Cotto vs Margarito

Who wins?

How and why?

Should this fight be made?

 

But what about Margarito's uppercuts?

Does Cotto have an answer for them?

 

That's not necessarily true unless you drop your hands to throw the uppercut.

Margarito dips his shoulder, which will give Cotto little opportunity to counter Margo off the uppercut.

You also gotta factor in that Margo can throw the uppercut up close and from a distance.

And his overhand right is killer. If his last fight was any indication of his own personal, technical improvement, then his punches are a lot straighter than they were before.

He's tough too, and I think Margarito can handle about any punch. He's as tough as they come.

 

Cotto does have a great jab, but Margarito is a lot bigger than Shane, and I don't think Shane anticipated being the aggressor.

Margarito makes his living off of hunting his opponents down.

Boxing Margarito in my opinion, would be the wrong thing to do if you're Cotto, unless you're taking a break and you know Margo is hurt or tired.

This is unlikely though considering that Margarito throws 80-100 punches a round, and when was the last time you saw Margarito taking a step backwards?

I've seen Cotto go backwards against Mosley and Urkal.

 

He doesn't look crude anymore.

Sure, against Williams, he looked crude at times, but that's because Williams is almost impossible to hit cleanly, especially considering he's throwing punches constantly.

So yeah, Margarito looked like he was reaching, but I think Margarito's punches look a lot straighter, his speed is not top notch, but it's still there, and he has a hell of an uppercut.

 

I don't think ya'll are giving Margarito enough credit. You can't look at the Williams fight and use that as your basis on how he would perform against Cotto.

Williams and Cotto are 2 completely different fighters.

 

He didn't lose rounds against Mosley, but he did against Urkal.

That's not the point though.

Mosley, while prone to trading at times, is a boxer. He showed this against Cotto.

Margarito is an aggressive fighter who is BEST when his opponent is going backwards.

That's when Margarito uses his range, volume, and power to break his opponent down before they can attack.

There were times when Mosley had Cotto hurt during the fight.

The difference between Mosley and Margarito is, MARGARITO knows when he needs to finish, and being an aggressive fighter, and ESPECIALLY after hurting Cotto with an uppercut, he would have continued to press the fight.

Mosley on the other hand was more cautious. Margarito would not be, and I don't think if Cintron can knock Margarito out when he was hurt, Cotto couldn't either, at least not with one punch.

Margarito is DANGEROUS.

Hopefully the oddsmakers agree with the majority of the posters on this site. I'll make a killing.

I love Cotto and it would be great to see him win, but Margarito has the tools and the determination to beat him.

 

I didn't say that you did.

I was saying that Margarito is an aggressive fighter by nature. If he knows that you're hurt or that there is something wrong, he will go after you.

Cotto whether he was hurt or not in the 9th round changed his gameplan and decided to box Mosley.

Unless you're a master boxer, this is not a wise thing to do against a pressure fighter like Margarito.