Not exactly even. Not on paper, at least. Cotto at the time, seemed to be the much better fighter, as their comparative career wins had shown. And as I said, Cotto's a fellow TOP RANK guy, so you gotta give him your support, if only publicly. And I have heard that EM and Margo are really good friends outside the ring, being fellow TJ guys. Ive been hearing Morales talk very highly of Margo as far back as before Pac-Morales I. I had no idea who this Antonio Margarito guy that Morales was talking about, back then.
Margarito is a Top Rank guy as well. Morales picked the wrong team. It's pretty simple. He made his own conclusion.