Quote Originally Posted by Rican
I am a big Cotto fan, but I must admit that the weigh in business was bogus. However, there are two other bones of contention that need to be clarified as well. First, Cotto and Paulie did not clash heads in the first round, causing a cut over Paulie's eye. I have the fight on tape and I have yet to see a headbut that caused the cut. It was a punch. In terms of the small ring issue, that's a cop out by Paulie and his camp because Paulie didn't utilize the ring the way he should have anyway. He stood in front of Cotto more than "box." Yes, he jabbed (and by the way, Cotto's jab was deadly on that night), but Paulie held right after throwing a jab. Paulie is just making excuses for being outclassed. That's what trash talkers do when they lose. It's never their fault. Kudos, however, to paulie for lasting 12 rounds.
Have a Cool Click on me Rican and welcome to the forum.
I guess I will have to watch the fight again as I just took the commentators word for it being a head butt. Cotto is not known for deliberately head butting his opponents so I just thought it was an accidental head butt. Cotto is known for low blows but that is only because he is always going for the body on that same token, some fighters wear their shorts so high, the shorts might as well be neck ties.