Who has the power edge in Cotto vs Margarito?

Margarito to me hits harder.

It just doesn't seem like it because he's not as accurate as Cotto. But if both land flush Margarito is going to hurt you more.

 

Both have an equal edge in power if you ask me, they are VERY different punchers. Margarito is a bit more wild with his shots but he has a big size difference and so he puts a bit more on those shots. Cotto is a crisp compact puncher with great technique and with brutal damaging fists. Who ever imposes their style the best wins the fight. And what im saying is that Margarito is the harder puncher sure, but Cotto is definitely the better puncher...So when you look at their respective sizes I just don't see an advantage for either men.

 

yeah, Although Vazquez is a great skilled puncher. I think he is better technically than Margarito But I know what you mean. It's actually kind of funny because Marquez is so unreal technically that I guess that comparison still works because Marquez is just soooooo high up there

 

lets look at the big picture the reality of this fight is that Cotto may be the more accurate puncer and has great power along with it but.....will he use it? I doubt Cotto will likely fight on the inside and stand toe to toe with Marg on the other hand I think Marg will make Cotto fight his fight and put Cotto on a bicycle. It is extremely difficult to hurt Marg, it is possible and Cotto is the man that can do it but well have to see.

 

There about the same....though for some strange reason I feel Cotto would have stopped Clottey in the bout Margo had against Joshua....IMO.

 

You do not understand what it is like to be in the ring and getting hit. You could get knocked down by a well placed punch and NOT get knocked down by a punch that was 10x harder! Why? Because punches thrown with precision and skill hurt so much ****ing more and they don't even have to be a hard punch. I'm not saying Cotto has the strength to KO Margo, we don't know that But one thing I do know is that Cotto should have enough power to get his respect. Well timed shots can have a fighter off balanced. If Margo intends on fighting Cotto without a jab he will get picked apart, because that will be the least Margo can do to make Cotto think a little bit harder. Cotto is gonna be throwing right hooks to the body followed by left hook up stairs finishing it off with right cross down the middle. Margo better be prepared to deal with 2-3 punches all at once because thats what Cotto does.

Just don't make the mistake to think that since Margarito took a Cintron punch than he is going to be able to walk through anything Cotto throws at him, this is such a big misunderstanding.

 

He's going to have to try to wear Margarito down...Cotto will need to do alot of body work, as it may be impossible to wobble him in the head. Cintron is a big puncher, and Margarito ate all of his shots. In their rematch, Cintron couldn't cope with the fact that with all of his best shots Margarito wasn't going anywhere. I think Cotto is going to box Margarito and try to avoid getting into a fire fight. I would give the edge to Margarito if it is turned into a brawl, but if Cotto can keep himself concentrated he will take the fight by UD.

 

Cotto doesn't go into any fights intending or looking for a Knockdown. He is primarily a boxer believe it or not despite all the damage and the perception of him being a swarmer and a brawler. Cotto is going to try to come in throwing combinations and then moving around the ring. He isn't going to stand toe to toe with Margarito, Cotto doesn't have that kind of stamina to wrestle with a 5'10 guy that has an Iron chin and can go 12 rounds throwing 100punches a round.

How do you beat high output fighters? You hit them with counter punches and well timed punches. Someone else put up a thread that showed the punch outputs of opponents that Bernard Hopkins fought, he cut their outputs in half. If Cotto fights the fight that he needs to fight to win, he will do the same...He will have to expose all of Margarito's defensive flaws and make him hesitant to continue to making mistakes and thus his punch out put will decrease. Cotto needs to come into this fight light and quick less bulked up and he needs to train for speed.

It is almost illogical for an Good puncher in Cotto (not great) to go into a fight with Margarito a guy with a Great chin and try to pursue a knockout. It won't happen and Cotto is too smart to go into that fight with a dumb strategy like that.

I am 100% sure that Cotto is training to win a 12 round decision.

 

I agree, but being he could take a Cintron punch it is likely that a Cotto shot may not be as devastating to him as it has been to Cotto's other opponents.

 

The key here is Margo`s ability to take licks. The guy has a chin of lead. He can hurt Cotto possibly more so than Cotto can hurt him. This bout for me is a genuine 50/50 split.

 

No doubt about it. Cotto won't win this fight if he doesn't land a lot of clean crisp punches. He needs to be active and throwing combinations he kinda needs to be quick like he was in the Abdullaev fight but with a bit of power like he was in the Gomez fight. IMO Cotto showed a good mix in speed and power in the Gomez fight, although Gomez isn't a worthy opponent to consider in relation to this fight. But just purely looking at Cotto's conditioning...His father said Cotto was in one of the best shape of his life for the Gomez fight and IMO he looked like he was. He needs to come in like that again for Margarito.