What was with those long baggy shorts he wore during the Cotto fight? Historically had has never wore ones like that, just seemed odd.
I really think they were to distract how bad his knees looked moving. Roy Jones, who is usually spot on about how a fighter looks or feels said his right knee was to gone multiple times.
ya his right and left knee, ankle. foot, head, both arms all were suddenly truly shot once cotto landed that first left hook. take away every minor surgery he ever had and take 20 years off his age and the exact same outcome would have been. except he would have been stopped much sooner because he lacked conditioning back then. he showed toughness and heart but his weak chin could never handle a trained cotto. cotto has always been a couple level above serg in every department.. LMFAO about his knees having anything at all to do with that thrashing. he was jumping around just fine and his strongest round was the 8th. it took him that long to recover from the first left hook. then once he thought he recovered he went to work and got drilled again. his corner making SURE everyone could hear them babbling about the knees was a total copout. his kness, legs, brain werent working because cottos lefts destroyed them
Sergio always wears big shorts like that. Roy was shook and excusing his adopted son's short comings. By the middle rounds, Sergio was starting to find some rhythm and started to try his shoulder feints, but Cotto was having none of that bs and would pop him a few times and shake up Martinez. Styles were evident in this fight. Put another slow straight line fighter and Sergio is back to being the guy with the faster hands and his poor man's RJJ impression.
I honestly think the commission/HBO/promoters probably didn't want fans to think they paid to see a cripple so they had him cover it up lol. Even though they essentially paid to see a guy w/ less than half a leg to stand on. Roy Jones was saying that the whole time, Max and Jim didn't say that as much probably because they don't want HBO viewers complaining they paid $50 to see that crap. SO they built it as "COTTO IS AMAZING" not "Oh, the commission, HBO, and the Martinez camp should have a class action lawsuit brought against them for false advertising, and misleading fans"
they must have sent someone from his team for an extra pair before the fight and he got some 3 sizes too big
He had bionic knees to have finished the fight having made it to his stool, that's what he didn't want you to see...
Another thing, if the guy knew his knees were bad in the fight, why not stop it after 3 rounds? Fight would have been a no contest and he would have kept his championship.