Margarito padded gloves or not, he layed the blueprint on how to beat Cotto

i disagree with this, that he made the "blue print" on how to beat cotto.....

margo, and his style is what beat cotto, i think williams is the only other guy that could do waht margo did to cotto......

margo was just all wrong for cotto, margo was the bigger man, and his punch out put is crazy......thats why he beat cotto......there's no exact blue-print.....remember people, fighters that fought manny tryed the "morales blue print" has it worked since?

 

Yep.

Margo basically exposed Cotto's vulnerability to uppercuts, and shovel hooks to the body. A huge percentage of his punches landed fell into this category (particularly the shovel hooks to the body, when Margarito couldn't land upstairs he just let these rip and landed them far too easily). To effectively land these shots though you need to be in the line of fire and not many guys can afford to do that against Cotto.

Clottey's upright/vertical cagey style probably won't allow him to exploit this defensive flaw very well at all. Which is why i see Cotto likely getting the decision.

 

yes every win he ever had is under dispute obviously..

he tried to cheat against mosely (the comission didnt buy the whole "it was my trainers fault" either) and he did cheat against cotto, anyone who doesnt realize that would believe absolutely anything there "heros" tell them too...

**** margo the cheating a$$ puss... and im not to high on the people that support that piece of garbage either.. he put people lives at danger for his own greed... ALL REAL BOXING FANS HATE BOXERS THAT LOAD GLOVES ...... it was proven that he atleast tried to

 

I dislike Margarito but you have absolutely no proof he cheated against Cotto.

 

I'm a Cotto fan and always said in previous posts that consistent pressure and good chin is more than enough to beat/trouble Cotto, it was proven in the Torres fight. Margarito applied his style which is one and Cotto broke down as he noticed Margarito was still coming, he didn't really bother with body shots either as he was too focused on trying to KO this guy who's face is wide open. Style-wise Margarito did the right thing and it did break Cotto down but his punching power CAN be questioned here. Please don't give me this "His trainer does it not him" excuse, I mean judging by your posts it's damn obvious you probably don't know what a boxing gym looks like. Both the trainer and fighter know about every single thing, they literally LIVE with one another during training camps, you're going to tell me he was "hiding" what from him?, maybe someone in your mental state will believe that but I won't.

About questioning Margarito's ATG KOs, what other KO is there to question?, Manuel Gomez?, Kermit Cintron?, Andrew "Six Heads Zero Chins" Lewis?. The only win/KO he has on his record worth mentioning is Cotto and even in that fight he was behind on the scorecards.

 

Cotto outboxed Margarito throughout the fight, but Margarito with his extreme ruggedness, stamina, CHIN and POWER was able to get the job done. Cotto landed some VERY hard shots and made the Tijuana Tornado reset numerous times. Taking on Mosley, a seasoned vet with many tools, after all the solid shots he ate from Miguel was foolish. I believe Cotto is extremely resilient. The Clottey fight should prove it.

 

Workrate + Power + Chin + range = THE PUNISHER!!!

 

Great Post, i've been saying this as a minority opinion i know, but i think cotto will beat josh in dramatic fashion.

 

It wasn't just pressure that got Cotto. What Marg did was invest all the early rounds in a brutal body attack. Cotto had nothing left toward the end.

 

I understand doubting Margo's earlier fights before Mosley into doubt but I agree with you. The thing is its hard to say it was padded gloves that beat Cotto when Margo landed to Cotto's body at will. One can say his padding got harder toward the late rounds or one can say Cotto got weaker as the onslaught continued. It's a tough call.

 

Not exactly,Cotto fought the wrong fight,never getting to the body,if he would have done this,it wouldv'e wemt the full fight padded gloves or not... Fighters have gone toe to toe with him and on the inside he is very good,only problem being Margo could take his best shot,now if he wouldv'e went to the body like Mosley did it wouldv'e been a way different fight..