"La Batalla" was over in the second round

[El 7 Mares]

I just watched the second round of last weeks war again. The fight was, for all intents and purposes, done after that second round. It may have looked like Miguel was winning for the next few rounds, but Tony had already drawn blood and affected Cotto with his heavy hands. Miguel's nose may have been broken in the 2nd, and he was simply in survival mode from that point on. Rewatch that round closely and study Miguel's body language along the ropes as he's getting battered. Tony put a whoopin on that kid, hope he'll be good to make a comeback.

[boxinghemi]

I just watched the second round of last weeks war again. The fight was, for all intents and purposes, done after that second round. It may have looked like Miguel was winning for the next few rounds, but Tony had already drawn blood and affected Cotto with his heavy hands. Miguel's nose may have been broken in the 2nd, and he was simply in survival mode from that point on. Rewatch that round closely and study Miguel's body language along the ropes as he's getting battered. Tony put a whoopin on that kid, hope he'll be good to make a comeback.

Well Cotto experiencing a few bad blows on the first round thought he could go toe to toe with tony.... and then second round he tries it which backfires and tony puts a whopping on him which from that point on he starts running

[Corizz]

The punch at 1:49 left in the 2nd round did him in. That shot hurt his body. He was almost knocked down from that body shot. He fell into the ropes and sat on the 2nd one.

[Del Coqui]

I just watched the second round of last weeks war again. The fight was, for all intents and purposes, done after that second round. It may have looked like Miguel was winning for the next few rounds, but Tony had already drawn blood and affected Cotto with his heavy hands. Miguel's nose may have been broken in the 2nd, and he was simply in survival mode from that point on. Rewatch that round closely and study Miguel's body language along the ropes as he's getting battered. Tony put a whoopin on that kid, hope he'll be good to make a comeback.

Totally agree.

[LOLORSKATES]

Margarito fears Paul Williams!

[FilipinoFlash]

Margarito fears Paul Williams!

is that why he fought him already?

[LOLORSKATES]

is that why he fought him already?

He learned his lesson not to fight him. The second he felt true welterweight power, Margarito got shook and didn't want to fight him again.

[ELPacman]

You gotta be kidding me. Cotto who went with a bloodshed face against Judah, and rocked tons of times and bleeding inside his mouth against Torres, done with a nose bleed in the 2nd round? Get real. Sure, it effected his overall performance, but no way was he done in the 2nd. He was still dominant in his counter punching and ring movement until the 6th or so.

[peewee1460]

he wasn't "done" in the second but after rewatching the fight it's clear and obvious in the first round that cotto could not have won that fight.

[Sonic Flood]

is that why he fought him already?

L0l Xcaret... Margarito is afraid of Williams.. Don't wanna get his Ass beat again..