The lesson we all learned from this....

correct! its just one of the many factors that constitutes a good fight...and technical fighters that look good strutting their stuff in the ring is not guaranteed of a win over a determined opponent. the very thing that amsty will never understand.

 

i honestly dont believe that, Floyd vs Baldomir the more technical fighter won, Rj vs n e 1 in his prime the more technical fighter won. Having an excellent chin is aaprt of being a good boxer, thats not an intangible. Heart, and the will 2 win are intangibles. And I dont think margo has more heart than cotto or more of a will 2 win, he just has a better chin and stamina. You level the playin field as far as chin and stamina and the better technical fighter wins this fight

 

I gained a ton of respect for Margarito tonight. The guy has ridiculous grit.

 

Do you believe the whiskers were the factor here? It seemed more of an overall physical breakdown rather than not being able to take a hard shot to the head.

 

Cotto should have been tying marg up when he was on the ropes

 

Although Cotto has done well in the past when being hurt, I think that Margarito's pressure was just too overwhelming. I seemed as if he just tired out Cotto both physically and mentally in the end. The same type of thing that happened with Cintron, but Cotto gave a much better account of himself, until he could no more. It was obvious, the guy had taken a beating; Im not sure what some are complaining that he quit. He had nothing left.

 

You can also paint too broad of brushstrokes with the word "technical". Cotto throws more textbook punches out of a more fundamentally sound stance, but his defence proved leaky once again while Margarito's was actually awkwardly effective, especially on the inside.

Looking at old fights, it also hit me that Margarito's jab wasn't getting much respect. The guy's style makes it easy to label him a brawler. The truth is that there's a science to being an effective brawler also, we just easily get caught up in the aesthetically pleasing side of the game sometimes.

 

well not technical skills, but they arent intangibles either, some one said earlier that you cant take those intangibles away.

 

"we"

 

We should all blame Teddy Atlas.

 

What we learned is that some here don't know as much about boxing as they think.

 

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