I'm cutting my teeth on boxing with the current run I guess you'd call it since about last month. I saw Angulo vs. Cintron, Urango vs. Berto, and just now caught Cotto vs. Clottey; all of these were Welterweight fights, which, for the uninformed, is below middleweight and above like 4 other weight classes. Basically it's guys who are between 140 and 147 pounds.
The first two were good, albiet one-sided fights, and the way all the fighters got off with nothing worse than a pinprick above an eyelid or a shiner lulled me into a false sense of security for Cotto vs. Clottey last night, which was brutal and a great fucking fight.
All 12 rounds are up on YouTube, but if you get HBO I'd reccommend getting it from OnDemand so it's not split up and gay.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDpZE...eature=related
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Clottey was my pony from about round 3 when he split Cotto's head open, but I definitely agree with Cotto winning. Anyone who can last that long against as good a fighter as Clottey with a fucking vagina carved into his face and only one functional eye, while managing to still win a few rounds, is a damned hard bastard.
Clottey getting slammed into the canvas looked pretty painful. When he didn't get up for about 20 seconds I thought he was going to throw in the towel. |