Cotto grappling Clottey, is it intentional? is it a foul?

[XaduBoxer]

Cotto grappling Clottey, is it intentional? is it a foul? Was Clottey acting hurt or was he really hurt?


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Discuss...
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[Violent Demise]

It was nothing. Neither. Ref made the right call. Ref did an outstand job the whole fight

[OumaFan]

a non issue unless you're a huge Clottey fan

[XaduBoxer]

a non issue unless you're a huge Clottey fan

Clottey looks dead after Cotto body slam him and many people here said Clottey was just acting... Do you think that body slam gonna hurt or not??
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[Kel]

a non issue unless you're a huge Clottey fan

Clottey looks dead after Cotto body slam him and many people here said Clottey was just acting... Do you think that body slam gonna hurt or not??
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Never seen a dead person roll about with that type of facial expression before.

[XaduBoxer]

a non issue unless you're a huge Clottey fan

Clottey looks dead after Cotto body slam him and many people here said Clottey was just acting... Do you think that body slam gonna hurt or not??
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Never seen a dead person roll about with that type of facial expression before.

Did I say "looks dead" ??
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[Violent Demise]

a non issue unless you're a huge Clottey fan

Clottey looks dead after Cotto body slam him and many people here said Clottey was just acting... Do you think that body slam gonna hurt or not??
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Couldn't of hurt any worse than the punches he was taking from Cotto

[markb018]

It was nothing. Neither. Ref made the right call. Ref did an outstand job the whole fight

Mercante is awesome, toss up between him and Smoger as my favorite ref. That being said Clottey was very theatrical that night. Thought I was watching a soccer game with Clottey trying to draw the fouls. Proper place though, right close to broadway. Like others have said, if he was busier trying to fight rather than get the refs sympathy he may have won the fight.

[Quinito]

It was more like a typical boxing push to create distance. Its no biggie to me. It just happens that Clottey was in off balance position and made the push looked really violent.

[Bx730NY]

Funny thing is that it wasn't a grapple or bodyslam. Clottey lunged at Cotto to grab on and Cotto dipped and came up while trying to push Clottey back. In the process, Clottey legs went in an undesirable direction and he fell flat.

That is not Cotto's fault. Clottey lunging grab try was responsible for the whole thing so he has nobody to blame but himself. At no point did Cotto wrestle him down or ever grab him for that matter.

[KananKrus]

It was no body slam by Cotto. It wasn't even close, or at least the intent for such cannot be visually supported. It was more like a failed attempt to clinch by Clottey, which was thwarted by Miguel's arm and body movements which then caused Clottey to lose balance, lose the support of his legs under him and fall. This then gave the slight impression of a slam.

The rest is theatrics that was Clottey's way to ease up on an embarassing situation on hand. Anybody who've slipped, with the potential to be laughed at, will do the same to avoid being the "clown" in this typical scenario. A purely instinctive move, but also can be stated that it too was visibly a matter of overdoing it on the part of Clottey.