Pre-fight: Mosley has entered the ring looking very confident. Cotto is now in the ring as well. It's a pro-Cotto crowd at MSG.
Round 1: Mosley opens with a few good body shots. If Mosley is faster, it's only by a small margin. Cotto, however, as expected, appears to clearly be the stronger man and he moves Mosley with his shots. Cotto 10-9.
Round 2: Cotto appears more relaxed and is actually outboxing Mosley. Mosley lands some good chopping right hands late in the round and both men trade heavy blows at close range. Mosley 10-9.
Round 3: Action is heating up as both fighters thrown and land heavy shots to the head and the body. Both fighter's chins will be tested tonight. Hard to imagine it going the distance at this pace. Mosley 10-9.
Round 4: Good round for Cotto. Mosley has his moments but Cotto's heavy hands are thudding away at Mosley. Shane might score a knockdown at any time with his sharp punching but Cotto is beginning to put some punishment on Mosley. Cotto 10-9.
Round 5: Wow! Both men land punches that would knock out lesser fighters. Mosley initiates some clinches but Cotto keeps hammering away. Cotto 10-9.
Round 6: Good round for Cotto -- his left jab is very under-rated. Mosley tries to dance and keep Cotto at a safe distance. Neither man has ever been knocked out but they're both being tested as never before. Cotto 10-9.
Round 7: Mosley dances for the entire round and has some success landing clean punches on Cotto. Not sure how long he can keep it up, but Mosley's change in strategy is paying some dividends. Round ends with some wrestling. Mosley 10-9.
Round 8: Mosley has changed the pace of the fight with his dancing. The crowd doesn't like it but the big question is whether or not it's impressing the judges. Very tough fight to score. Mosley 10-9.
Round 9: Pace has changed again as Cotto spends the latter portion of the round dancing away from Mosley. He's still using both hands and doesn't appear hurt but something has changed. Mosley 10-9.
Round 10: Mosley is confident and aggressive as Cotto appears to be trying to catch his second wind. Cotto may also have a cut in his mouth. Cotto lands a few good shots late in the round. Mosley 10-9.
Round 11: Mosley remains the aggressor throughout the round but Cotto land the cleaner, harder punches even as he's moving back. Mosley appears the fresher but is unable to take control of the tiring Cotto. Cotto 10-9.
Round 12: Mosley slips and falls early in the round. An accidental clash of heads opens a small cut above Cotto's right eye. Cotto retreats the entire round as if he has the fight already won. Mosley keeps pressing the action but doesn't land anything meaningful. Mosley 10-9.
Unofficial scores: Mosley 115-113. HBO's Harold Lederman has is Cotto 115-113. Who knows what the judges will do? Regardless of the decision, there were no losers tonight. A draw would actually be acceptable.
Official scores: Cotto by unanimous decision 116-113, 115-113 and 115-113.
Punch Stats: Total Punches: Cotto -248 of 675 (37%); Mosley - 248 of 774 (32%). Total Jabs: Cotto - 98 of 288 (34%); Mosley - 71 of 439 (16%). Power Punches: Cotto - 150 of 387 (39%); Mosley - 177 of 335 (53%).
Post-Fight: Cotto says he was moving away from Mosley late in the fight because he thought he had the fight won and he was somewhat tired. Cotto doesn't say who he wants to fight next but says he's "available for all the big names in the business".
Mosley doesn't seem the least bit upset with the decision. He says he felt it was a very close fight. Mosley admits to being buzzed every now and then by a Cotto left and thinks he hurt Cotto with a few shots as well. Asked what he wants to do next, Mosley says he's "not getting any younger" and sounds like he's seriously contemplating retirement.
Comments
this is good…hope this is not 30 minutes delayed…2 minutes delayed will be fine
WHAT?
Mosley won that fight.
I don’t care what the judges say
cotto lost
Mosley kicked his ass
how do you win a fight by only winning four rounds? What r these judges wacthing! Cotto a great fighter but he did”nt win this fight.
I agree ED, Cotto lost. The judges had it all wrong
what is going on is de la Hoya fixing fights it seems all his fights come with supect decision, mosley didn’t really argue the decision, he’s a class act but i think he is to great a fighter to allow that to happen but somthing is up… Mosley clearly won!!!!!!!!!!
