Was it OK for Cotto to "quit" in Cotto vs Margarito I?

[blegit]

It was an unfair fight. I would quit too if someone keep hitting me with cement blocks over and over again.

Fuck Margarito and all of his supporters.

I hate this "macho" mentality that some boxing fans have. I mean Jesus H. Christ folks, boxing is a sport, not a fight to the death. So Cotto was supposed to have continued taking a beating with pastered wraps and risk getting brain damage? How fucking smart would that be..

I thought his corner threw in the towel. Oh well, I absolutely agree with the "macho" mentality that really is phony. Margarito and some may say they are willing to die in the ring but that is probably a bunch of crock. Anybody can say that they will die for this or that because they don't have to prove it. Just like everybody has a plan to kick the other guys a$$. When things go the wrong way the tune quickly changes as well. Besides, Margarito isn't exactly an honest guy. How many lies has he already told concerning just the plaster wraps So I'm sure he'd be willing to die in the ring is coming straight from the heart of an absolutely honest guy. And lets get straight to the point. What does dying in the ring do for you? If you die you lost anyway. So where does it get you?

[Violent Demise]

The Nevada commission is a very experience commission. They cleared Margarito's wraps. So with it being a fair fight, Cotton quitting was a cowards move. I don't consider Cotto to be a coward. But he went out like one that night.

[LobowolfXXX]

The Nevada commission is a very experience commission. They cleared Margarito's wraps. So with it being a fair fight, Cotton quitting was a cowards move. I don't consider Cotto to be a coward. But he went out like one that night.

There's no "they." One guy was there. Do you know who it was, or how experienced he was? Do experienced commissioners never miss things? The NYSAC is pretty experienced, too. Didn't help Billy Collins.

[rjj tszyu]

I didn't see it as him quitting. At the time I just thought he had been beaten by some truly hurtfull shots, now looking back with the knowledge we have of Margarito cheating I have to say it looks more and more like he cheated against Cotto. I fully expect Cotto to get revenge this time around, and hopefully he will give Margarito a beating on the same level that Pacquiao did.

[KananKrus]

I never thought Miguel Cotto quit that fight.

Maybe the Puerto Rican caved in to the physical limitations that he had, but it was quite understandable, for if in fact the suspected loaded gloves, the glove of choice for Tony Margarito was illegal... then Miguel indeed was, a victim of an inhuman battering!

The repulsive thing, given that, if there actually was premeditation, was the manner by which the camp who administered the brutality was celebrating! Unconscionable!

[Master]

Cotto took a fearful beating and could not take anymore. He gave his all and should be commended for his effort and get his revenge.

[Mars_ax]

Cotto took a fearful beating and could not take anymore. He gave his all and should be commended for his effort and get his revenge.

Cotto did the right thing, only a fucking idiot would have kept taking that pounding.

[Beanflicker]

He took an absolute battering with loaded gloves for 11 rounds. I wish I had 1/8th of the heart he does.

[Gandalf]

Cotto did the right thing, he was spitting blood, sweating blood and pretty much oozing blood left right and centre. It wasn't as if he took a couple of punches and quit. He took some serious licks. Margarito made him fight at a faster pace then he is used to and bust him up as he slowed down, he was pretty spent.

Of course it was okay for him to say 'enough is enough'. It was hardly Duran/Leonard 2.

[ono]

Only an idiot would be willing to die in the ring. Boxing is a job.

[Gandalf]

Only an idiot would be willing to die in the ring. Boxing is a job.

It's hardly accountancy. It's more than a white collar job, but death is perhaps a tad extreme.

[Manos de Piedra]

I don't think he quit in the sense that Ortiz did against Maidana. I just think he physically had nothing left in him to stand up and take them shots anymore and his corner did right by throwing in the towel, cotto had nothing left to give.

[generalbulldog]

You do what you have to do to survive and fight another day. Never did understand this belief that boxers should never quit when they are taking a beating.

[TitoFan]

The Nevada commission is a very experience commission. They cleared Margarito's wraps. So with it being a fair fight, Cotton quitting was a cowards move. I don't consider Cotto to be a coward. But he went out like one that night.

Easy to say when you're not the one getting your nose broken early in the fight and getting busted up like that. Hey, just 'cause your a Margarito fanboy and a Cotto hater.... it's ok to man up once in a while, and go the other way. It would increase your credibility.

[TitoFan]

The Nevada commission is a very experience commission. They cleared Margarito's wraps. So with it being a fair fight, Cotton quitting was a cowards move. I don't consider Cotto to be a coward. But he went out like one that night.

Easy to say when you're not the one getting your nose broken early in the fight and getting busted up like that. Hey, just 'cause your a Margarito fanboy and a Cotto hater.... it's ok to once a while man up and go the other way. It would increase your credibility.

By the way.... reading all the other posts..... yours sticks out like a sore thumb.
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