Cotto needs to fight Margarito in Mexico
February 15th, 2010
By Esteban Garduno: If former World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s) was smart, he would press Top Rank to line up a rematch against Antonio Margarito (37-6, 27 KO’s) in Mexico as soon as possible. Cotto, 29, has unfinished business against Margarito due to the brutal beating that Cotto received at the hands of Margarito in July 2008. Cotto’s face was nearly torn off by the powerful punches from the high octane punches from Margarito in that fight, and if Cotto wants to get peace of mind from that bout, he should try to get Margarito back in the ring to see if he can avenge that defeat.
That would be Cotto’s third defeat in his last five fights if he gets beaten by Foreman. At that point, Cotto might as well start thinking about retirement, because that would be clear signals to me that it’s time that Cotto hang up his gloves. But if Cotto takes on Margarito, a tough fighter with good power, and still loses the fight, I don’t think it would hurt Cotto all that much with boxing fans.
Margarito is popular enough where a loss to him won’t diminish Cotto in the eyes of fans. But a loss to the light hitting, crafty Foreman probably will. Besides that, Foreman is a bad match up for Cotto. He’s a hit and run artist who likes to clinch a lot. Those types of fighters are almost impossible to look good against and are very hard to beat, because they have the ability to nullify offensive fighters like Cotto. It looks like Cotto wants to win another title, even if boxing fans ultimately see it as a paper one.
If Cotto takes on Margarito, there’s a good chance that Cotto win the fight and gain revenge and make more of a name for himself in doing. Fans can respect a fighter that tries to avenge their defeats against good fighters like Margarito. If nothing, else Cotto would still be showing a lot of balls by fighting Margarito even if he does get beat again by the talented Mexican.
And as far as Margarito not getting his license to fight in the United States goes, it won’t matter because the fight can take place in Mexico where the California Athletic Commissions’ ban on Margarito won’t apply.
I think it would be good for Cotto to step back in the ring with Margarito, the fighter who gave Cotto his first loss, and try to avenge his defeat against Margarito. It would be like an act of catharsis for Cotto, to get past a bad experience in his life by facing it again and showing that there is nothing to fear.
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que le paso aora a margarito sin los yeso? que coma boricua jajajajajajajaj tranposo
Margarito is a cheater I needs to be band form boxing
ricanstruction is a consistently retarded also…he is so mad that he paid $50 twice to see Jotto get his butt whooped by a Mexican fighter and a Filipino fighter. Give up, your Jotto is finished and I hope he fight Tony and Manny again!
Hey Bob,plaster or no plaster if it was Mayweather in there with Margo,you have to be able to hit the other fighter in order to do the damage.No?
Look at this Picture Floyd that would have been you if margarito would have got hold of you back when you ducked him for 8 million. I doubt your crack head dad and uncle would have noticed the plaster of paris.
Doc Holiday so your saying Mosley should have been Punished for his roids? Well I agree everyone here seems to be giving Mosley a pass. I do think Margarito mangement team were using this crap because they were aware of Mosley’s steroid use.
Perhaps Carl Lewis and Ben Johnson should come out of retirement for a juiced-up ‘rematch’…
Margarito should never be allowed to make another penny out of boxing.
Oh yeah and Margarito is not a good fighter, he’s a high volume puncher with no brain that can withstand severe punishment to his empty noggin, no skills a good fighter?far from that
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Fight Margocheato in Mexico?!LOL!!!!!!this authors a joke..
1) Margs was gettn a boxing clinic before his super powers kicked in
2) Margs SHOULD not be able to fight again
3) Why would Cotto want to reward him, I mean who is he?
(6 losses, won his firts title against antonio diaz, lol, and lost everytime he stepped up in comp, check his track record…here steps in the plaster…)
4) AND IF A PUERTO RICAN AS BIG AS COTTO FOUGHT IN MEXICO HE WOULD HAVE TO KNOCK EM TO GET A DRAW….
