What kind of effect did the low blow have on the Cotto/Judah fight?

The low blows were definitely a factor in the fight. I remember thinking about Trinidad-Vargas watching it. It was almost that bad.

 

You won't be saying that when Cotto drops Clottey with low blows, I mean left hooks.

Of course it affected the fight, but let's move on now.

 

None. If he needed the exta time because he was so hurt, he shoulda took the 5.

 

Beat me to it. But you're exactly right.

 

I didn't like Judah.

He was an arrogant little ****. His dad was maybe worse.

And all his ****-headed nonsense about being street tough ( He wasn't) and all that.

And I was very pleased when Tszyu taught him some new dance steps.



However, I've come to believe that he was a more naturally talented boxer than Tszyu and Cotto and maybe even Mayweather.

He was a man who never lived up to his promise, who squandered his talent.


Mayweather talks a lot of **** as well, but he's in the gym day and night (when he's not retired) and so can combine his great talent with the professionalism of being in shape, and thus backing up what he says, for the most part.


Zab is missing the intangibles that are needed in addition to talent.

In his case, that intangible is a combination of heart, stamina and will.

In short, character.

I believe he was born with the innate tools to be the best of his generation.

He just didn't have the right set of life experiences to hone those natural talents to their maximum.



I don't despise him any more. What I feel is closer to pity.


Furthermore, I believe if he were to buckle down, get a hold of some humility and some work ethic, drop to 140 (he was 143 last time out) and work his way back into the mix at junior welter weight, he could become the man at that weight.

On his best day, with proper conditioning, he has it in him to defeat Hatton and destroy Pac or JMM.

Will he ever do it ?

Almost certainly not.




Back to the thread question, I don't think the low blow (which was partly Zab's own fault) changed the fight's outcome.

He would have been caught eventually.

 

:rofl