Quote Originally Posted by Rican
Cotto lost to Abdullaeve in the Olympics, but he did not give that fight away by fighting southpaw. In fact, those judges didn't count all of Cotto's punches. I still gave the nod to Abdullaeve, but in a closer fight. Also, I blame Cotto's struggles against Corley and Torres on the bad habits he developed. It seems that at the time he started believing the hype about himself and he got away from being the patient stalker with outstanding boxing/defensive skills and came into those fights strictly as a headhunter. He abandoned the jab entirely against Corley (check the punchstat numbers) and against Torres, once he began jabbing, he was deadly effeective, especially to the body (check out rounds 3 and 4).
I watched the fight the amatuer fight vs Abdullaeve a few night ago and I came away with the same impression that the judges were tripping.
I hate amatuer fights and I hate the way they score bouts.
I guess this is because I am more into pro boxing than amatuers wich is a complete different ball game but I thought Cotto did pretty good against the winner and gold medalist Abdullaeve and I too gave him the nod but my card was nothing like the judges cards.

It seems that at the time he started believing the hype about himself
Not only that, he was trying to hard to entertain and please the crowd. He don't like getting booed but then again who does? It brought Mayweather to tears against Baldomir