Comments Thread For: Alvarez Outpoints Cotto, Claims Middleweight Crown

[megas30]

That was a good fight. Actually, much better than what I was expecting.

What surprised me the most was Alvarez's great defense, it has improved quite a lot.

Neither Cotto nor Alvarez knows how to fight of off their defense. It is a shame the damage they could have inflicted if they knew how to.

[Lunchbucket]

Those cards were a joke. I had Alvarez winning a close decision.

Fights like this is why I don't like Canelo. He keeps getting given gifts by the judges. For the record, I had his fight with Trout and Lara a draw. Guess who won?

I hope he has the balls to face GGG, and GGG knocks him the **** out (and I am not a GGG fanboy).

[STAX ON DECK]

Canelo probably won by 2 rounds at most...I think the judges were way off and I think it was a passing of the torch kind of thing and it probably didn't help cotto that he was stripped of the title....belts go hand in hand with champions and doing what cotto did probably sealed his fate with the judges....cotto will retire and he has nothing left to give.....canelo on the other hand has fast hands and great punch placement but he moves like he is stuck in mud....slow feet and ponderous .....golovkin will murder him if they fight

ur purto rican aint u....

it was no "handing of the torch" because cotto never had a torch to begin with,he beat nothing but handicapped fighters,and now that he stepped up to canelo he got beat up. he thrw jabs all night and barely landed anything with power

and canelo beats ggg easily,ggg has not faced a SINGLE elite fighter yet

[Jubei]

Is that a thing now for Cotto and Broner leaving the ring out of shame before being interviewed.

So immature.

[ElMeroChingon]

im sorry but cotto jabbed the mess out of him several times..canelo really only won bc he was the bigger man and causing damage..im still not sold but at least he now has a fight he can say he actually won
8 to 4 canelo

Canelo won because he was the the most accurate, good defense, and landed better shots. that simple.

[ThePunchingBag]

i am starting to agree. Cotto was doing a nice illusion, but he was landing little and with no effectiveness

Canelo had like 20 lbs on him. You expect Cotto to knock out a young lion with a 20lb weight advantage?

Canelo was only landing 2-3 good shots a round while Cotto was peppering him with combinations all night.

If this fight was scored the way Mayweather fights are scored then Cotto would have won, but those cards were mailed in before the bell even rang.

[7_rocket]

Disgraceful scorecards and a black eye on the sport. I would not have a problem with Canelo winning, as I scored the fight a draw with too many of the rounds being very close, but it makes me sick when the result was determined before the opening bell. You know that it is going to be the same story every time Canelo steps in the ring; he will have to be thoroughly outboxed (good enough for a majority decision win) or knocked out.

Pac vs bradley 1 was a black eye

[Dean_Razorback]

only saw half the fight, and still those scorecards seems awful. good for cotto, i thought he was gonna be killed tonight, guess canelo has a small gas tank. if he does fight GGG (i don't believe oscar will let him) he gets fucked

[alexander28]

Boxing is all about money and this fight was already planned to passing the tittle to Canelo to continue boxing. Cotto now will retire. Boom end of the story.

[SteveM]

Fight was 7-5 Canelo but because of the score card you won see a rematch now..

It wasn't close enough for a rematch and Cotto is getting older and Canelo is coming into his peak years - and getting bigger.