Quote Originally Posted by Clydey_2_Times
Quote Originally Posted by The Game
Firstly what happened to the site? Just got on now after trying all day! Good fight,big mouth is a tough little B****** but my boy Cotto was very impressive!Great jab,body work,combos and although Paulie won a few of the middle rounds that was entirely due to Cotto's inactivity,which any Cotto fan will tell you is normal(in every fight,he just sits back a few rounds).The commentary was awful,Foreman and those other2 morons missed some of the action and 1 guy said he had Paulie winning at one point!!
Paulie could not make the next day conference,that's how badly he was busted up but he made me a fan,he really is tough! I had it Cotto by 5,possibly 6.His defence ws very good,Paulie only caught him clean later in the fight.
I thought Cotto was fortunate to come away with the win. I had it level going into the last. Cotto dug deep and pulled out the 12th. By no means did Cotto win convincingly. Paulie had him in all sorts of trouble with his hand speed.
Agreed Clydey, I had it the same and saw Cotto just snatching the last round for the win, draw without the knockdown which was nothing spectacular IMO. Malignaggi certainly made a fan out of me, I was picking him before the fight on gut instinct and he almost pulled it out, what a tough SOB!!! And he looks like he was developing power, he even rocked Cotto! (albeit only once and it was a bit of a flash connection but still).

If Cotto moves up to WW, Id say Malignaggi has a great shot at beating any other titlist at JW. He should beat either of Witter and Corley and I dont see anyone out there who could stop him if Cotto cant (on the basis that I think JCC is moving up to WW rather than JWW).