Cotto's Eye Prone to Cuts?
by ryanwk628 on Jun 19, 2009 12:47 PM EDT
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I know Cotto is a fighter who gets angry and fights mad. He seems easily frusterated. However, watching the Urkal highlite, it looks exactly the same as the Clottey fight. Cotto did the same throw move.
More concerning is the cut, in the same spot above his eye. If he keeps getting cut there, odds are its only going to get worse. With those kinds of issues, he may have calcium deposits there which laciarate the skin and would need to be removed by surgery.
If Cotto is going to fight Pac in November, I hope he can get this cut issue straightened out by then before it ends up costing him a fight.
The Urkal fight shows up at 5:22 in this video
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Yes, at this point, he's absolutely prone to cuts
The scar was originally from the Torres fight I think (maybe earlier, but I think that was the first time I remember seeing it), then it reopened in Urkal, then Margarito further ripped it, and now it’s even worse after Clottey. I suspect that scar will haunt him for the rest of his career.
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by Brickhaus on Jun 19, 2009 1:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Is it just a scar where the tissue is thin or a bone spur / sharp edge on his skull? Those can be worked on with surgery.
by ryanwk628 on Jun 19, 2009 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also, I'm now convinced that Cotto is a dirty fighter
I denied it before, but now I believe it. Too much of a pattern of doing that kind of stuff. The low blow in the Judah fight was semi-intentional as well.
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by Brickhaus on Jun 19, 2009 1:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
oh he's a dirty fighter for sure
I’ve actually been totally convinced of it for a while now. He’s Casamayor-level dirty. When Cotto gets frustrated or feels a fight turning against him, he goes to the bag of tricks.
by SC on Jun 19, 2009 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree
and think thats part of what his fan base loves about him. In the crowd last Saturday they went nuts when Cotto got angry. Heck there were even fights in the crowd.
by ryanwk628 on Jun 19, 2009 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
home field advantage
He does have a great home field advantage in MSG. HBO was clearly on his side accept for E. Stewart
by Stricker71 on Jun 19, 2009 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stewart
tried to say Clottey controlled the fight save for the knock down. The had to correct him in regards to the 4th and 6th
by ryanwk628 on Jun 19, 2009 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stewart
Yeah, I don’t think Emanuel helped his chances of getting hired by Cotto with the way he called that fight.
by Full Throttle on Jun 20, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
dang it brick i’ve been hollering about that low blow on judah for about 2 years now. he’s a dirty sumbitch that’ll do anything to get his ass out of trouble
semi-intentional, my hide. 100% intentional
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by battle axe of doom on Jun 19, 2009 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cotto being dirty
I don’t know, he didn’t pull anything against Plasterfists in a fight that he realized he was going to lose. Nothing happened in the Torres fight either and he was in pretty serious trouble a couple times. I don’t remember anything happening when Corley hurt him either.
by Full Throttle on Jun 20, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Interesting tactics
I think he does get a little dirty when he feels pressure. A lot of people think Clootyey was milking his knee. I don’t think he gets any credit for fighting with a hurt knee. However, I would like to see Cotto fight Berto and see what he would do when Berto tried to tie him up all fight
by Stricker71 on Jun 19, 2009 2:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I'd pay to watch Cotto kick Berto's ass
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by Brickhaus on Jun 19, 2009 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pac Man
I mean the way the Pac has been rollin through guys Cotto should just stay at home because the only guy that can put up a fight with Pac is Money May.
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by Mr.Clutch15 on Jul 2, 2009 3:17 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I actually like Cotto’s chances. Not that I’ll be picking him unless Manny breaks his leg and decides to fight anyway or some such.
by SC on Jul 2, 2009 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Pac would dominate Mayweather, but not Cotto. He (Floyd) is overrated, I mean, can you name one good fighter he has fought?
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by ddog28 on Jul 2, 2009 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jose Luis Castillo
Oscar de la Hoya
Zab Judah
Jesus Chavez
Diego Corrales
Ricky Hatton
Arturo Gatti
Genaro Hernandez
Carlos Gerena
by SC on Jul 3, 2009 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah well, until he fights the big boys such as Pacquiao, Cotto, Mosley, or Williams, I’m not buying him.
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by ddog28 on Jul 4, 2009 4:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mayweather’s resume is better than Cotto’s and Tall Paul’s. It’s closer to Mosley’s than a lot of people think. Pacquiao’s record is pretty nasty, though, which is exactly why I think even with a really impressive win over Marquez in the comeback, Mayweather ain’t No. 1 P4P again until he beats Manny (or Manny lost to someone, I suppose).
Sometimes I’m not sure what people want from Floyd’s career. He’s done a lot of really impressive things. Sure he’s an obnoxious brat and does have a habit of avoiding the best challenges for equal money and a less dangerous fight (Baldomir instead of Margarito), but guys like Hatton, Corrales, Gatti — you don’t hear the same sort of mess about them, and Floyd beat the living stank off of all those guys.
All’s I’m saying is there IS a middle ground between Floyd’s ridiculous claims of being the best to ever live and thinking he’s not good because he never fought Shane Mosley or Antonio Margarito.
by SC on Jul 7, 2009 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know Hatton has had surgery to clear up scar tissue around his eyes because of his tissue-paper skin. Maybe Cotto should look into it. He seemed pretty bothered by it in the Clottey fight.
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by jsims2 on Jul 11, 2009 6:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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