Margarito should fight Mosely again to try and avenge his defeat but that would probably end his career for good.
He shouldn’t be given his licence back anyway.
el boxer,Do you have your green card.Be kind,Before i erase the whole front line,Of immigration.
Were a part of the US.Stop hateing.Follow me.Were the trendsetters.
Bull margarita not gonna eat off cotto plate.Hes not worthy.Hes a cheat.Get over it,You make me wanna contact immigration.
I think there should be a re-match, Cotto needs to vindicate himself and jump start his career. Tony needs to prove that he can whoop Cotto with and without plaster in his gloves. I have seen worse things in boxing, like when Ali Funeka was robbed against Joan Guzman and when Lucian Bute was awarded a win which he did not deserve against Librado Andrade. Cotto can’t take a punch, if you have seen him against Chop Chop Corley and Ricardo Torres you knew it was only a matter of time before he got knock the F out…which indeed happened. I would love to see this rematch HAPPEN!!!
Too much whinning i dont care about Margarita or Jotto… I love fights and this will be more than a boxing fight their is bad blood is more like a death match lol yeah! I luv it, there is to much hype between these two guys and thats why this fight has to happen! Common Cotto avenge ur loss dont be a jotto its all up to you to accept! Even Margarito said hell go to puerto rico and fight u & if u win u get his money too damn what else you want ur loosing my respect cotto cant believe ur gonna be a cherry picker, cant believe ur fighting Foreman instead of the best jrmiddleweights like Cintron, Williams, Martinez, cant believe ur scared of Margarito live up to your words and be FEARLESS!
Mo you sound like a over weight fat hoe.Margarita isnt worthy to fight cotto.He cheated and was exposed,By mosley cleary.With out the plaster,His career is a disaster, IDIOT.
lmao at all the puerto ricans on here hating on margarito. we all know yall hate him because he beat several of ur supossed “superstars”. like it has been pointed out before there is no evidence that he cheated during the cotto fight so just stay quiet and stop crying like some little kids. and the author is actually right, any real champion would go anywhere and take revenge. just imagine if cotto went to mexico and avenged his defeat. but we all know cotto never wants to fight margarito ever again because of the ass beatin he received. he was literally traumatized after the fight lol
Margarito doesnt need plaster to beat Cotto all he has to do is show up and Cotto is gone .Sory Cotto fans and im one hes is finshed and should go home to his family
High octane punches? yeah ok, you mean high plaster punches. Margarito should be banned for life!
Cotto would never get in the Ring with Margo again he would be afraid ,and with good reason the big Mexican would beat him worse, Cotto has been a good wrarior in the Past, but now its time to find another line of work
IF COTTO WANTS TO REALLY GET BACK AT MOJONSITO HE WOULD EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU WANT.IMAGINE THAT THIS GUY SHEATED IN LAS VEGAS USA WHAT IN THE HELL DO YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN IF THEY FOUGHT IN MEXICO HE WILL NOT JUST BE WEARING PLASTER IN HIS GLOVES BUT THEY WILL LET HIM DIP THEM IN HOT GLUE AND THEN PUT THEM IN A BOX FULL OF BROKEN GLASS.
dude that just sounds plain ole stupid, talk about cotto should go to mexico to fight that cheating ass punk margarita. miguel aint that dumb, cotto don’t owe that cat nothing, so why should he be the one to travel to see him? plus, for those that think margarito didn’t cheat see it this way. if margarito was willing to cheat again a much older mosley ( who btw lost to cotto) what makes you think he didnt plaster up again cotto? the much younger, stronger, and at the time riding the undefeated wave? y’all do the math. just some food for thought.
