What is so impossible about Cotto beating Margo?

The fact that Cotto fades in fights and Margarito makes you fight every minute of every round not to mention Cotto cant hurt Margarito. Uppercuts too which Cotto is vulnerable too and Margarito throws a lot of them. Thats his best punch. Bad matchup for Cotto.

 

Very good points. The main reasons why I pick Cotto to come back stronger and beat Margo....this I pointed out in another thread

 

I think Cotto would have to fight off the backfoot again, but he'd need better stamina to have the legs to maintain it for 12 rounds and not just while he is fresh. He could also work on his movement and footwork so that Margarito, who is very slow and plodding, does not walk him down so easily.

It could be done, its just not the favourite outcome since Cotto needs big improvements, whilst Margarito always brings the same consistent pressure to test his weak areas.

 

I think that this is a good thread to start. i think that cotto can do a few things that could sway the fight. for a start, he could be firing more to the body. the usual cotto body attack was almost non-existent. if cotto could last the 12 then he may be able to beat margo on the cards. IMO he won the first 5-6 rnds. if he betters that and survives then who knows? he may not win but i feel it would be closer and ask questions. its not like the 1st fight was a blow out!

 

For one he's way too small to hurt Margarito enough to damage him.

On top of that it's just the image of a KO loss that people have with him. He got thrashed the 2nd half of the fight, an image people aren't willing to let go to yet.

 

Cotto UD

 

Cotto was still throwing at will and with reckless abandon against Judah in the 11th so I don't believe in the stamina problems.

I simply believe he had the fight beaten out of him. The idea that he has some outstanding problems with stamina is an idea cooked up by Paul Williams.

 

Margarito has more power than Baldomir and does a better job cutting the ring off. Cotto has a shot of wearing Margarito out with body shots but he will risk eating even more uppercuts than before and Margarito did a great job pertecting his body in the fight so it might not happen. I like Cotto but Margarito will stop him sooner since Cotto can't match his output and I just feel he is physically overmatch here.

 

Zab Judah does not test stamina. That guy thinks a fight lasts 10 minutes. After that he's done.

That's not the same as being put under constant pressure, and having the stamina to fight on the move for 12 rounds. The two fights require different levels of stamina.

 

i'm not too sure but has anyone with serious ability to go to the body tested margo? i know he has a rock for a head but what about the body?

 

Not out of the question completely if he trains high up in the mountains some where and works on his stamina. Lets not forget that Margarito did take it easy on Cotto from the beginning. I think both fighters will make their adjustments. I think Cotto will learn how get off the damn ropes and Margarito will just be throwing left uppercuts from the beginning since that was his money punch but at the end of the day I see Margarito winning again.

 

Louis had a nasty habit of dropping his left hand after he jabbed. Schmeling picked up on this before their fight and was able to capitalize on it during their fight.

I guess he learned not to drop that left hand

Both of those fights ended in one punch KOs. In the McCall fight, the stoppage was somewhat controversial. Lewis was winning the Rahman fight before getting caught

McCall literally had a mental breakdown in the second fight. He was crying in the ring, and wasn't punching or defending himself. The ref had to stop it. Rahman was smaller and less talented than Lewis. He won the first fight off of what Lewis described as a lucky punch.

Your examples are flawed. In each one of the them, the bigger fighter was caught by a good punch and couldn't get back up. Cotto is smaller than Margo, was systematically broke down, and eventually quit. These fights aren't comparable.