More over rated-Margo's skill or Cottos power

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  1. Guru_Too_You

    Guru_Too_You ESB OG circa '99 Full Member

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    Hey all kudos to Shane.

    But Shane was always easier to hit, more likely to bang and less technically sound than the fighter who you try to bring up but won't name.

    So if anything, last night made it even more obvious that there was no reason for him to "step up"
     
  2. 1lehudson

    1lehudson Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Dude it came down to toughness and will...Shane had he toughness to handle what Margo was giving him and to go to his body when Cotto was scared to. Rememeber Cotto pretty mcuh said that he wasnt willing to risk going to Margos body. Shane had the WILL to not allow Margo to back him up unless he wanted to back up and never allowed Margo to put him on the ropes...Plus Shane had the power to actaully keep margo from charging in the way that he did with Cotto...
     
  3. Guru_Too_You

    Guru_Too_You ESB OG circa '99 Full Member

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    OK.

    If you think that Margo's skill would be higher rated on any scale than Cotto's power I think you are delusional.
     
  4. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    The most overrated thing was Margarito's Chin. That myth was shattered last night. Literally.
     
  5. Guru_Too_You

    Guru_Too_You ESB OG circa '99 Full Member

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    Cotto had the power to. He just fought with the wrong game plan. And like I said earlier, he was in fact fighting in a manner that would lead you to believe he was scared.

    Do you find any coincidence in the fact that Shane fought 100% differently?
     
  6. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    it was Mosley that beat Margo not Floyd.

    everytime a guy that Floyd shouldve fought but he didnt loses you guys act like it was Floyd that did it.

    in the end it came down to guts Mosley had them and Floyd didnt.
     
  7. san rafael

    san rafael 0.00% lemming Full Member

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    Did you just get OWNED? I would say so..

    Don't get mad sweetheart, I said NOTHING about any scale or who or what is rated higher.
     
  8. thesham01

    thesham01 Undisputed Champion Full Member

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    wrong

    margarito has/had a great chin, the shots he took last night would of downed a horse!its just he took too many big hits!his defence let him down , not his chin!

    name another fighter that could of taken that many big shots 2 fights in a row against top quality fighters???
     
  9. Guru_Too_You

    Guru_Too_You ESB OG circa '99 Full Member

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    LOL.

    You are a pathetic display of displaced aggression.

    I didnt bring him up, you did. His name is not in the thread, and the thread has nothing to do with him, yet you bring him up.

    I didn't say that Floyd beat him. I just stated that after watching last night, I am even more confident that he would not have had a problem with Margarito. He would have been hit a few more times because the bout would have gone all 12, for Floyd doesnt have Mosley's power. However, Floyd is much better defensively, had about the same handspeed and much quicker feet.

    God your hatred for Floyd is borderline delusional.
     
  10. Guru_Too_You

    Guru_Too_You ESB OG circa '99 Full Member

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    No dip ****. You made a good point. Pretty sure I'm still a free man.

    If you're that excited to make a good point, perhaps you should take your "victory" with you to the bathroom and have a good time with yourself.

    Margarito never had any skill. He has a great chin, great endurance and humongous will. Problem being, last night he face a guy with all that and skill.
     
  11. pauliemayweathe

    pauliemayweathe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    has shane ever been in thst positon??? easy to say he wouldn't stop...cotto was getting hit with plaster hands
     
  12. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    the only thing you know based on last night is that Mosley was beeter than Margo and thats it.

    other than that is "what if" and those two words sum up Floyds career.
     
  13. Guru_Too_You

    Guru_Too_You ESB OG circa '99 Full Member

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    Only at welterweight. Only at welterweight my friend.
     
  14. divac

    divac Loyal Member Full Member

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    Both Mosely and Cotto are faster and more skilled than Margarito......

    ......Sadly, people cant take a look at a fight and find the reasons that a particular fighter suceeded when another could'nt......sadly, if HBO does'nt feed them right down their pathetic throats with a biased opinion of theres of what transpired, the people including those in this very forum are just clueless......

    Let me tell you all the difference maker last night that abled Mosely to do what Cotto could'nt.......





    ........the reason is that Mosely matched, and may even have exceeded Margarito's brute strenghth.......for you clueless that dont have a clue......strenghth and power are two totally different things.

    A fighter can hit and land very hard, but not have the physicaly strenghth to move the other.

    Thats what Mosely had against Margarito that Cotto did'nt have.......
    Mosely who has been known to be able to bench press over 300 pounds, used his physicaly strenghth to body up, push Margarito back, and tie his longer hands up in knots, but using the physical strenghth many of us already knew he possesed.

    Since we already knew that Mosely was faster and more skilled than Margarito, the fact that we found out (at least those that pay attention) that Mosely was just as physically strong as Margarito, is what was the difference in what Mosely was able to do and Cotto could not do.

    Mosely as far as Physical strenghth is concerned as a Welterweight, is far superior to that of Cotto.......

    ....go back and watch the Mosely-Cotto fight.....it was Mosely making Cotto retreat, and physical strenghth is a monumental part of it!


    Now go home boys and girls and tell mommy what you learned today!:deal
     
  15. Wearside

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    Even the majority of Margo's fans never thought he had an abundance of ability. Hes always been a plodder with a chin. Fans realised that Cotto had left most of his power at LW a while ago. Not that Id call him feather fisted by any stretch.