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Cotto-Geale 3rd Highest-Rated Cable Fight of 2015
The venue may have changed, but Miguel Cotto is still good for business when he fights on cable television in New York City.
The Puerto Rican superstar enjoyed a successful return to the Big Apple and HBO, as his 4th round knockout of Daniel Geale on June 6 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn pulled in an average of 1.589 million viewers, peaking at 1.621 million viewers.
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Cotto-Geale: Good & Terrible 06.06.15
Miguel Cotto stopped Daniel Geale in 4 rounds last night, and while the fight itself was fan friendly, for the second time in his last three fights there was a mismatch of color schemes that was not particularly pleasing to the eye.
Lets quickly discuss Cotto’s set - i thought it was great. He has been mixing in pink a lot recently (Mayweather and Martinez fights as well) and this look was strong.
His trunks were sky blue with a gray waistband (with his MC logo in pink) and pink stripe with white piping along the sides. His gloves were matching blue with gray on the palm. His shoes (we should note that gloves, trunks and shoes are all Everlast) were blue, pink and gray. A great look. What could go wrong?
The problem is that Geale (who’s gear I won’t go into in detail, but was basically a replacement level set of trunks, gloves and shoes - unoffensive but forgettable) was royal blue and red. The worst types of contrasts in sports (in my opinion...and you’re following my tumblr) are different shades of the same color:
And thats what we had last night, except with shades of blue (and the pink/red contrast). Luckily it didn’t last that long.
The weird thing, and I guess this is a coincidence, is that something similar happened to Miguel two fights ago against Delvin Rodriguez in Orlando. He had a great set but wound up wearing nearly an identical look to Rodriguez except that (i) the reds were slightly different shades, (ii) Delvin, like Daniel, went glossy to Cotto’s standard fabric, and (iii) Delvin, like Daniel, went with royal blue to Cotto’s sky blue.
Clearly, the contrast in blues in the Geale fight was greater than the contrast of reds in the Rodriguez fight, but still - bad luck for Cotto. We may have a huge showdown with Canelo to look forward to later this year, so hopefully that will produce a classic fight with classic sets.
Respect box.
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Miguel Cotto vs Daniel Geale 06.06.15 - Barclays Center, Brooklyn NY
Just watched Cotto-Geale
A quick 4 round stoppage for Cotto. Cotto was sharp and strong, and having a year out didn’t seem to negatively impact him. I can’t say the same for Daniel Geale and the catchweight though. Geale was never really a stunningly skilled or explosively skilled fighter to begin with, but he looked especially poor in there for this fight. His punches were sluggish and lacked any snap, and he looked uneasy even before the first bell. Having to shed lots of weight through dehydration and pile it all back on in the space of 24 hours takes a toll on almost everything a fighter needs to be successful - speed, power, punch resistance. I feel like that accounts for Geale’s poor performance more than anything. The thing that makes this so annoying is that Cotto looked great, he was as sharp and as strong as ever. He’s one of the elite fighters of this era. He shouldn’t need to hamstring an opponent like Daniel Geale to beat him. For that reason I feel like he won’t take much credit away from this fight, like I said in my post about this fight yesterday. He’s almost certain to fight Canelo Alvarez next, and I do think that’s a good, even contest that I’ll look forward to. I’ll be rooting for Alvarez, though.
Cotto knocks out Geale in 4th round, retains WBC title
NEW YORK (AP) — Miguel Cotto didn't quite break into "New York, New York" after one of his most powerful showings in the city that never sleeps. http://dlvr.it/B7K4mR
Miguel Cotto vs. Daniel Geale WBC World Middleweight Title June 6, 2015
Beautiful left hook by Cotto.
Trivia: Right hook to the body then left hook to the head is cited by Mike Tyson as his favorite combination.
