Margarito can be easily outboxed!

MEx VS Rico what a great battle, two great boxing nations with warrior mentality whoever wins gets bragging rights but the fans win either way this is gonna be a great one.

 

Yes, he can be out boxed, but the problem is he puts a lot of pressure on you and throws a ton of hard punches every single round. I think Kermit's plan. the second time around was to box Margarito more, but that didn't happen and I think Cintron got very frustrated when he found out Margarito could take his best shot in both of the fights and could not get Margarito off of him.

 

It's really amazing how highly Margarito is rated considering he lost against the best fighter he's fought. He's already KO'ing a prime Trinidad in the polls!

 

Nice post. I would favor Cotto, but Margarito would be no easy win. Live dog too.

 

big cotto fan, but easy and margarito do not belong in the same sentence. this is the one fighter in the ww division that i can see giving cotto hell. he simply does not back up, and that is going to make for a hard nights work. cotto has very good movement, but there will be many moments in this fight that will turn into a close range fire fight. and tony is hard as nails.
cotto is by far the most talented and complete of the two, but margarito is just a machine who keeps coming. and if cotto does not use his movement effectively, i can see him osing a close decision.

 

Its going to be hard for Cotto ... because he could easily get baited into a brawl. But I see that Margarito is right in front of you, he doesn't use angles and he doesn't have that good of head movement. I can see Cotto using his jab to control Margarito and switching angles to frustrate Margarito ... but I can also see Cotto electing to brawl with him and getting knocked out.

As of late, Cotto has been using his boxing skills more, but I don't know how long thats going to last.

I would honestly say that if Cotto sticks with his jab and superior foot movement then it could be an easy night for him.

 

The question is though ... will Cotto box or will he elect to brawl because Margarito keeps coming and he wants to KO him.

I see a KO victory over Margarito a gateway to officially call out Floyd ... get Margarito out of the picture.

This is boxing ... we all can't get what we want ... I would love to see Cotto outbox him, but he's disappointed me too many times electing to brawl so I have given up on him as of late.

I wouldn't mind seeing Margarito get a boxing lesson -- or seeing Cotto elect to brawl and get knocked out.

Like I said in the Gomez fight ... Cotto has the overall edge on speed and counter-ability ... but will he use it?

 

niether one of these fighters has done good on their heels. so, whoever starts back peddeleing first is the first to start having problems. Another thing to look at. Apparently allot of people noticed this arrogance that cotto was displaying in the Gomez fight. Of coarse he could get away with it against Cotto, but he better not even attempt to get comfortable in the ring with Margo. My advise to him would be... Take the Margo fight as if he were Champion and You want that his belt, and protect your self at all times!

 

you can outbox him but i dont think it would be easy at all.you have to stay on the toes and go in and out. side to side for 12 rds, while he throws 100 punches around to the head and body, not to mention he can eat haymakers all day long and still keep swinging.

i dont think it would be easy but you can outbox him.

 

Cotto has the edge in speed and to get a convincing victory, Miguel would have to drop him or knock him out.

I think that Cotto is going to get knocked out, but thats just my opinion ... Cotto would have to dig deep and use his jab ALOT.

I don't think that Cotto is going to duck and slip everything and can possibly be lured into a brawl - because Cotto is very hittable and the difference in experience will show.

 

Fight of the year potentially...

 

I feel like the determining factor in this fight will be the footspeed of Margarito. I feel like if he tries to walk Cotto down, cotto will slice him and dice him like he did gomez, of course, margo can take a punch, but Handspeed, movement, and maybe even power favors cotto.

I believe if Margo can quicken up those feet, small choppy steps and get inside cotto's killer jab, then he can KO him by the 9th or 10th round. If he cant get the wheels turning faster than usual, its going to be Cotto putting rounds in the bank to a UD.

Fight is going to be real competitive, I am pumped for it.

 

Good points but you have to realize that neither of these guys are going to change.

Cotto has the obvious advantage in speed and movement ...

Margarito's relentless and has a great chin ...

Its going to be hard to believe that Cotto's going to stop a guy who's been a pro since his late teens and has never been knocked out before.

 

I didnt say Cotto would stop him, I said depending on the factors in my last post its going to be either, Cotto UD, or Margo KO 10