MAYWEATHER BEATS COTTO BUT FIGHT WAS A RUDE AWAKENING FOR THE MONEY MAN
By Ed de la Vega, DDS
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 07 May 2012
MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas:- No one doubted the outcome of the fight even before it got started. Otherwise it would not been made. That is just the case in fights that involves Mayweather Jr.
Everyone knew that and it will not be a surprise if Team Mayweather, Team Cotto and the promoters knew it too.
The only thing that was uncertain was how the fight will play out.
Mind you, it almost did not end up the way they envisioned it to.
Miguel Cotto was defeated by Floyd Mayweather Jr. But the latter took a beating he never experienced before. His nose bled badly and he had lots of welts in his face. Had it not been for the great cutman he had, the story would have been different.
No one said that Miguel Cotto will lie down and just take the loss. They knew he will fight but they also knew he would lose. But no one thought that he would give a performance that sparked the crowd to a near frenzy.
The judges gave scores that seemed to indicate that Cotto took a beating and lost badly.
On the contrary the fight was way close, more than what the score cards indicated. This writer had it 115-113 for Mayweather.
The fight showed something interesting. That is, the Mayweather of today will not beat the Pacquiao of today. That is why they will never fight.
Pacquiao took Cotto to the edge and forced the referee to stop the fight. Mayweather on the other hand had it so rough with Cotto that he had to call on all his skills and experiences before he beat Cotto by what the judges said was via wide unanimous decision. Mayweather in fact admitted later that Cotto was the toughest guy he fought
For Mayweather, it was rude awakening.
For the boxing fans and other aficionados it was more than that.
It means they will never see Mayweather fight Pacquiao because Mayweather know in his heart that Pacquiao has the greatest potential to knock him off the pedestal of ?unbeaten? boxers.
So why should he fight him and share all the money when he can keep it all to himself after fighting others.
It?s a business decision and self preservation combined. That is why they do not call him ?money? for nothing.
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