Why does de la hoya promoted fights have a cloud over it. look at his roster of fighters.. proven champions with nothing to prove other than to make millions throwing fights… or maybe it’s just me, i don;t know
Viva Cotto! I’d like to see a Hatton Cotto match after the Brit whips Maywether. A Mosley Maywether would also be fun.
im very sorry to say that wen judges r judging a fight and a boxer is walking threw the punches it seems indrostuctable,cotto won that fight mosley is goob but wat u have to undrestand cotto was countering him.it was a good fight and cotto was the better fighter period.big up to pavlik he is a bad boy.my best fighter bhop couldent beat taylor but pavlik ou are a gobb finisher.lets hope hatton can beat mayweather i dout it but you never know.
ur outa mind. Mayweather will make hatton look like the amateur he is
People need to quit hating on Cotto. It was a close fight and he edged out the win (I had it 115-113); it was difficult to score with many close rounds and there is no way anyone can say Mosley clearly won. HBO’s unofficial scorer Lederman had it 115-113 Cotto but if he would have scored the last round correctly he would of had a draw because somehow he found a reason to give Cotto the final round, but he gave other rounds to Mosley that I thought Cotto clearly won. I agree with Lederman’s score but I don’t agree with the way he scored the rounds to get the final score. It was one of those type of fights that could of went either way but the difference is that it still had action & excitement unlike many other boring controversial decisions. I think Cotto deserved the close win, but I could see how someone might have thought that Mosley won a close decision. People were just surprised to see Cotto outbox Mosley and Cotto landed the more flush punches. Mosley didn’t dispute the decision, but I don’t think the fight was fixed like others are assuming. Especially since both fighters threw and landed some shots that were meant to hurt. Good fight by both fighters. Cotto should get Mayweather next if he beats Hatton.
so ok, let’s say cotto won, (I think a draw was more like but well…) but why in the margarito’s fight everybody was asking margarito if he would like the winner of cotto mosley ( which was the rumor by the way)and nobody asked cotto about margarito and cotto did not even mention him in the list of possibles future fights, has cotto really won something big to ask for only big names or is he just a ppl’s boxer?which popularity is beyond other’s but his acomplishment lack the luster of many, I think margarito vs cotto is in order and then the winner vs the winner of hatton vs floyd
ps. I dont hate anyone I just hate great boxers being denied of chances to prove themselves and regular good boxers being granted the idol status before they earn it, peace everybody!!!!!
1) Mosley won…2)cotto gave an incredible level rising performance…3)mosley shows great class in losing a fight he won….4) i’d really would of been happy if it was a draw…5)now if anyone thinks DLH got mosely to throw a fight, i say stop smoking that oooooweeee!!!! 6) hatton is never…NEVER going to be able to beat FLOYD…7)and stop trying to throw maragito in the mix, a b- fighter w/ good punching power..
CAn’t wait to see the replay. It sounds like a great fight by two very good fighters who gave all they had. The fact that eveyone says it was close and could have gone either way if you add up all the calls, would make a rematch great, but not likely. The big paycheck for Cotto will be to take on Hatton after he clocks Mayweather. It also sounds like Shane wants to get on with his life and something else. Or he may be worried about the drug charges and figures if he quits now, and he has lots of money anyway, the charges will go away. Mosely is a great fighter with smarts and determination. He is a credit to the sport and to himself. Cotto is also a great fighter and a very good guy.
a great fight – i thought cotto did just enough to win, although mosley came on strong at the end there but in the middle rounds he didn’t quite do enough. i thought he maybe could have snatched a draw but really you couldn’t argue with the decision. Cotto’s jab and its effectiveness was the difference.
most people scored the fight not on the actual results but based their decision on race; rather than actual boxing knowledge.
I don’t know what happen here. I agree with most, Mosley won the fight to me as well. If not a win, maybe a draw at most!
Cotto lost the ^^%$#@* fight by 2 rounds. the bad karma will scre him later.
i thouhgt the fight was mosleys to take but in the last 3 rounds his age showed. he could not take advantage of his oppourtunities.
Not only Cotto won. But he beat Mosley at his game. The jab was faster than Mosley’s. Everybody was saying that Mosley was too fast and he was going to hit Cotto too many times to count. Didn’t happen. The only reason Cotto moce away in the final rounds was because his corner told he had won the fight already. The big difference was that was Cotto’s punches were stronger. Mosley couldn’t move him. Mosley knows it. The judges saw it. The commentators saw it. You guys have to open your eyes. Regarding to Margarito I have to say: He is not a champion anymore and he doesn’t sell. But Cotto will make him a favor and send him to retirement
cotto won the fight.. he over powered mosley..
