What Round Will Margarito KO Cotto In?

FIght of the year candidate on paper ...

The jury is still out on Cotto's chin and endurance ...

 

There isn't a guarantee that Cotto will attack the rib cage like that ... Cotto's arms are shorter and is also short in stature ... i'm sure that Margarito will keep Cotto at the end of his punches and is constantly moving forward.

I think whats going to be most important in this fight is going to be the pace that either fighter sets. If Margarito starts off fast then its going to be a quick night for him ... but if he lets Cotto set the pace then its going to be a long night for him.

Its going to be hard for Margarito to do anything if Cotto takes a 4 or 5 point lead mid way through the fight.

 

lol @ u cats. after cotto wins i promise i wont say i told you so

 

Cotto was hurt against Judah, Mosley, and was lethargic against Urkal ...

Don't make any excuses for this man ... its not easy to see but Cotto has consistantly shown hurt and sometimes can abandon his defense and elect to trade at the wrong times.

 

You believe Cotto was hurt in the Gomez fight...which didn't happen. Gomez couldn't land anything that would be considered dangerous. Most dipshits Cotto haters say the same garbage after every fight...you just happen to choose a fight he barely was hit flush in.

 

Because he was fighting guys that didn't have a chance against him ... Malignaggi (feather fisted) ... Torres (last minute replacement & tired himself out) ... Urkal (sucked) ... Corely (gatekeeper) ... Mosley (well past his prime) ... Judah (punching bag w/ no chin and was inactive for 400 days ... back to back losses to PBF and Baldomir) ...

These guys were put in front of him because they would do the best they can and still taste defeat. Those guys on his resume aren't credible and aren't doing much now.

I don't see anyone in their prime on that resume ... I don't see any linear champions on that resume ... I don't see him dethroning any champions on his resume ...

This guy has been built up and protected nicely ...

 

Not true. He dazed Gomez with a left hook, and snapped his head back with a right hand, followed by at least 3 or 4 more punches.

Yet these are your best, and only examples of Margarito's "fight ending power."

It's also a fact that Kermit Cintron was coming off a life and death battle with Jesse ****ing Feleciano. Do you honestly believe Feleciano troubles Cotto, Margarito, Williams, Mosley, or hell even Berto, Clottey, and Quintana? I doubt it. Quintana has wins over Paul Williams and Joel Julio. Cintron's best win is what...David Estrada? Mark Suarez, perhaps? Are you saying those wins are comparable? atsch

Considering Santos' chin, if Margarito had true fight ending power as you suggest, a 10 pound weight advantage for Santos would have been as irrelevant as Six Heads Lewis' 9 pound weight advantage over Tony.

Cotto is shorter, but not that much smaller. There's a difference. On fight night, I'm sure they'll be an insignificant difference in weight. But anyway, I'll answer your question(s). Cotto is simply on a much higher level than the Golden Johnsons, Six Head Lewises and Shotgun Gomezes of the world. The fact that those were your sole examples of Margarito's "fight changing power," and fighters not able to take his constant barrage of punches, indicates that you're well aware of Margarito's supposed vaunted punching power not being as advertised against the best fighters on his resume. But using your logic, I could also ask how is a "skinny welter" like Margarito going to handle Cotto's body attack? Or, if he got busted up by a moderate puncher like Clottey, who seemingly had his left glove glued to Tony's face for most of the night, coupled Margarito's history of cuttting, how is that going to bode for Tony against a left hook artist and brusier, slasher of a puncher like Cotto?

This all a matter of opinion, and nothing I say is going to convince you otherwise. But we shall see come July 26th, won't we? :good

 

7 0r 8 .If the fight last longer than that then Cotto will win.

 

Malignaggi was feather fisted, but he wasn't a no hoper. Many writers picked him to win. Matter of fact, 4 out 7 writers on BTalk picked Paulie over Cotto.

Torres, a last minute replacement/mandatory challenger, who was coming off a fight only weeks prior, and took the fight on short notice because one, he felt he was still in fighting shape, and two..they were slated to fight that December anyway. Torres tired himself out? Yeah, I'm sure the body attack had nothing to do with it. Those stamina issues were nowhere to be found against Arnaoutis, Morua, and Holt, right?

Urkal was a mandatory.

Corley at the time was a decent step up in class, and less than a year removed from giving Mayweather a decent fight.

Mosley, another fighter many picked to beat Cotto.

Judah, a replacement for Antonio Margarito, who opted to fight Paul Williams.

Torres has a belt. Paulie has a belt. And I'm sure many would favor Shane over Mora if he gets that fight.

This is your way of legitimizing Floyd's wins over Tata Baldomir and Arturo Gatti, as if it completely eclipses the fact that both of those fights were easy pickins.

You're probably the dumbest poster on these boards, and that's saying a lot. A whole lot.

 

Oh there will be a big difference. Margarito is not a "skinny" welterweight. Not when he shows up at 160lbs on the night of the fight. Cotto looks chubby at 154! I don't see how you don't see this. Cotto is much smaller in frame.

History of cutting? What fights has Margarito ever been in danger of losing because of a cut? Name them please.

And again. Kermit Cintron was a legitimate top level knockout for Antonio Margarito. Twice infact. That is just indisputable.

 

I may have 158 posts... but I'm an actual athlete.

I'm an amateur boxer. lmao.

What do you do? If you are by any means way better than that and more than just a "fan" then sure. I will gladly say you have a one-up on me.

If you are just playfully taking a stab at my post though, it's okay. I don't mind your opinion, as long as the respect is still there, and I humbly apologize.

 

Against Daniel Santos---TWICE.

Granted they were on headbuts.

 

i love this. every fight cotto goes into their are threads made about him losing. then when he wins, there is a thread on why he is still not respected and why the opponent wasnt as good as advertised.

 

Margarito has the experience, chin, stamina, power to knock Cotto out, but you never know in boxing. He is up for this fight. If Margarito knocks Cotto out it will probably be in the mid to late rounds, but could be early.