What he could of done better series: Antonio Margarito vs Miguel Cotto 2

Margarito wasn't close in a single round, dude...

What could he have done differently?

Load his gloves; if he wanted the same results of the first fight.

 

I do like the concept of the thread, don't mean to sound like an ******* like I did...

 

Once tony got caught his psyche was changed forever. He was never the same.

 

There was nothing Margarato could do, either suddenly acquire some boxing skills he never had just in time for the Cotto rematch or load gloves his again. He looked pathetic in his showings against an old man Mosley, a midget, and a previous victim because he got to where he was at artificially, he never belonged at that level, and when the pads came off it showed.

 

Rik was marg that horrible in the Mosley fight? I gotta rewatch it.

 

It's actually better than it should've been, Shane was told by Nasim that he found something in his gloves but he instructed him to act as though he didn't. So Shane was giving him too much respect early, once Shane realized Maragato could not hurt him it was bombs away, Shane probably could've gotten him out of there earlier had not been apprehensive early.

 

It's amazing what a zombie tony turned into after he was caught. He looked nothing like he did in 05-08

 

Actually, it would have been a good idea to defend his right eye from the beginning to ensure he was there for the later rounds when he would put the serious heat on. Everybody was talking about Tony's eye before the fight... so it's not like it was a huge surprise when the fight was stopped because of it.

Of course, there's always a chance he did try his best to defend his eye and just wasn't successful...

 

Tony's almost too tough for his own good. Because few punches hurt him, he just kept eating them, not taking into consideration the damage they were doing to his eye.

 

Agreed.

Agreed.

Defense was obviously never a strength. But his ability to absorb punishment was epic. (Whatever you may think of his abilities in relation to the loaded gloves scandal, that can't be taken away.) That eye just wasn't able to hold up to the punishment like the rest of his head.

What could have been done different in this fight would have had to occur in the Pacquiao-Margarito fight, and that would have been to stop the fight before his eye had been damaged past the point of full recovery.

 

Ya he was tough as hell and freakishly large for his weight. He dwarfs cotto in the ring and not just in regards to height. People devalue him because of the wraps and getting ko'd by Mosley, but even without the wraps he could have still been a top competitor due to his size, toughness, and relentlessness. the guy doesn't stop coming forward.

 

Disagree, that chin would've withered away long before he had ever reached this level without the wraps. Look how many fights he lasted after the wraps came off, 4. With three of the four having serious consequences, one a KO, one after which he need eye repair, and one a career ending TKO. Once those wraps started turning the tide for him, he didn't deal with nearly as much as he would've have without them.

He spent more time and worry having to chase his opponents down after his wraps hardened than he did being hit by them. No opponent could chance taking their time to sit down on their punches for fear of just being touched by Margarato's gloves, and that saved his skull just as seen when drawing the comparison of with and without plaster.

 

toni was not hurt once in the first or second fight at all cotto got lucky in the second fight thanks to pacman for ****ing tonis eye.........

 

It was fortunate for Cotto that that eye was softened up. But lucky? He dominated Margarito in the 2nd fight. I think people are confusing Margarito's relentless advance(of which there was much), and success(of which there was very little).

There will always be shadows cast over the 1st fight, true or not. And there will always be questions about both fights, because of the wraps scandal, and the preexisting eye damage.