round 7: 10-9 Cotto...Clearly Round 8: 10-9 Malinaggi...Clearly Round 9: 10-9 Malinaggi...Clearly Round 10: 10-9 Cotto...Close Round 11: 10-9 Cotto...Clearly Round 12: 10-9 Cotto...Clearly Final: 114-113 Cotto
Don't forget Cotto fought at 140, and most will agree that he doesn't belong or looked his best at 140. But I will say indeed it was a close fight, and the fact that Cotto put Paulie's ass on the canvas, was one of the deciding, if not, the deciding factor...
Shame that one has to download that ZANGO **** at that website in order to watch fights... it didn't use to be that way. I guess I'm lucky to have that fight on tape
Definitely. The damage/impact caused by Cotto's punches is what won him the fight imo, not the number of punches landed. Paulie's face was a mess and that surely affects judging. I gotta say though Malignaggi stood his ground and took those shots like a man. He even admitted he lost clearly after the fight.
Yeah, it wasn't always like that, I had watched many fights there before they made that installation requirement. Too bad for them I guess.
Paulie is a very tough fighter. He proved a lot to me against Cotto mainly because he was able to take a beating and still be competitive against a great fighter like Cotto. I think he will lose to Hatton but I admire his toughness.
Sorry, I dont think Paulie posses the power to keep Hatton honest during the fight but who knows for sure. Anything can happen. :good
SHOCKED how close this fight was...Any1 have it for paulie? I had rounds 2,7,11,12 CLEARLY for cotto. I had rounds 3,8,9 CLEARLY for malinaggi.