Cotto: "It was impossible to hit Margarito's body"

Am I the only one here who thinks Cotto has a better chance to beat Margarito in a rematch?

 

Yes, one fight where he was beat by a bigger man, tough as **** man, proved it. Go troll the MMA boards. You lack intelligence.

 

If he lacks heart and will he would have quit or told them he doesn't want to continue right after his nose was broken.

 

No, he is asking him to Terry Norris, Simon Brown in the rematch..that's all lol...Box and punch...

 

which happened in the 2nd round.

That **** really sealed his fate I think, both mentally and physically.
Not only did it force him to breath through his mouth the rest of the fight, which brings the fatigue, but he had that **** to remind him of the damage he was taking the whole fight.

 

Exactly and he kept fighting and was actually banking rounds despite absorbing countless punches to the nose(even after it was broken) and kept trying till he had absolute ZERO left to give or take.

But then again it's very easy for anyone to call him a quitter without knowing or understand the situation he was in.

 

Now we're talking about degrees, and though I do appreciate your insights here and there, divac, you're a general, blanketed type of mind. I know you don't grasp my meaning on this, I've read many of your posts. You aren't using every piece of information, just what's already inside your ahead, what you "think" you know, not what actually exists out there in this three dimensional, living, breathing world of ours. I was making statements like the ones you're making here before the fight. To begin with Cotto isn't going to win **** as an assassin, he has ZERO chance of that. That was never going to work. Don't be a ****ing idiot, divac, Margarito is nowhere close to being as mobile and quick as Chavez or Trinidad, even if Cotto is nowhere near being a Whitaker or De La Hoya. Think, don't be a generic fool. Cotto almost got away with the strategy of boxing and moving - he just didn't employ it properly - which could have been done with some adjustments, which I have referred to, specifically. The fact is NOTHING else is going to work. If Cotto becomes more offensive and gives up less ground he'll be stopped sooner.

 

What do you want me to do. I said my peace. If it doesn't make sense, so be it. It makes perfect sense to me.

 

Many of his punches were short in the fight which also tired him a bit along with AM's two fisted attack. When AM got close is when Cotto hit him. His terrible defense, contributed to his offense which was good at times and bad. That is sign of a limited fighter to me. He didn't quit, he had enough. If he wanted to quit, he could've quit earlier. A boxer knows when he has had enough, the fans never know. They think a fighter quits...

 

Cotto is a good fighter, but he is a limited fighter offensively and AM knew this. This isn't a knock on Cotto, it is a flaw, and a fact imo. Cotto has no right hand.

 

People also forget that AM was a lot taller than Cotto. Cotto was going to find it hard to connect on AM anyway. AM's defense is very underrated. When I watched the Williams and Cotto fights, I saw that he got hit early, and that his defense became better. Granted he got hit a lot in the Clottey fight. I pointed out in earlier posts that AM had not fought in a while. Cotto can't beat AM imo, but he has a chance to win a rematch because he is a better boxer than AM, but not a better fighter. Cotto has what I call "correctable flaws".

 

Wrong, once he gets smashed up he runs out of steam. Not the other way around. For a guy who's know to "get stronger as the fight wears on," accumulating damage is the logistical problem, not general stamina issues. Those who have seen every Cotto fight know this.

 

Dude, anyone here can say "their piece" and nobody gets hurt. But when one doesn't justify his views, then one's views don't mean much do they?

Since NALLEGE is unable to explain why a bad defense equals limited offense, someone please explain to me why does unaccaptable defense equal limited offense.

 

Before the first fight I was one (one, as in almost none) of the people that was running up that hill against an army of Cotto advocates, not only carrying a rifle, but a flag, for the Margarito side. I knew what was coming, and in this second affair I am once again seemingly the only person that seems to understand that was not anywhere near the best Margarito that could have showed up - I gave him a C+ for his first performance. I also think there's a chance Margarito is in decline, and that would be a very fortunate thing for Cotto. Margarito is indeed at this point "slow as molasses." It's all about knowing who to capitalize on and expose the flaws and weaknesses of a stronger opponent in this game. Using basic common sense is the only way to go about it. It's extremely obvious the sorts of things Cotto would have to do in order to stand a chance. It's funny, this time out we have alot more "experts" convinced of what Margarito can do, and/or needs to do, in order to win.

 

Yep, all true. You called it, san rafael!

Here are two tips I have for Cotto on a Margarito rematch:

1. Don't quit the fight like you did by going to 1 knee without getting hit
2. Don't get another "TKO'd by" on your record

If Cotto follows those two pieces of advice, he should be in excellent shape when he next faces Margarito.