Margarito vs Cintron 2: The fight revisited.

Some people say that Cintron took the wrong approach to the fight. They say if he would have sat back and boxed that he would have had a much better chance to win the fight.

The fact is that he threw everything in his arsenal at Tony, but Tony took it and kept coming. I can't believe how many stiff jabs and right hand bombs that Tony absorbed without blinking.

And while Cintron isn't exactly a master boxer, he's not just a stationary slugger either. He's a boxer puncher and he's capable of moving around the ring and basing his attack off the jab, which is something he tried to do against Margarito.

Against almost any other welterweight out there, there isn't a doubt in my mind that Cintron would have knocked them out or kept them far out of range and on the defensive.

There are only two welters out there that I think have the capability to absorb those kinds of punches and keep coming, one you've seen, and the other one being Clottey.

Chances are though with Clottey, that Cintron would have controlled Clottey from the outside and midrange with his jab being as Clottey has almost no outside game whatsover with the exception of putting his guard up and blocking punches, which probably would have resulted in another "broken hand."

This fight was a true testament to Tony's toughness. He took on the hardest punching welterweight, took all of his shots, and slugged him down.

So for ya'll, that think that Floyd would be able to keep him at bay, you've got to be delusional. Floyd won't be able to stop Margarito from coming, and he doesn't have the workrate to accumulate a TKO or a stoppage from cuts.

In fact the only way that Floyd will be able to win this fight is to keep moving for an entire 12 rounds, and put Margarito in a postion where he has to reset himself. Everytime Floyd let's Margarito in close, ala Hatton, Floyd risks the chance of taking shots that you've never seen him get hit with before.

The reason I say this is because when Tony gets inside, he doesn't just aimlessly throw punches, but he probes for openings, using feints, movements, and varying the speed and power of his punches. In fact, if he gets his opponent in a position where they're down and to the right, depending on where they position their hands, he'll jump to the right, so that they're open for a left uppercut, and a follow up right hand.

Floyd has never seen an opponent as big and as tough as Margarito, but neither has Cotto. So this goes for Cotto as well. Cotto may not be able to hurt Margarito, at least not if he throws to his face. Body punches in this fight are going to be extremelly vital, but so is Cotto's movement, determination, and smarts.

If Cotto stays in one place and doesn't vary up his attack or fails to go the body, Margarito will win this fight. Margarito is for real, and I'm not sure why many people on this site fail to see it.

 

Well, I understand where you're coming from, but I've grown to appreciate Mayweather's style.

In fact, I think he's the most tallented boxer on the planet right now because of his style.

How often do you see him get tagged cleanly? He never gets his, so while it appears like he's running, he's really just winning the fight because he's frusterating his opponent enough to the point to where they can't land anything and get continually countered.

And if Floyd were naturally bigger, IE, he had a bigger punch and more strength and ability to take punches, but had the same type of PFP tallent, I think he would handle Margarito rather easily, but because Mayweather lacks the power and strength of a big or natural welterweight, a fight with Margarito would be an extremelly difficult one.

If Floyd beat Margarito, "running" or not and it was a clear cut decision, I have to give him major props because of where he came from and how dangerous Margarito is as a welterweight.

 

I agree, but I think he didn't throw to the body because he was so worried about getting hit in the head, and with Margarito's workrate and power, I can understand why Cintron would be reluctant to put in work to his body.

You are right though, Cotto will definitely have to go to Margarito's body to win this fight, but he'll have to be on serious lookout for uppercuts.

 

I guess Cotto.

 

Clottey.