I missed Delvin Rodriguez's match last night but it sounds like he put a scary beating on his opponent. He is now US welter title holder, however unfortunately in an ugly fashion and sent him to the hospital.

We should all be proud of Delvin continuing a promising campaign, but right now I just hope his opponent comes out OK after surgery


http://maxboxing.com/Cliff/Rold071708.asp

More on the opponent..he is past surgery but still in critical condition...

http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news?slug=afp-boxusawelterdiaz&prov=afp&type=lgns

very sad .....The ref should not be allowed to call another fight.

On another note I bet Puerto Ricans in Nyc are heart broken over the Cotto loss.

Cotto got served!
Margarito came with a plan and he stuck to it. Margarito worked on Cotto's body for the first four rounds while Cotto was head hunting. Cotto was obviously laboring under the assumption that he had enough power to eventually knock Margarito out, which was obviously wrong. Margarito soaked up Cotto's shots and then went to work with the jab and relentless pursuit after the fourth. Cotto couldn't handle the onslaught. I can't beleive, though, that Cotto went out like he did with one knee to the canvas. Great fight though.

Yeah the boy was feeling it he gave it to Cotto was kind of unexpected seening how Cotto has been dominating for a while.

I still haven't watched the Rodriguez-Diaz fight (not a fan of watching fights that end so badly) but I've read that it did not appear too tremendous a beatdown so the ref's choice is understandable. More likely the commission should not have let this guy fight as often as he did...also commissions need to look hard at the real culprit in a lot of these situations, the pre-fight weight-draining.

I'm a tremendous Cotto fan, I go to all his fights in New York at the Garden. I knew from the day this fight was made that it was big trouble Well a LOT of fighters have ducked and avoided Margarito, and Cotto gave him a valiant fight so I'm still a fan. I was actually impressed at the huge adjustments Cotto made to his style. He once again showed he is not just a heavy-handed guy but a complete technical fighter...most would agree his form was superior that night, but unfortunately it wasn't enough as Margarito's chin and will are made of steel.

"I'm a tremendous Cotto fan, I go to all his fights in New York at the Garden. "

I was there when he fought Judah in the garden...cuanta mujere!...I'm still a Cotto fan regardless of what transpired against Margarito. I hope there's a rematch. With a different game plan Cotto might be able to do something next time.

The guy to watch is Joan Guzman. His fight is 9/13 in Mississippi on Showtime vs. Nate Campbell. He needs to fight Manny Pacquiao. Pac-man is SCARED to face Joan. He keeps moving up in weight to aviod Joan. If Joan wins, Pacquiao bettter face him.

I HATE the way Pacquiao fights. He's gotten somewhat better but I always get the impression that he just throws wild punches that manage to land.

I like his style! His is always coming forward ready to fight not like the glorified waltzing that the sport
has been putting out for the past few years.