Margarito vs. Cotto II

I think Cotto will win. This time he will just touch Margarito up instead of putting all his power behind his punches, and won't tire out. Also, Margarito will not train as hard for this fight as the last one.

 

I voted for Cotto on points before the first fight and Cotto did his job as long as he had the stamina. But Margarito is one tough SOB with superb punch resistance, stamina and power. He put on more and more pressure and finally chopped Miguel down.

While 500% more body punching might slow Margarito down a bit, I see Cotto's stamina and not-so-good punch resistance (both chin and body) a problem simply won't go away no matter what. He put on a boxing clinic for rounds and still lost in the end. I expect him to do it once more but Tony's great bodypunches will chop him down once again and Cotto will end up eating those finishing combos. He simply can't take them. Cotto is very vulnerable when hurt.

I don't even think that Miguel will be ever the same again after the brutal beating he took... if not physically, then mentally it has to have it's effect... He did everything he could except good body punching (but Tony had a surprisingly good defense for that) and still ended up on the canvas breathless, bloody and completely ruined. What can I do better - that's the toughest qestion for Cotto.

I think he can't do enough and will end on the canvas once again in the 11th, ahead on points.

 

He will train as hard and will train even more, he got the spotlight he was always running after, don't think he will throw it away after two fights only. Margarito always trains hard for every fight.

 

Margo beats Cotto easier the second time around.

 

Cotto has the talent to pull it off but in my opinion Cotto has to fight a near perfect fight. Miguel needs his body attack in the rematch, He has to find a way to slow Margarito down or else it can be very ugly in the second half of the fight.

 

:deal

 

My heart says Cotto.

But realistically, the same would happen again. Maybe Cotto can scrape by this time, but the damage has already been done. Margarito is simply too big for him.

 

Margo by stoppage. Its hard to come back and be successful, after a man made you quit in the ring, unless you are special like Duran.

 

I'll go with Cotto by decision. I think he can make the neccessary adjustments to pull off the win. But their is still a lot of questions about Cotto so let's see how he looks in his next fight.

 

Cotto comes off as a super proud and intelligent individual.

Look for him and his team to have a better game plan in the rematch, not loading up on punches and staying off the ropes, boxing an overconfident Margarito to a razor thin decison, probably split.

He will not try to hurt Margarito and conserve his energy, since we all saw that he was not able to hurt him first time around.

He will focus on scoring points ala Ivan Calderon, sorry to say.

Not a great fight like the first but a win for Cotto non the less. The rubber match will never come.

So it s written ans so it shall be!

 

:good :deal :thumbsup :happy

 

and you know it big guy, my explanation up top ^

 

I don't see how it would be any different. Magarito by stoppage, this time earlier.

 

Who?

 

Agree.