*The second knockdown: It is clear that Cotto wanted the fight to stop...

At u thinking Mayweather quit boxing because of Margarita atsch

 

He couldn't take anymore and was a target. He was to exhausted to keep his hands up (or else he would have), and I'm sure his knees were weak. HE HAD NOTHING LEFT TO GIVE! Why fight the inevitable, and hurt yourself more?
It's almost like somebody being put in a wheelchair, and they would tell you I CANT WALK, and then you tell them YOUR A QUITTER! No...In 99.9% of cases they can't walk, and won't walk. Why try to walk?
Same way with him continuing this match. He couldn't keep his hands up, he was tired, he was battered, bloody, legs weak, and COULDN'T FIGHT BACK! He wanted the fight to stop, but he did get up on his own account at least, and was going to continue if he had to.
Difference in quitting when you can fight back/ continue, and quitting when you have to quit or else you might be KILLED! "Live to fight another day" as they say.

 

Asterion - I agree with you that Cotto didn't really want any more.

However, he was hurt a lot in the 7th and 10th and he carried on, and it was the corner who pulled him out. I thought Cotto showed great heart when he started getting hurt and to call him a quitter IMO is completely unfair. If you tried your very best and put all you had into trying to do something, but couldn't quite do it - is that a 'quitters attitude'?? No.