REDEMPTION BORICUA SYTLE

Cotto proved the first fight was ALL plaster

Cotto crushing an unplastered Wetback

 

The end result. Much different than the first fight huh?

Gotta love Pro Boxing

From ESPN.COM:

The WBC did not wait for the California State Athletic Commission to have a hearing on the bizarre outcome of last Saturday night's Bernard Hopkins-Chad Dawson light heavyweight championship fight at the Staples Center.
Instead, the Mexico City-based sanctioning organization reinstated Hopkins as its 175-pound world champion and declared the fight a technical draw on Thursday.
"I feel very happy. I feel that justice was done," Hopkins told ESPN.com.
The fight ended in a storm of controversy with Dawson being declared a second-round winner by technical knockout. It happened after Hopkins, who missed a right hand, wound up draped over Dawson's back during his follow through. Dawson then grabbed Hopkins by the leg, lifted him and shoved him down to the canvas. Hopkins landed awkwardly on the edge of the ring, suffered a dislocation of the joint connecting his left shoulder to his collar bone and was unable to continue.

Referee Pat Russell did not rule that Dawson had committed a foul -- be it on purpose or accidentally -- and awarded Dawson a TKO victory despite no punch landing. Had a foul been ruled, Hopkins would have retained the title on a no contest. 

As much as I love the sport of boxing, fights like this are the reason I along with many other fans are turning to MMA. There is so much BS and drama with boxing now a days it feels more like WWE than anything else. With that being said I will be ordering the next two HBO Boxing PPVs.

I will leave you with this little medley to enjoy over the weekend for those of you have yet to joined the MMA Nation.
 

 -J-Rod

We Love Twitter

Why?  Because you catch people (mostly celebs) running that yap (most times BEFORE the agent can stop it).


Floyd Mayweather (@FloydMayweather): "Victoria Ortiz's idol is Oscar De La Hoya aka Golden Girl #fishnet #blackpantyhose http://twitpic.com/6razy4"


LMAO.  But for those who hate Money,


Tim Kennedy (@TimKennedyMMA): "Just rewatched the Ortiz v. Mayweather fight. I might dislike Floyd Mayweather almost as much as I dislike Bisping."


Missing the reference, can my MMA folks help me out here??  And lastly,


Mike Tyson (@Mike Tyson): "I bit Evander because I was undisciplined at that moment.  I had nothing to lose then. I had no wife, I didn't have my kids."


Really?  Mike, we had NO IDEA you were undisciplined at that time.  Not you Mike!!  What I meant to say was thanks Mike for the insight, pleeeeeease don't punch me in the face.


-DM

HBO Saturday Night Raw

Well there you have it. What was suppose to be a championship fight turned in a WWE style circus. You could have easily replaced Floyd Mayweather with Triple H. For those who missed the fight I will give you a quick summary. It was late in the 4th round I believe. Victor Ortiz had Mayweather up in the corner. Perhaps frustated with Mayweather having him tied up, Ortiz headbutted Floyd. The referee quickly broke it up and deducted a point from Ortiz. Ortiz immediately began apologizing both to the referee then to Mayweather. After the apology Ortiz took a step back and Floyd proceeded to toss a sucker punch. I think Ortiz was ok after the first one cause he then looked at the ref like WTF? The second one put him out. Did the ref Cortez tell them men to "Fight" after the point deduction? I never saw him do that live or during the replay. The fact that Cortez never told the fighters that it was time in should have been an automatic disqualification for Mayweather. What we didn't know was that Vince McMahon had paid off Cortez so that Mayweather could face off against the Undertaker at the next Wrestlemania. This is exactly why so many boxing fans have turned to MMA. All this HBO "Championship" fight needed was some tables, ladders and chairs SMH.



Lets not forget that every WWE match ends with a dramatic post match interview!!

-J-Rod


All this fight needed was Ms. Elizabeth roaming the corner ring.  Maybe some Jim Ross yelling ringside.  Or better yet Cortez gets somehow "knocked unconscious" and wakes just in time to see someone knocked down in the ring and he counts them out.  LOL.


All I'ma say was for all that "force" you can generate in a punch when you sucker punch surprise someone, the fact that Ortiz was hit twice, knocked down AND was then able to give a post-fight interview say A LOT about Mayweather's "force" of punch.  For that FM you get a #FAIL.


-DM