Cotto was 7 minutes away from being the face of boxing

[Dynamite Kid]

Margarito is like almost every other pressure fighter they take time get going and only really come on in the second half of the fight. The reason for this is, because pressure fighters generally take advantage when you get tired, that is the whole point of pressuring you around the ring and making you expend energy so you get tired and become flat footed and a stationary targert for them to hit.

[MANGLER]

Cotto wasn't gonna win that fight. Even if he didn't get stopped within the last 2 rds, he wouldn't have won em. He didn't have the energy to elude Marg anymore and he woulda just got pounded on a lil more. It woulda ended up 7-5 Marg since it was even thru 10 imo.

[Migs]

7 minutes!!! If he kept boxing Margarito he would have won that fight, then move on to De La Hoya. Instead of Manny showing the world his skills in destroying DLH it could of been Cotto. Now even if Cotto beats Marg and then he kills DLH he would not get credit. People will say Manny did it first. Cotto was so close and he would of been a better face of boxing imo. He's younger than Manny and Manny has already indicated that his career is over soon.

It's crazy when you think of it like that but I agree. He was so close and he still has the ability to be. I hope to see Cotto back on top again because of the reason bolded. Pacquiao has maybe two fights left and then I'm willing to bet he calls it a day.

[mrpain81]

Yeah he never had to fight backing up in his career, he was used to being the bully and when someone was bigger then him and kept coming he took a knee. I wonder how hurt Cotto really was because he was never knocked down, or demoralized that all his efforts to stop Margarito were fruitless.

Not true watch Cotto vs. Mosley the last few rounds and Cotto vs. N'dou


When Cotto can't hurt his man he goes into retreat/box mode, he will never be able to beat Margarito because he can't do what he did the first 5 rounds the whole fight. It was when he needed to take a short break that Margarito would put a beating on him while he rested on the ropes. I re watched the fight and Cotto fought a perfect fight but the pressure cracked him. I see the rematch being almost the same but Margarito knocking him out quicker, Cotto should stay away from Margarito if he wants to keep winning.

Cotto is a smooth Boxer/Puncher who looks for spots and likes to dictate how the fight goes. Margarito took Cotto out of his comfort zone, he was a terminator the whole fight coming forward and the last round Cotto's legs were gone and he knew it was over.

[Dynamite Kid]

Cotto wasn't gonna win that fight. Even if he didn't get stopped within the last 2 rds, he wouldn't have won em. He didn't have the energy to elude Marg anymore and he woulda just got pounded on a lil more. It woulda ended up 7-5 Marg since it was even thru 10 imo.

I agree

Im a Cotto fan, but even i realise this. Cotto's only way of beating Margarito is to keep the fight in the centre of the ring and do what he does best which is fight from mid range not back up or go toe to toe with Marg.

IMO Margarito is a guy who you either need to hurt or just basically keep busy playing defence etc. Marg is the type of fighter that will retreat in a straight line when punches are being thrown at him, not because he is hurt, but because he is just not very skilled defensively.

Keep Marg playing defence you have a better chance imo.

[Addition]

If Cotto had the same stamina as Marg he would've won that fight no doubt.

[Dynamite Kid]

Not true watch Cotto vs. Mosley the last few rounds and Cotto vs. N'dou


When Cotto can't hurt his man he goes into retreat/box mode, he will never be able to beat Margarito because he can't do what he did the first 5 rounds the whole fight. It was when he needed to take a short break that Margarito would put a beating on him while he rested on the ropes. I re watched the fight and Cotto fought a perfect fight but the pressure cracked him. I see the rematch being almost the same but Margarito knocking him out quicker, Cotto should stay away from Margarito if he wants to keep winning.

Cotto is a smooth Boxer/Puncher who looks for spots and likes to dictate how the fight goes. Margarito took Cotto out of his comfort zone, he was a terminator the whole fight coming forward and the last round Cotto's legs were gone and he knew it was over.

GREAT POST !!

I agree with a lot of this. Cotto was heading for a straight foward decision over both N'Dou and Mosley untill he started backing up then he started to get hit more and more. I would n't say its, because he could not hurt them though, i mean he clearly went on the backfoot against Mosley because he was infront in the fight and thought it was all sewn up.

Cotto went on the backfoot against Pinto and i dont believe it was because he could not hurt Pinto cause he clearly could. I think he just backs up when he feels the fight is in the bag.

I agree though Cotto does fight in spurts.

[mrpain81]

GREAT POST !!

I agree with a lot of this. Cotto was heading for a straight foward decision over both N'Dou and Mosley untill he started backing up then he started to get hit more and more. I would n't say its, because he could not hurt them though, i mean he clearly went on the backfoot against Mosley because he was infront in the fight and thought it was all sewn up.

Cotto went on the backfoot against Pinto and i dont believe it was because he could not hurt Pinto cause he clearly could. I think he just backs up when he feels the fight is in the bag.

I agree though Cotto does fight in spurts.

Cotto started backing up against Mosley when Shane got his second wind and started coming on. Shane is not like Margarito who will come forward no matter what, I didn't think Cotto had that fight in the bag just yet. I thought Cotto vs. Mosley could have been a draw. When he fought N'dou that was really Cotto's first 12 round fight against a guy who was there to win, he had gone 11 with Bazan but Cesar was already shot to **** and took a beating the whole fight. Cotto is a great fighter but he needs to stay away from Margarito IMO, too bad Mayweather isn't looking to fight the best welters because Cotto vs. Mayweather would have been a classic.

[Dynamite Kid]

Cotto started backing up against Mosley when Shane got his second wind and started coming on. Shane is not like Margarito who will come forward no matter what, I didn't think Cotto had that fight in the bag just yet. I thought Cotto vs. Mosley could have been a draw. When he fought N'dou that was really Cotto's first 12 round fight against a guy who was there to win, he had gone 11 with Bazan but Cesar was already shot to **** and took a beating the whole fight. Cotto is a great fighter but he needs to stay away from Margarito IMO, too bad Mayweather isn't looking to fight the best welters because Cotto vs. Mayweather would have been a classic.

We will have to agree to disagree there then. I meant Cotto himself thought he had the fight in the bag. The fight would n't have been close imo, if Cotto had carried on doing what he was doing, which was fighting from mid range outspeeding Mosley hitting him with punches and sliding underneath him before he could come back with anything.



I did not think Bazan deserved to be stopped or pulled out TBH.

[Hagler★]

its funny because up until lets say 45 secs/a minute before the fight actually stopped Cotto was still trying to fight keep Margarito off him fire off combos etc
So when people say he quit i have to disagree, to quit is to not even try and change circumstance, lie down and let **** happen, Cotto tried but Margarito resisted