Cotto wins by KO!!!

**ArawakWarria** · 12-03-2006 06:45 AM

In a spectacular fight, Miguel Cotto stopped Carlos Quintana at the end of the 5th round.

It was a closely fought back and forth fight, but the power of Cotto proved to remain at Welterweight. The first two rounds was a back and forth of power vs. boxer as Quintana stood and punched with Cotto in between sticking and moving. The oddest nuance in the fight was the way Quintana seemed to bend forward, lending his face to the range and power of the deadly Cotto left hook.

After round three, after it was obvious that Quintana's training did not prepare him to get out of the way of the hook, Cotto began to attack with the right hand. He landed mercilessly, and Quintana seemed to be able to withstand the fire. In some ways, it reminded me of the Hatton title fight. But the proof was soon to be revealed.

After a close round four, which saw Cotto land more definitively, round five started with an aggressive attack from Cotto. Somewhere in the middle of the round, Cotto switched to southpaw and proceeded to punish Quintana. At that point, it seemed that Carlos was out of answers. A left hook to the liver put Quintana on hid knees, writhing in pain (it looked like he hit him on the back, but it really doesn't matter). He beat the count only to go down again, then made it to the end of the round. Quintana retired on his stool, with his corner begging him for one more round...

I stand corrected, and now respect Cotto as the man to beat at Welt (along with Margarito, out of longevity). I would pay top dollar to see Cotto v. Cintron, even though I am sure Cintron would crumble.

LET'S HEAR IT!

**CutMeMick** · 12-03-2006 06:50 AM

Originally Posted by ArawakWarria

It was a closely fought back and forth fight.

LET'S HEAR IT!

No it wasn't it was apparent that Quintana was in for a rude awakening since rd. 2 when Cotto began to land his power shots....
It wasn't close in the slightest way....

**ArawakWarria** · 12-03-2006 06:53 AM

Did you read anything but that sentence? That is exactly what I said, but it was clear that Quintana was not just trying to go away. In the 3rd CQ started to look like Collazo when he started to feel Hatton's pressure. With his size, I thought he would weather it, but someone forgot to tell him to fight like he was tall!

**CutMeMick** · 12-03-2006 07:00 AM

I'll be real with you I personally don't think there was anything Quintana could have done different to win, bent forward, tall, slumping, outside, inside.... IMO, Quinatan still would have lost....

For some reason as I'm watching the fight again, I just think Quintana was overwhelmed like it was too much for him to bare with...

**BrooklyniteQueen** · 12-03-2006 07:02 AM

Easy win for Cotto

**ArawakWarria** · 12-03-2006 07:08 AM

I guess I am stuck on the way he technically dismantled Joel Julio. I saw him box like that before, so I thought that he would have enough sense to do that here. It would have really saved him alot of wear and tear in the beginning. Cotto's pressure was definitely the difference in the fight, and is hook sapped all of CQ's energy. He was definitely fighting beat by the 5th.

**luvfightgame** · 12-03-2006 08:31 AM

Cotto looked very impressive. Quintana was definintely game, but he was never in control. He did land that good body shot though. I thought Cotto was in complete control and he closed it quickly. Great night of fights. All were very entertaining.