Why these days when a fighter gets beat are there calls for retirements??

You claim his best days are ahead of him?? maybe in LIFE.... but not inside the ring.

Hes taken tremendous beatings on MORE then one occasion.

Torres, Margarito, Mosley, Pac, Clottey all were grueling, hard fights..... and he was brutally ground down and stopped in two of those.


what exactly, outside of money, is the point of him continuing fighting?


you know what? i said Mayorga should retire after the oscar fight.... people said THE SAME **** your saying now, mayorga kept on fighting, and will probably keep on fighting, for WHAT besides money?

i said vargas should retire after he fought castillejo, people said im overreacting, blah blah blah.... he kept on fighting, for what? did he enhance his legacy? what did he do? got progressively worse and cought a brutal knock out loss.

I am not a fan of fighters just continuing to fight for no reason.... this is their lives, family and friends getting battered in there every time they get abused like that. Cotto doesnt need the money, cotto at his peak beat mosley, but barely.... i dont think todays cotto could, and i see nothing that makes me think he would beat margarito in a rematch (i thought he could, but if anything he handles pressure worse now then he did) he obviously cant beat pac and i actually think the safest fight out there is mayweather for him but mayweather isnt going to fight him because theres nothing to gain from it now.


Cotto should continue? why.... so he can beat a few mid level top 10's and then in a year or two get beat down in another big fight? Cotto is better then that and shouldnt let his name be used like that, a fighter should know when hes not the same as he once was, and if hes not going to do anything to right the ship then he should call it a career.

This is coming from me caring about him, his legacy and his future..... and not just wanting to see what cool fights can be made.

If Cotto wants to continue, then he needs to go soul searching.... and needs to be smart enough to know what hes doing wrong in both training camp and inside the ring. He needs to work on his once polished skills, and learn to stick to gameplans inside the ring. He will need to start winning more on his intelligence and experience in the ring instead of breaking down his opponents. Cotto is not at 140 anymore, his opponents will be big, strong men with good chins who all can hurt him..... hes on the wrong side of his best and has taken bad beatings, i just dont see the point in continuing for money and a few decent names to add on to his resume.


Retire, enjoy the kids, the wife, the times.... hes already proved himself a warrior and has been in the ring with this generations best and has nothing to be ashamed of, hes beaten sugar shane mosley, clottey, quintana, torres, ect.... and lost to margarito in a questionable loss and was beat by one of the best fighters of this generation.

Whatever he decides i will support him, and be in his corner..... doesnt mean i dont have my own opinion and that is that he should just call it a career.

Again, i dont like when fighters just aimlessly fight on......

if he proves me wrong id be very happy, but how many fighters continue to fight on when they shouldnt? always thinking that next time they will be better.

Cotto is not a journeman who fights on because this is how he makes his living, cotto has made his money.
Cotto is not the fighter continuing to search for his defining fight... cotto has fought those already.
Cotto is not someone who needs to fight because straight up they just love it and thats what they were born for.... he is indeed awaiting retirement.

whatever he decides i will support..... but i think he really needs to do some soul searching.