what does cotto have to do to beat marg???

[TheSurgeonMDMPH]

use different looks/angles, keep margie turning, stay off the ropes/not stationary. counter those wide looping slow ass shots. keep his damn head up, margie's favorite shot is the uppercut. effective countering will be the key in addition to elite level conditioning. this are the techniques that will guarantee victory!

[HappyBoxingFan]

Im just wondering. I think what he did during the first fight was the best thing for him to do. But what can he do now to beat marg.


I think if marg comes out right away he will finish cotto even faster. He always waits till later in the fight to start pressuring and swinging

Shorter exchanges. I gotta tell you though... if Marg is able to do what he did last fight... Cotto will have alot of trouble.

[The_Italian]

he needs to do everything the same.

only things that need to be changed are:

tie margarito up sometimes rather than get on the bike (to conserve energy)...

and to work the body. cotto seemed too interested on knocking margarito out with a good combo of head punches rather than working the body to wear him down to win the fight...seemed like he was looking for the homerun after the 6th/7th round.

[nystate0fm1nd]

I dont think Cotto will ever beat Margarito he is to easily discouraged.

Cotto is too easily discouraged? Have you ever seen his fights before? He lost to a guy that put too much pressure on him and hurt him with uppercuts. He was still fighting even in the 11th round until it was over. He's been hurt in other fights before, cut bad and still came back to win. Dumb comment.

Cotto is gonna have to be prepared to run around the ring ALL night. That means in the gym getting pressured non-stop from bigger guys. Counter punch occasionaly but mostly find a rhythm with that jab to keep Margarito's timing off. Body-head, if possible. Work on avoiding left hooks and uppercuts (those are what did him in in the 1st fight). The only time he should trade is in the CENTER of the ring where Margarito cant bully him as much.

Cotto is 100% the better boxer, and I think Cotto is the harder puncher, but Margarito can take shots better than anybody and Cotto just doesn't have a chin like that.

Still even working like that I think it will be tough for Cotto to win, you can expect Margarito to try and start up earlier, throwing 100+ punches from the first round on. Cotto will be prepared for this fight you can count on that, but Margarito may just have his number. It hurts me very much to say that, but I still got hope that Cotto can pull off the W.

[Chr0nic]

Im just wondering. I think what he did during the first fight was the best thing for him to do. But what can he do now to beat marg.


I think if marg comes out right away he will finish cotto even faster. He always waits till later in the fight to start pressuring and swinging

not look for a knockout, keep it nice and simple and get a UD
in and out

[gancho_al_igado]

Stay out of the ropes, increase his stamina..and speed and i think it will be lopsided decision.

[PRboxingfan]

Here are a few things he needs to do:

1. The first thing he needs to do is improve his stamina. He was gassed around round 8 and wasn't moving as much as he should've. Conditioning is the key.
2. He needs to take a page out of the Hatton Boxing Handbook and clinch when Margo gets too close.
3. Box, box, box. Never stand in one place for more than 3 seconds, and then only when throwing a punch.
4. Try to keep the exchanges to a minimum. Margo has to set to throw and exchanges provide that time.
5. Always circle to his left, away from Margos left hook.
6. Don't try to hurt Margo, Cintron already proved it can't be done. The worst strategy is to go out there thinking you can KO this guy. Prepare for 15 rounds and be prepared to fight every second of every round.
7. Pray.

If he can put those into practice, I think he can win a UD.

[Bushbaby]

Cotto needs to work on his stamina,staying off the ropes and backing straight back.He also needs to work on clinching,turning and providing angles.Cotto was once the hook to the body master,he should remember that!!You cant hurt Margarito to the head.Tying him up should nulify the Margarito uppercut!!

[Ch@mpBox@PR]

Cotto needs to circle around Margarito instead of going straight back, doing that he will stay in the middle of the ring and wont go to ropes that much,as he did when he was running straight backwards.

He needs to jab a lot more to disrupt Margaritos rythm, time Margaritos slow right hand, to get that left hook to the body. He needs to sometimes go forward and press Margarito. Margarito doesnt know what to do when he have to go backwards, he doesnt know how to throw or defend himself.(watch the Clottey,Santos,Lujan and Williams fights).

When on the attack he needs to mix it up. Go up and down and down and up, hit to the body.I watched the fight again and there were lots of openings to hit Margarito to the body. Cotto just prefered to hit him to the head,since it was so easy. Plus he needs to forget about a KO. Just win the rounds and go for the decision, if the KO happends during that, oh well, but just focuse on winning rounds!!!!!!

[mellow_mood]

COTTO NEEDS THIS!!!!!