Re: How much will the Crowd play into Cotto/Margarito?

like someone said, it might not effect the fighters, but it may effect the judges, especially if cotto boxes off the back foot as he should in this fight.

 

Would that help or hurt Cotto, iyo?

 

Not an issue.

 

i think if margarito is the coming foward the whole time throwing alot of punches, landing them or not, could sway this into a draw or split decision loss to Cotto unless he is able to counter effectively enough for the judges to deem his tactics beneficial. But yeah, i think he should box him how he boxed Mosley the last few rounds, but throw more combinations when he's on the inside, but he's really gotta be on the inside or else marg might win those exchanges.

 

It'll probably be split 50/50. It's closer to Margartio's turf but I think Cotto will be well recieved by that crowd.

It won't be near the sort of attitude you see in Brit vs Yank fights.

 

I think the lack or less Rican's cheering for Cotto at the MGM in comparison to MSG will actually help Cotto keep his cool a little bit more. For example lets imagine that this fight was in Puerto Rico, I'd actually be more nervous as a Cotto fan because for 1 he'd probably change maybe a little bit more relaxed during training(probably not since Cotto is all business), But mainly it would scare the **** out of me because a full stadium with 100% Puerto Rican's cheering at every action that Cotto does may not suit him too well. Look at how he came out guns blazing against Pinto and Corley. It worked with Pinto but it hurt him against Corley. Thats my 2 cent view on this topic. Cotto doesn't want to be filled with adrenaline in this fight, he wants to stay calm and sharp.