by Gautham Nagesh
One of the benefits of working at Washington’s premier policy publication is that I share office space with Tim Starks of TQBR, who scored Saturday night’s main event between Floyd Mayweather and Miguel Cotto a draw. I spoke briefly with Starks about the fight and his verdict, which was not far from my card of 115-113 Mayweather. We were both in agreement on one note: the quality of the fight was a credit to Cotto, not an indictment of Floyd.
The fighter that showed up at the MGM Grand on Saturday night was the Miguel Cotto of old, not the man that fought Manny Pacquiao in 2009. Miguel brought pressure and made the fight, but he also used his hard jab beautifully to control Floyd and draw blood early. That Floyd was eventually able to gain control of the fight and finish strong is a testament to his will and hard work in the gym. Cotto has nothing to be ashamed of after giving the world’s best boxer his toughest fight in a decade.
HBO replays the fight this Saturday at 10:15 p.m., followed by the debut of the new boxing studio show “The Fight Game with Jim Lampley.”
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