ODLH would most likely beat Margarito

ODLH is a more skilled fighter than Cotto, and he's also taller, rangier, harder to hit as clean, and a harder puncher than Cotto.

Not only that, but he's more intelligent and experienced.

I just don't see ODLH quitting against Margarito, and I think you might see the Tornado maybe not get knocked out, but take one hell of a beating.

I know that Oscar fades, but when he fought Forbes he showed no sign of fading, and he was aggressively fighting him from start to finish.

It still is a possiblity that late in the fight, Margarito will take take over and Oscar may begin to run and take a lot of punishment, but I don't really see it. I don't see Oscar running, it's an issue of pride, and I think he's smart enough to put in the bodywork where Cotto should have to slow Margarito the **** down.

Besides, Oscar is no fool. He watches film. He knows what he needs to work on and what to expect and his defense is good enough to block most of the punches that Margarito throws, and he also doesn't have the tendency to lay into and get hit with uppercuts.

Don't get me wrong, Margarito might win on account that he's younger and maybe he just can't be ****in hurt, but everyone gets hurt at some point and ODLH has proven in the past that he can deal with hard charging pressure fighters, and in fact usually whoops their asses.

If this is the case and ODLH actually beats Margarito, you have to put Mayweather's win in perspective. Personally, when I first watched the fight I thought it was a draw because Mayweather had more than enough opportunities to "whup De La Hoya's ass, as Roger Mayweather was screaming," when ODLH began to slow.

I don't know why Mayweather was so hesitant, and while he landed the cleaner shots and blocked about everything that ODLH was throwing, and after watching the fight the second time, Mayweather deserved only a split decision and that's what he got.

Anyway, that fight has to be put into perspective, even though it's possible that Margarito may pose more of a challenge because Oscar generally doesn't fight as a pure pressure fighter like Margarito does.

So what ya'll think?

 

I only used the Forbes fight as an example because Forbes is relatively slick, although he didn't show much slickness when he fought Oscar, but it takes a lot of energy to go after a defensive fighter for 12 rounds than it does to switch between boxing and fighting.

 

I thought he did it against Forbes, but Forbes was just too tough. And it's not like Forbes is some *****. The guy has never been down in his career.