We start at 1 minute and 15 seconds into round 11 * MC retreating along ropes, stops * AM fires a left jab and right cross; HUGE left uppercut; HUGE right uppercut; right hook - This content is protected , reminiscent of Judah in their fight but now Cotto is playing Judah * Ref picks up the count at 5 and finishes the standing 8 to MC * MC comes forward and meets AM in center of ring; 1:34 into round 11 * Double left uppercut by AM; MC misses with a right and a left; HUGE right uppecut for AM followed by a left hook; MC in fast, full retreat - he is gone; Margo makes two jumping-type moves with both of his hands out to feint Cotto and signal he is in full control; AM makes one more feint out to the right with arm extended * Left uppercut and left hook by AM; right hook and left to the body by AM; Cotto is out on his feet; right uppercut and right jab by AM as Cotto tries to escape. 1:15 left in round * Announcer on Setanta says "Cotto is going down" * Left hook and right hook by AM; left hook by AM misses; clinch. 1:50 into round 11 * Fighters break, AM advancing & MC in full retreat to corner. AM taps MC's gloves with a rangefinder left and -- without any punch being thrown or landed -- This content is protected with 1:04 left in the round. 2nd knockdown of the round. * Cotto up; ref picks up count at 5; Cotto looking desperately towards his corner; Bayless never gets to count 6 as This content is protected . 0:55 seconds left. * Cotto, battered and bloody, is greeted at his corner with a white towel to wipe down his vanquished and swollen face Antonio Margarito, winner by TKO (corner threw in the towel) at This content is protected . Margarito is new WBA champion and has served Cotto up with the first two legitimate knockdowns of his career as well as the first loss and first loss via KO by the previously undefeated Cotto. * Here is the round on video: [yt]<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VJboRIhwAqY&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VJboRIhwAqY&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>[/yt]
What is with people and glorifying the fact that they picked an upset? Do you not have any friends I take it? Or do you just think your the smartest man alive?
I put the video up of the round (Round 11) back in the first post so that those who didn't see the ending can watch for themselves.
So did Cotto quit because he was scared of Margos relentless attack... or was a brave warrior to last as long as he did with the bigger man?
Cotto fought as well as he possibly could for as long as he could, but he was up against a brick wall that was winging bunches of punches at him. Eventually, Cotto just broke.