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

**C-Lo** · 06-17-2009 08:44 PM

I also thought Round 1 was leaning towards a Clottey round but definitely wasn't a round he was dominating. The only way I would give a 10-9 round when there was a knockdown is only if the person that got knocked down was just battering the other fighter before getting caught.

**SweetPea** · 06-17-2009 09:09 PM

Originally Posted by C-Lo

I also thought Round 1 was leaning towards a Clottey round but definitely wasn't a round he was dominating. The only way I would give a 10-9 round when there was a knockdown is only if the person that got knocked down was just battering the other fighter before getting caught.

Correct.

Clottey may have been winning Round 1, but he wasn't dominating the round, so it was fine to go 10-8 for Cotto after the knockdown.

An example of when it is OK to go 10-9:
In Round 1 of Erik Morales-David Diaz, Diaz was knocking Morales all over the ring, and then Morales caught him with one flush right hand late in the round and put him down. But it was the only thing Morales did the entire round. I scored that one 10-9 Morales.