Quote Originally Posted by Taeth View Post
I'm not sure if it can be fight of the year. I thought Pacquaio-marquez was more dramatic. This fight Cotto had such a handle on the fight for the first 6 rounds it looked like he was fighting somebody who never boxed before, but then it suddenly shifted to him doing nothing and Margarito hitting him with sloppy punches for 3 rounds then Cotto mounted a small comeback, but it certainly wasn't a great back and forth fight where both guys were trading shots. EIther COtto was dominating or he wasn't doing anything.
It seems like you REALLY don't want to give credit where credit is due. You say Cotto either dominated or did nothing?! I completely disagree. Did Cotto show, especially early, that he is the better technical boxer...absolutely. But boxing is sometimes about more than "who is the better boxer." Sometimes pure will and determination overwhelm a superiorly skilled fighter. That's what happened tonight. Cotto threw everything he had at Tony. I have never seen Cotto land with more crispness and power than he did in this fight. But Margo took it all and didn't budge. That broke Cotto's will. He simply was mentally AND physically spent late in this fight. What Tony lacked in skill, he more than made up for with having incredible stamina and chin. Bottom line...Cotto's porous defense and iffy chin where always a reciepe for disaster. And against a fighter with Tony's relentlessness and determination...Cotto was going to be put to the ultimate test. And he failed...but not without giving it his all. So it's a disrespect to Cotto (and Tony) to write that he did "nothing" for the second half of this fight. I have so much respect for both of these fighters and Cotto deserves a lot of credit for taking this fight in the first place. These are the kind of fights and fighters that boxing needs