Ricardo Mayorga now needs a job. Well thats what he said in his post fight interview on Showtime after Miguel Cotto stopped him in 12 exciting rounds at the MGM Grand. Mayorga was also man enough to admit that all the acting pre fight was just to sell tickets and that Cotto was the better man who punched very hard.
Regarding Mayorga's retirement , i think its the perfect time as he can only fight in small spurts. This suited Cotto who was able to win most of the rounds with his jab. The Puerto Rican icon also never fell for any of the challengers shenanigans , he stayed calm and picked his shots when needed. On my card i had Cotto winning 5 of the first 6 rounds with only the 2nd being close enough to merit Mayorga with a share. Cotto was landing the better punches and was more frequent with them.
The challengers best round was the 7th as for once he was able to maintian a constant pace and push Cotto back. I also gave the challenger the 8th and 9th purely on workrate but it was to be Mayorga's last stand as Cotto regained his composure and began to control the fight again in the 10th and the 11th.
Cotto fought at a un-hurried pace , i actually think he looked slow in the fight , not punch wise but overall movement. The 154lb limit seems to be one weight too many?? but he is a titlelist and there are big fights out there for him to take namely Sergio Martinez or Saul Alvarez.
What happened in the 12th remains a wee bit of a mystery because when Cotto had floored Mayorga the challenger immediately clutched his left hand. Replys showed there was minimum contact with the hand. Mayorga continued though for about 20-30 seconds but then asked the ref to stop the fight as he was in too much pain not by the punch but by the pain in his hand.
It certainly was a weird ending to a weird type of fighter that is Mayorga.
Below as always is my scorecard along with the boxing fans forums scores , TV , written press and boxing websites scoreson the fight.
Round 1.....Cotto 10-9
Round 2.....Draw 10-10
Round 3.....Cotto 10-9
Round 4.....Cotto 10-9
Round 5.....Cotto 10-9
Round 6.....Cotto 10-9
Round 7.....Mayorga 10-9
Round 8.....Mayorga 10-9
Round 9.....Mayorga 10-9
Round 10...Cotto 10-9
Round 11...Cotto 10-9
TOTAL.....107-103.... MIGUEL COTTO
MIGUEL COTTO WINS BY 12TH ROUND TKO
Judges Scores : Duane Ford...107-102.....Cotto
Jerry Roth......107-102.....Cotto
Chris Wilson..107-102.....Cotto
TV , Fans Forums , Written Press and Boxing Websites Scores
Al Bernstein (showtime)........108-101 Cotto
Antonio Tarver (showtime)...108-101 Cotto
Diego Martinez (showtime press).......108-101 Cotto
Kieran Mulvaney (showtime press)....108-101 Cotto
Lance Pugmire (showtime press)........107-102 Cotto
Graham Houston (boxingmonthly)......108-101 Cotto
LA Times......107-102 Cotto
Kevin Iole (yahoo)..........107-102 Cotto
Steve Cofield (yahoo).....108-101 Cotto
Dan Ambrose (boxingnews24.com).....107-102 Cotto
Boxrec Forum....8-0 in favor of Cotto...cards...106-103 , 119-110
Budweiser Forum...2-0 in favor of Cotto but left no cards
Livefight.com.....11-0 in favor of Cotto....card...107-102
Boxingscene Forum....5-0 in favor of Cotto...card...108-101
Eastsideboxing Forum....14-0 in favor of Cotto...cards...108-101 x 9 , 106-103 x2
................................................................................107-102 x 3 , 109-100
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