11-22-2015, 11:15 PM
(11-22-2015, 10:40 PM)cranky Wrote:(11-22-2015, 06:53 PM)Steven Wrote: Whats the deal with honouring America? The Puerto Rico and Mexican anthems get followed by the American anthem. I suppose that one was for the crowd.
....And that Puerto Rico isn't a separate country- it is part of the US (like Guam and American Samoa)...
"On July 25, 1898, during the Spanish–American War, the U.S. invaded Puerto Rico with a landing at Guánica. As an outcome of the war, Spain ceded Puerto Rico, along with the Philippines and Guam, then under Spanish sovereignty, to the U.S. under the Treaty of Paris."
Fascinating, did not know that. So it was specifically for Cotto? Without knowing that, and the weird wording when introducing the anthem it came off as self centered.
Diehard - Cotto threw a lot more than Canelo, even compubox backs you up on that one. But hardly anything from his combos seemed to get through. Lots of elbows, shoulders and gloves. I was thinking that Roach was crazy when they interviewed him and he tried to reason they were in front. It certainly wasn't a demolition, or all one way traffic, but Canelo always seemed ahead to me.