Graham Houston spoke to them both following the fight and this is their opinion :-
"I'm gonna tell you what happened here" Mayweather snr says "Anytime a fighter gets tired, it turns them into a coward."
"What happened with Cotto is he started layin' on the ropes because he wasn't in tip-top...tip top shape. Cotto was doing good but he ran outta gas."
"There was too much pressure on him... He's got some
NO MAS in him !"
"He retreated. He went down on one knee on his own and that's a sign of retreat. 'I dont want no more'. Said Floyd Snr.
"Little Floyd has got better legs, better skills and would make Margarito miss a lot. He fought tall fighters in Corrales and De La Hoya and it mean't nothin. Floyd has that defence which Margarito ain't gettin' through. Believe me Margarito ain't seen a defence like Floyd. Floyd would hit him harder than Cotto and let me tell you this, Floyd ain't no Cotto- he wouldn't quit. "
"And where Cotto slowed down, Floyd wouldn't slow down. He'd keep banging him."
"It would be a rugged fight. But it's a fight that Floyd would win. It ain't because he's my son I say that as we don't get along, I'm saying it because that's what I believe."
Roger Mayweather had his own comments to make; " Cotto can't box and he is one handed anyway, the left hand. He has got no chin and I told all the other boxers in the gym that Cotto was going to get knocked out".
"Cotto said he had no excuses, but i tell you one thing he ain't sayin: 'Let me fight that mothf*cker again.' He got his ass whipped."
At least Cotto had the guts to fight Tony

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