Sergio Martinez vs Miguel Cotto 3 years later

That's what she said.

 

Harsh but 100% true. Pinky couldn't beat a one eyed Tony Margarito could be lol The crooked NY doc had to stop the fight to save Cotto quitting AGAIN !!!!!!

 

Martinez was done for, he was badly injured before the fight, a prime Martinez would easily have knocked him out cold....................

 

A classic cherry pick gone wrong.
Thanks for remembering this fight.

People who give Cotto no credit for this win forget they were all predicting Sergio would knock Cotto out. They also overlook the fact that Cotto was the only Hall of Famer their Sergio ever fought.

 

I love the excuses of Sergio fans. To hear them tell it, Sergio was the first fighter to ever come into the ring on a stretcher and go out on it. And they're all highly credentialed orthopedic specialists with access to Sergio's medical records. In Spanish, of course.

The knee excuse became popular after the fact because so many people had overrated Sergio so much, and had predicted Sergio would give Cotto such a beating, that they were extremely embarrassed when he was exposed by Cotto. They will tell you that Sergio's knees caused him to get hit by Cotto's left hook in the first round. Which by the way Sergio said he never recovered from. They'll never mention that.

But look at all the people who knocked Sergio down: Chavez, Murray, Macklin, Paul Williams, Richard Williams (!), Margarito, and God knows who else. Was it because of his knees? No. It was because he had a weak chin, poor defense and he fought with his hands down. Were any of these guys who knocked him down Hall of Fame fighters? No. Was Cotto? Yes. Had Cotto's career been rejuvenated by Roach? Yes. Did Cotto have the right game plan? Yes, he did. Roach even said before the fight, "Of course my guy is going to win the fight. The guy fights with his hands down."

And no one can ever actually show anywhere in the fight where Sergio was not moving well. And they all collectively forget that Sergio was moving well enough to win at least the sixth round. They'll never mention that either.

And the saddest thing about Sergio's fans was how badly they treated him after he lost the fight. Before the fight they were always talking about what a great guy Sergio was. He did this charity and helped that little girl. They would make threads on this site dozens of pages long talking about how much they wanted to blow him.

But when he was exposed by Cotto, you wouldn't believe how they trashed him. Their favorite thing to say was that Sergio knew he would lose the fight, took their money and "cashed out". That Sergio was a lying con artist. And then they all turned against Cotto, who before that had been one of their favorite fighters. But that's how embarrassed they were. And to this day.

 

Hold on.. Are you saying Cotto forgot to send someone to smash Canelo knee prior to their meet lol?
Don't be so harsh on Cotto, he had his share of beatdown on the hand of pac and margarito.
Martinez cash out on his lineal belt and I think Cotto is a reasonable choice.