Ma faciteme o piacere! andateve a magną i vostri hamburger de merda voi e quel bollito di Mosley
Glad to see that many judged the fight accurately regardless of the flawed judging. Mosley won the fight and should be commended for being gracious. The Cotto run has seen is share of shady dealings (N’dou, Corley), and although I’m not gonna say the fight was fixed outright, I can do math; Mosley’s 36 with maybe 1 more big fight left, boxing stand to make a lot more with a 27 yr old, undefeated fighter with an fanatical following (almost sounds like Hatton. I understand that it’s big business but some of us wouldlike fights to be judged fairly-ask Louis Collazo.
Cotto cleary won that fight. The only punch that Mosley had going was the right hook and some upperhooks. Cotto had his jab working, his left and right working, he connected better combinations than Mosley and simply, the right cheek of Mosley’s face said it all. I ain’t taking nothing from Mosley, he’s a hell of a boxer, but the better man was my countryman, Miguel Cotto. It was a close bout and the judges made the right decision.
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Cotto win and Mosley lost. Mayweather is next!!!!
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Mosley/Cotto was one of the closest and most evenly matched world title fights I had seen for a long time and though I firmly believe Mosley deserved to get the decision I have no argument with the verdict going to Cotto. Cotto fought a very good fight and kept coming with his measured and precise punches all night. If there is ever a rematch (I don’t think there ever will be) I think Cotto may even become the first man to stop or knockout Mosley. Mosley was and is a great fighter but father time is catching up with him and it wont be long before he retires. I expect he will bow out at year’s end.
mosely won the fight he has faster hand speed
i hate how people say i dont care what the judges say . well guess what they dont care about you either. If they say you win you win. just accept the fact that mosley lost and cotto with the win. Stop your crying!be a man!
I’m old enough to remember when boxing was huge. A heavyweight championship fight was like the superbowl. But then Don King and a few other promoters decided it would be better, if they, not the boxers had all the power.
Next came great fighters not being able to get a shot at the championship, unless they “played ball.”
Add to that, decisions that a blind man wouldn’t make. Decisions that left the announcers, and the Howard Letterman’s speechless. It doesn’t take many obviously ‘bent’ decisions before the fans just stop caring.
Lastly, you have the best athletes going into other sports, where their brains won’t look like swiss cheese. Then, as boxing was wobbling, and against the ropes comes MMA. Boxing is on its back, and the ref is counting: 8………..9…………10.
I am an M.D. and mma is actually less dangerous. The combatants can be stunned or forced into a submission, but you rarely see 36 minutes of brain scarring carnage. We’ll need to see the mma athletes in their 50’s, 60’s and on autopsy to see how the brain damage compares. I observed the autopsy of a semi-famous boxer, who died in his 60’s, but he showed no signs of brain dysfunction, publically, i.e., he was not like Ali, obviously demented . Yet slices made through his brain, looked like swiss cheese, areas that bled, then the tissue died. Its simply a matter of luck and genetics, what areas on your brain will be damaged.
Boxers are like gladiators of ancient Rome, they risk much and receive much. Its just too bad there are so many Don Kings.
I’m old enough to remember when boxing was huge. A heavyweight championship fight was like the superbowl. But then Don King and a few other promoters decided it would be better, if they, not the boxers had all the power.
Next came great fighters not being able to get a shot at the championship, unless they “played ball.”
Add to that, decisions that a blind man wouldn’t make. Decisions that left the announcers, and the Howard Letterman’s speechless. It doesn’t take many obviously ‘bent’ decisions before the fans just stop caring.
Lastly, you have the best athletes going into other sports, where their brains won’t look like swiss cheese. Then, as boxing was wobbling, and against the ropes comes MMA. Boxing is on its back, and the ref is counting: 8………..9…………10.
I am an M.D. and mma is actually less dangerous. The combatants can be stunned or forced into a submission, but you rarely see 36 minutes of brain scarring carnage. We’ll need to see the mma athletes in their 50’s, 60’s and on autopsy to see how the brain damage compares. I observed the autopsy of a semi-famous boxer, who died in his 60’s, but he showed no signs of brain dysfunction, publically, i.e., he was not like Ali, obviously demented . Yet slices made through his brain, looked like swiss cheese, areas that bled, then the tissue died. Its simply a matter of luck and genetics, what areas on your brain will be damaged.
Boxers are like gladiators of ancient Rome, they risk much and receive much. Its just too bad there are so many Don Kings.