Rewatched cotto vs. Margarito???

I agree! The only thing that made him win the figth was his iron chin, if cotto fought like that with any another fighter they wouldn stand that much punishment

 

Wow..not much love for Margarito...He won the fight emphatically, regardless of his limits. As silly as Clottey made him look early, Tony won that fight aswell...He embarrassed Cintron twice. And only just lost to Williams.

Plenty fighters have done very well with not much more...I have always said Mayweather beats him but Floyd beats everyone and we will probably never see that fight.

I never rated him and never thought that much of him earlier in his career but he continues to prove my earlier opinion wrong...His record speaks for itself.

 

Cotto got his ass kicked... deal with it.

 

And the number he did to Cotto's body had nothing to do with it.

 

hype job my ass...margarito performs and does what he has to. and when he doesnt win, he gives a great account of himself

 

I don't think its a given that Floyd beats Marg. Bad style for Floyd. Floyd could be put into a shell by a high work rate. The thing with MArgo is that his punches are wide but they are followed by others in rapid succesion and the guy can alternate between head and body attack better than most people I can think of. This is the thing. Floyd needs space (which he won't get against MArgo) to be able to tee off his very accurate punches but he doesn't employ combos enough, he does well against a very sloppy but hot offense in Hatton (jumping in chin first) or slower older fighters like Hoya and Baldomir (who will follow, stay in front of him, without throwing any punches,) but will he do so against Margarito. I have not seen anything in Floyd at his 147-154 days to make me believe that he will. I've always thought a fighter that can stay busy at range can beat him.

 

i somewhat agree but slow and sluggish doesnt really apply to a fighter that throws a continuous and steady barrage of punches round after round

i still think cotto is a far superior boxer and just had no plan B for the freak chin of margarito

 

word, no one else would have taken that punishment at 147, after he was spent he could do nothing else

 

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