Re: Clottey was lucky the fight wasn't stopped
I actually thought this thread meant the fight being stopped because of the early cuts of Cotto. I would have agreed with this thread in this regard as Clottey was losing the fight at that point.
If you compare the cut of Calderon (high on the forehead) and that of Cotto, you would say pooh pooh to the doctor for stopping the Calderon -Mayol fight. I thought (and this is from an untrained eye) that Cotto's cuts were more serious being around the eyes and all. And yet when the ref asked him if he could go on he nods his head. What a fighter!
As for the throw (and it was a throw), I thought the referee should have either deducted a point or at least should have given a stern warning to Cotto. I see the clips and it was a throw despite what everyone in this thread opines. Cotto had a downward arm movement that you would do if you were throwing someone to the ground. Again, that is my opinion.
Re: Clottey was lucky the fight wasn't stopped
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Bilbo
When he writhed around on the floor in agony for several minutes following his fall to the canvas I wonder if many ref's would have just waved the fight off then and there?
I just figured he had snapped his knee and if I was reffereeing would have stopped the fight immediately and got him urgent medical attention as watching it live I thought he was in incredible pain.
I've never seen a fighter make a meal of something like that other than a low blow.
It reminded me a bit of Anthony Bonsante when he was floored by Adonis Stevenson and lay sprawled out on the canvas with his eyes closed as if unconcious only to spring back to his feet on the count of 8 apparently fine. Unfortunately by that stage the ref had already waved the fight off.
How many of you guys thought when he went down it was a serious injury and that the fight was over? Had you been in charge, would you have just instinctively waved it off and got in the doctors immediately to attend to him and his apparent busted knee?
The whole situation reminded me a lot of the infamous "Bernard is faking" incident in the Hopkins vs. Echols 2 fight.
Also at the end Clottey was tired and faking the low blow much like Bernard did against Calzaghe.
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