Cotto TKOs Judah
I meant to post this much earlier in the week. Sorry about that.
The following is taken from BoxingTimes, and you can read the blow by blow breakdown at their site HERE.
With blood pouring from a cut in his mouth and over his right eye, Cotto was relentless in defending his crown and scoring a brutal and bloody 11th round TKO over Zab Judah. The champion strayed south of the border twice in the 1st and the 3rd rounds with low blows that sent Judah to the deck in agony and the champion lost a point following the second stomach churning foul.
Nevertheless, Cotto continued his assault against the former undisputed 147-pound champion and repeatedly outmuscled and ripped into Judah with stunning left jabs, riveting short right crosses and enough body shots to make most ringsiders wince.
With the pro-Cotto crowd at the Garden chanting his name, the 26-year-old WBA king pummeled the challenger with wicked volleys and forced Judah to take a knee with little over a minute to go in the ninth round.
Judah attempted to return fire but Cotto's withering fire floored the challenger flat on his back early in the 11th, with a sharp right hand to the head followed by a neck snapping left uppercut to the jaw. Moment's later, after catching the Brooklyn southpaw on the ropes with several more scalding shots including a searing left uppercut to the head followed by a clubbing left hook to the skull, referee Arthur Mercante Jr. jumped between the boxers to save Judah from any further punishment.
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