Re Clottey-Cotto, could round one have been 10-9?

[CFH]

I asked the same question in a different thread and was told that, according to the rules, it had to be 10-8.

[gest12645]

how did Clottey dominate 95% of the round? it was a 10-8 round no question

[kingfrnk]

i saw no domination in the 1st round. still 10-8 for me.

[Quinito]

I have no problem with 10-8. But 10-9 is also appropriate. Clottey was comfortably winning the round until he recieved the flash kd.

[XaduBoxer]

I got no problem with 10-9 for Cotto even he scored a flash KD since without the flash KD, it could be a 10-9 in favor of Clottey.... Clottey was winning the round until the flash KD in the dying seconds of the round... It's very obvious Clottey was not hurt seriously by that KD...
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[OumaFan]

You can make a round 10-9 when the other guy is dominating/really really clearly winning the round and then takes a flash knockdown but I'd say dominating was a stretch for what Clottey did. 10-8 was fine with me.

[DaxxKahn]

I have no problem with 10-8. But 10-9 is also appropriate. Clottey was comfortably winning the round until he recieved the flash kd.

At minimum it would be scored a 9-8 if you wanted to give Clottey the round

[TheDemolitionDan]

It was 55-45% round for Clottey, he got knocked down so it's a 10-8 Cotto round. Neither fighter was dominating that round.

[holmcall]

I have no problem with 10-8. But 10-9 is also appropriate. Clottey was comfortably winning the round until he recieved the flash kd.

At minimum it would be scored a 9-8 if you wanted to give Clottey the round

But with the 10 point must ystem in effect, it has to be 10-9 or 10-8, no? Now, I'm not positve about the ten point must system.

[holmcall]

The consensus seems to be he was not dominating the round so it should be a 10-8. I'll buy that easily, but the one thing I will never agree to is that a knockdown atuomatically makes it a 10-8 round--though the knockdown here was solid enough to do that.