Rate Margarito's Performance Against Cotto

B+
In this case styles make fights.

 

:rofl

 

A+ performance of course, that's based on Margarito's actual style and ability, NOT styles in general or boxing ability/skill in general. When it comes to what Margarito has to offer he brought his A game that night, perfect stamina and ability to take a punch shown there and applied his way of aggression the best he could.

A+

 

I rated it A+ in terms of what he can apply against a fighter like Cotto, if it was a different opponent with a different style then the rating would definitely be different. Margarito's style is obvious and when he applies what he's expected to(which is very obvious) then you know he's performing as he wants to and well enough to land his punches. Cotto's speed is underrated, he's very fast yet he lacks movement and stamina to carry that for full 12 rounds where he's FORCED(based on Margarito's style and ability) to use it and A LOT in every single round. As I said his style is very obvious and when he's able to apply it then you can't help but rate his performance high, against Williams he was fighting a guy with a different style who had reach/height advantage. Williams was able to throw/land then hold and not allow Margarito to position his self to fire back, he used his size to his advantage therefore making Margarito looking horrible early yet shining late after Paul slightly slowed down from the punches he was landing, still Margarito wasn't able to apply his pressure well enough to do what he did against Cotto. His performance against Williams was excellent as well but what he is able to offer was proven to be not enough to beat someone like Williams yet it was good enough to beat someone like Cotto. It can be complicated yet it relates a lot to the opponent he's fighting, as Margarito said when he fought Cotto, right after the first round he knew this fight was his because as he went out in the first round and saw that Cotto's punches weren't affecting him at all he knew that this fight is in the bag, he didn't say the same against Williams though he proved he can take his punches too simply because of the difference in Williams' style and Cotto's.

 

That has a lot to do with what Williams was doing in there than Margarito to be honest. I see people coming here literally saying that Margarito gave that fight to Williams as a gift on a silver plate by not doing enough early on purpose. You think he didn't do enough on purpose?, that's pure bull****, he didn't do enough because Williams didn't give him a chance to do enough. As Williams slightly slowed down from what he was doing in there Margarito started to shine, it's a case of activity and Margarito has a lot of it that's why he usually shines late.

 

That's exactly what I said when I rated it A+. Based on Hopkins' style he applied his style of fighting in A+ fashion against Trinidad as he did against Tarver, same goes for Vargas vs Quartey. Margarito applied his style of fighting and his ability A+ against Cotto by showing his true aggression at it's very best, ability to take a punch and insane stamina. That's what he has and when he shows it 100% you got to rate his performance BASED ON WHAT HE HAS TO OFFER(boxing ability) A+.

 

It was a great preformance

not the most skill but absolutely out of this world stamina and chin.

he was still jogging towards Cotto in the 11th ffs

 

I'll rate it as A+ . . . that's a concrete example of what is a great win. A very good performance against a very good opponent.