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

[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.

[Mctaggert]

A fighter should always have the right to quit when taking a beating like that. I'd rather see someone try and have to quit than someone who runs away for the whole fight or holds and spoils the entire time.

[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.
Tell you anything?

[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.

[Beanflicker]

You need a certain amount of the "never say die" attitude, but why would you want to end up like Meldrick Taylor or Gerald Mcclellan.

[InTheNeutralCorner]

Cotto didn't quit, he preserved his life to fight another day.

And that day is soon.

Addendum: Silly me, what I just said is one of the choices. I should have looked at the polls first.

[Nameless]

When a guy's face is a black and red mark and that he really doesn't feel well, I think it's safe to say that he did the correct thing to quit. There is a life after boxing, and generally, there is more time after than during the boxing period. I think that it's not unfair to ask for some quality time after with something else than parkinson or pugilistic demencia. Cotto couldn't win to that point but could receive more damage, the risk doesn't worth the end bell.

[Majesty]

Cotto has that mentality that he doesn't want to risk his life in the ring and would rather fold than continue to take a beating. He said as much when he had the face to face with Margarito. He said "this is my job, I have kids, I'm not gonna waste my time taking a beating and not be able to go see them" something to that extent, and he basically thought Margarito was crazy that he would rather die in the ring than quit.


I commend Cotto for putting his life ahead of the sport, but I'm not sure he wanted to reveal something like that in front of the man he's about to rematch. If your opponent knows you'd rather quit then fight if you're getting hurt too badly it is gonna put them at the mental advantage cause they know they can make you quit, and when you openly admit it to them it can make things worse. So I commend Cotto, but I don't think "this is just my job, what kind of idiot would continue to fight on" is the kind of message you wanna send to a guy that's already done it to you once.

[p4pking]

Pretty funny that the only people who have even suggested that Cotto did anything close to quit in the first place are the 2 resident E thug jokers.

[ono]

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.

You reckon?