Scoring Cotto-Mayweather a week later

[Hulk]

Agree with both of you. 7-5 is also what I had it. 8-4 even is acceptable, there were a few very close rounds.

9-3 and 10-2 especially are utter nonsense and totally unrepresentative of the great fight Cotto fought.

Its frustrating when the judges, HBO, most of press row and some fans don't want to give Cotto his just due.

The crazy bastard actually believed he could win ! And he fought like it too.

[ruthless rocco]

floyd could have KO'd him anytime he wanted...in the last 45 seconds of the 12th.

[TitoFan]

He rocked him. Doesn't mean he could've KO'ed him. The announcers said it best. Floyd felt he had the decision. He wasn't going to risk getting KO'ed himself by going for the knockout.

[g3org3]

I also watched the fight yesterday and i dont know how anyone can say floys didnt win the first 5 rounds, he was playing about with cotto, hitting him when he wanted and cotto just missed with most of what he threw. I found it again 10-2 for floyd

[fightscorecollector]

see my fightcollector blog below in the signature.

i also had it 115-113 Floyd , the most common scores i collected were 115-113 , 116-112 , 117-111 - basically a 2 round switch for floyd.

[ruthless rocco]

He rocked him. Doesn't mean he could've KO'ed him. The announcers said it best. Floyd felt he had the decision. He wasn't going to risk getting KO'ed himself by going for the knockout.

floyd could have KO'd him anytime he wanted...in the last 45 seconds of the 12th.

[TitoFan]

He rocked him. Doesn't mean he could've KO'ed him. The announcers said it best. Floyd felt he had the decision. He wasn't going to risk getting KO'ed himself by going for the knockout.

floyd could have KO'd him anytime he wanted...in the last 45 seconds of the 12th.

I'm sorry.... did you just COPY/PASTE your earlier post?

I'm beginning to get more insight into your thought processes.

[ruthless rocco]

He rocked him. Doesn't mean he could've KO'ed him. The announcers said it best. Floyd felt he had the decision. He wasn't going to risk getting KO'ed himself by going for the knockout.

floyd could have KO'd him anytime he wanted...in the last 45 seconds of the 12th.

I'm sorry.... did you just COPY/PASTE your earlier post?

I'm beginning to get more insight into your thought processes.

floyd could have KO'd him anytime he wanted...in the last 45 seconds of the 12th.

no i typed it fresh each time....

[IamInuit]

Well I guess I'm one of the idiots some of you speak of. I'm a huge Cotto fan but that fight was not remotely close.

[TitoFan]

He rocked him. Doesn't mean he could've KO'ed him. The announcers said it best. Floyd felt he had the decision. He wasn't going to risk getting KO'ed himself by going for the knockout.

floyd could have KO'd him anytime he wanted...in the last 45 seconds of the 12th.

I'm sorry.... did you just COPY/PASTE your earlier post?

I'm beginning to get more insight into your thought processes.

floyd could have KO'd him anytime he wanted...in the last 45 seconds of the 12th.

no i typed it fresh each time....

Try not to hurt yourself, ace. "Brain sprain" is an uncommon, but serious issue.

[THE THIRD MAN]

I've watched it 3 times now and in the words of John McEnroe "You cannot be serious"

I gave Cotto rounds 6, 8 and 9 with 10 possibly even. (I hate scoring even rounds), but in a close round i gave it to Floyd. How you could have Cotto winning the fight at the end of round 6 is staggering! I still had it 117-111 at the finish with a concession that it could've been 116-112. Cotto just didn't land enough.

[TitoFan]

Interesting how different people scored the fight. It ranges all the way from 10-2 Floyd (which I find absurdly ridiculous)... to one poster who had it a draw. Personally, I saw it as 7-5 Floyd, although with the closeness of some of the rounds, it could've been 8-4 Floyd. I agree that Floyd won the fight.

I think one point of disagreement is the very first round. I gave it to Cotto... whereas I'm sure many others gave it to Floyd. But I watched it several times. Neither fighter connected effectively. And I gave Cotto the edge because he was the aggresor. With everything else equal, and Cotto being the aggresor, I gave the round to Cotto.

Upon seeing the fight again, I had two rounds even: 3 and 7. I went back to each of those two rounds, and ended up giving Round 3 to Cotto and Round 7 to Floyd. Again, they were close as hell.

As I've maintained throughout... Cotto didn't miss everything he threw (regardless of what Floyd fans would like to believe), and Floyd didn't connect everything HE threw (many punches looked nice, but were blocked.... and defense DOES count for something).

But no complaints. Cotto did a hell of a lot better than most people expected... and there's a lot of fight left in him. I still think the change to Pedro Diaz as his trainer did him a world of good, said so by Cotto himself. Finally somebody to whom Cotto can look up to and respect... and a proven entity in the world of boxing.

I'm really looking forward to Cotto's next fights.

[:::PSL:::]

I would've had it a draw if Cotto didn't wobble at 12th.

[Master]

floyd could have KO'd him anytime he wanted...in the last 45 seconds of the 12th.

He had him hurt, more due to tiredness but anyone who thinks Floyd let Cotto off the hook is crazy. If Floyd could have stopped him he would have, but he could not do it.

I had it a draw, Cotto was 4-2 up at half way point.

[Leighton]

floyd could have KO'd him anytime he wanted...in the last 45 seconds of the 12th.

He had him hurt, more due to tiredness but anyone who thinks Floyd let Cotto off the hook is crazy. If Floyd could have stopped him he would have, but he could not do it.

I had it a draw, Cotto was 4-2 up at half way point.

Agree with the KO point. Floyd is a safety first anything to win fighter. It is not in him to disregard safety and go for a KO (much like a Klitchko). If that was the case he would have been hit alot more in this and other fights. I cant agree with the draw. Most of Cottos work was blocked. Has anyone seen the punch stats for this fight. What did they say.