Who won: Clottey or Cotto?

Joshua Clottey would never headbutt anybody!

 

Cotto for me with no bias because I like Cotto. Clottey had the man seeing out of just one eye but didn't take advantage.

 

i had cotto by 1 point. but the rounds that clottey won were much more decisive and one-sided as opposed to cotto doing just enough to win his rounds.

hands down clottey had a better fight overall. i guess this is a downside of scoring a fight by rounds...the fighter who did better lost.

plus i'm sure arum told the judges to lean towards cotto to set up a super fight with pacquiao.

 

Clottey Cotto

ROUND 1 8 10

ROUND 2 10 9

ROUND 3 9 10

ROUND 4 9 10

ROUND 5 10 9

ROUND 6 9 10

ROUND 7 10 9

ROUND 8 10 9

ROUND 9 10 9

ROUND 10 9 10

ROUND 11 9 10

ROUND 12 9 10


112 115

 

Scored it 114-113 for Cotto.

 

Yeah his head is just taking too much space

 

if you score the whole fight = clottey
if you score it round for round (as it should) = cotto

i liked how cotto chose to stay and fight with that eye even when he was leading and could have the fight stopped. he was a champ then.

clottey had it to win after the cut. I still can't understand why he let it go? does blood turn him off or something?

 

U stated yourself that you had Cotto by a point, yet you dare to imply Arum "juiced" the judges!:nut

 

I sit and picture Clottey being asked why he wouldn't take advantage of the bloody Cotto and he says "I am a true fightah, but I find blood to be too icky."

 

Cotto...

 

Clottey gave this fight away with his inactivity!

And with this fight being held in NYC on the night before the Puerto Rican day Parade...There was NO WAY Clottery was going to get a Close Decision.

One of my favorite Boxing Writers Vivek Wallace said it best in his Article after the fight: "Clottey won the fight, Cotto won the Decision".

 

Did you notice how Lampley had mentioned this very political point before the fight with Clottey and Clottey acknowledged it immediately in the post fight interview, but acted as though he didn't feel he did anything but dominate and it was all political? He really should have known better. But maybe he felt because he was always in more control that the rounds were going to him. I suppose it's not easy to keep track when you're in a real fight. I can't remember an interpreter for his corner or if they advised him it was close.

 

The knockdown gave Cotto the final point needed to win. 6-6 rounds.