96-94 Antonio Margarito. I really dig the pressure fighters who bring the action. I have no problem with anyone saying Cotto was leading though.
I think it was the 9th or 10th round that Margarito clearly won ... before that it was a round that Margarito had won early on ... I think it was a round where he had Cotto in trouble ... Cotto was landing the more effective punches ... alot of Margarito's punches were getting blocked or weren't landing clean. When you seen Cotto land it made Margarito's head snap back .... One thing that Cotto didn't do that he normally does is attack the body ... Cotto rarely threw body punches, if at all ...
Here was mine at the time. Rewatching it will probably change some things: 1. Cotto 2. Margarito* 3. Cotto 4. Cotto* 5. Cotto 6. Cotto* 7. Margarito 8. Margarito 9. Cotto 10. Margarito 96-94 Cotto * = close rounds that were difficult to score
As did two judges and Harold Letterman, I had the fight 96-94 Margarito (the other judge had it 95-95, I think). Cotto had absolutely no chance to win the fight, particularly after being en route to a 10-7 11th round. Stoppage or scorecards, Cotto was going to lose. Quitting, given those facts, might not have been such a bad idea.
it was smart to stop the fight because margo would have won the round... plus 2 knock outs.. so marg would have been up anywhere in between 2 - 5 points... cotto for sure wasnt knocking cotto out in that 12th round so even if the fight continued cotto was either getting knocked out or ud'd
lol at some of the people who has it by miles to cotto. i had it 97-97. but i can understand why some had to by a couple to cotto but garbege like 8-2 shouldnt even be entertained.
this is what i had on my scorecard writeen everything i said. (pen scribble here to see if pen works) MC-AM 1. 10-9 2. 9-10 3. 10-9 (could of been an even round) 4. 9-10 5. 10-9 6. 10-9 7. 8-10 (cotto rocked) 8. 10-10 9. 9-10 10. 9-10 11. 2kds OVAH!!!! 95-97
Thats exactly how I had it, I wanted Cotto to win so was absolutely buzzing after the 6th with him in a 5-1 lead imo, then he had a couple of dodgy rounds, especially the 7th but seemed to find a second wind in the 9th before it all went wrong again.
exactly.:good he was out of puff he had nothing left and he was getting rolled by a guy he couldnt stop.he was beaten so baldy that round he shouldnt of been humiliated and been koed or taken anything he shouldnt take. good stoppage from evangalista.there was no point continueing. it may have been a pride thign but he had nothgin else to give.
At the time of the stoppage ... I said that Margarito needed a KO to win the fight ... the worst it wouldve been was 10-7 round ... and it was :55 sec to go in the round and 3:55 to go in the fight. Now since I had it 8-2 ... and some had it 7-3 or 6-4 ... but with my score 98-92 ... with the 11th being a 10-7 rd ... that woulda made the score going into the last round 105-102 ... all Cotto had to do in my eyes was survive ... He banked the majority of the early rounds ...