Will Cotto ever be the same after tonight?

[rjj tszyu]

I really think psychologically this is devastating. Not only to lose, but basically to be beaten down into submission. Margarito made Cotto quit. I called it before the 11th. Cotto looked done. He wanted out of that fight. It was a beating after the 6th.

I take exception to the way "armchair fans" use the word "quit" so freely. The "no mas" by Duran in his second fight against Sugar Ray Leonard was quitting. Quitting on your stool when you appear to still have an outside chance of winning... that's quitting. The guys that used to take dives versus Mike Tyson... that's quitting. Cotto didn't quit. He was beaten into a bloody mess... kept fighting... and his corner was visibly ready to throw in the towel to avoid some serious injury. None of that constitutes quitting.

And the beating came gradually after the 7th or 8th round. It was competitive for most of the fight. It wasn't a one-sided beating all of a sudden after the 6th round.

Certainly not! I still had Cotto ahead going into the 11th.