Cotto-Margarito

I believe the HBO broadcast mentioned that JC Chavez was working as an analyst for the feed back to Mexico......

.....its too bad Chavez does'nt speak english.....I've had the pleasure of listening to his analysis and breakdown of a fight on some spanish networks back during the day when he was fighting.

The likes of Roy Jones Jr. and Lennox Lewis could'nt hold a candle to the way Chavez works the microphone with his analysis.
He really does knows the in's and out's and different style matchups of the fighters.

.....in any regards, its why Chavez was up there with Margarito.
I'd bet Chavez was up there interviewing Margarito for the Mexican feed.

What a memorable night for Margarito to beat Cotto and then get interviewed for all of Mexico to see by no other than his idol, the great JC Chavez!

 

A fighter knows, especially one the caliber of Cotto, when the other guy is just stronger, and testing him to the extent you wanted him too, just is'nt a wise choice.

Had Cotto "tested" Margarito to that extent of which you speak, we'd all be saying how stupid of Cotto to take the fight to Margarito when he was doing so well boxing......

.....and for the record, Cotto imo did test Margarito in every way.....even going as far at one point as squaring up and trying to match Margarito's strenghth..
Margarito own persistent and constant attack to Cotto's body just overwhelmed Cotto....Cotto could'nt match that type of body attack because Margarito was so much stronger squaring up.

The way I saw it, Cotto had no choice but to fight the way he did.
I thought Cotto fought great, and really dont see any adjustments that Cotto could have made that could have made a difference.
It might have not been a perfect fight by Cotto, but lets be honest here, he fought a great fight but it was'nt good enough to beat Margarito.
Both fighters I feel fought at their best, and Margarito's best won out!

 

Julio Cesar Chavez comes to mind.

 

The one adjustment I could see Cotto making is avoiding the scenario where he bends over with his gloves up, trying to slip and block Margarito's punches. He did it brilliantly at times but against a guy with Margarito's amazing work rate, he just took too much punishment. Cotto fought a great fight, I just think Margarito is wrong for him. I think the rematch would be easier for Margarito. Kind of like Pryor-Arguello.