Life ban this loser. Suger shane Mosley exsposed Margacheato he’s a selfish fighter who doesn’t fight for glory, or The passion of the sport. Miguel Cotto is a warrior should fight margacheato again I don’t think he has to. Miguel Cotto will forever be linked to this shameless coward due to the illegal hand raps. if it wasn’t for that Cotto would of won the fight and Margacheato would of just been another garbage fighter that got whooped on. Margacheato has no honest wins and for the people who sayprove the illegal hand wraps in his previous fights. All I’m saying is if he got exsposed by Richardson who was smart enough to check the wraps, imagine if they were checked before. This scumbag would of never made it in boxing period. He has no skill just heavy hits. And we all know why now. Life ban this coward and don’t even bring his name up. That’s the real way to banish his legacy…Quote me NeverMore…MiDKniGhT-1
@ Joker u clearly have no boxing knowledge at all…margacheato was beast with plaster lol but take that away you and what do you get a ….A TKO FROM SHANE MOSELY IN THE 9TH ROUND and don’t get it twisted shane busted him up lol. O yeah and remember cotto beat shane
Ban 4 life ….Wow these people that think margocheato fought cotto fair are nuts… cotto was winning in my eyes till bout roung 6 and by then cotto was battered with bricks…even after the fight look at margocheato left hand there is a a spot of red and pink on his wraps wtf
cotto would lose again. first off every time cotto hit margarito it was like nothing to magarito he keep walking to cotto cuz cotto had weak punches for margarito
margarito needs to be banned from boxing for life trying to cheat cotto was never the same after that fight
I see you guys don’t like what I wrote that’s why you don’t let people to see it
and let people to see just what you want it to see it
A Puerto Rican fighter going to Mexico to fight? I think this “author” should get his head out his @ss, he must want Margarito to literally finish off Cotto. There’s a reason he can’t get licensed in Nevada but can fight in Mexico all he wants, smh I liked this site at first but more and more I see that the art of sports writing and investigative reporting has been replaced by people with an opinion and internet access.
this is for you guys,how did you know if MARGARITO cheated in that fight? for what I know ,the trainer caught MARGARITO trying to cheat which is total different then being caught in the ring isn’t. so now you trying to make people believe then MARGARITO defeat COTTO because he cheated on that fight? there is not prove of that.
If not doing time for assault and battery, a lifetime ban from boxing for the sucmbag.
Esteban u crazy?? Cotto will wreck yuri foreman.
WOW, some people have no business writing articles!!!
come on, did you know what he did here before mosley fight??i mean why can he dont do that in mexico? whit all does corrupt goverment….are you nuts??
I think CHEATER BOY should be banned for life too…illegal wraps and PED’s cause for the same penalty if you ask me. Any unnatural advantage that gives one guy an obvious advantage over the other should be on ZREO tolerence terms!! Thats why im all for ensuring the safety of fighters no matter how extreme they sound…I don’t like how protected QB’s are and i’m sure if you asked players in the NFL how they felt about it 99% would say they hate that rule but times have changed and protecting QB’s is a top priorty so protecting fighters should be no different!
cotto should just stick with yuri foreman. antonio is just all bad for him. i guess whoever wrote this article doesn’t care if cotto dies in the ring. cotto should just finish his career fighting featherfisted foes like foreman and spinks.
Agree, Agree, Ban for life
Life ban.
Yeah! Great idea smart one. Let’s have Cotto travel across the border to Margacheato’s homeland to give that cheater another opportunity to get a paycheck on Cotto’s name. That piece of S%^t should be behind bars and will never get a Licence to fight again on U.S. soil. The only way this fight happens is in Cotto’s backyard of PR where Cotto fans can get a first-hand look at the smackdown Cotto will give that cheater.
I’m with giftojab. Give cotto some plaster to give margarito a taste of his own medicine. I don’t think the fight should happen. Margarito had his chance. And he ruined it.
Top Rank wants Cotto to win a paper title at 154 so Manny can get another organization to change its rules and allow him to get another title by beating Cotto at another catchweight, probably 148. Who knows, it could be at 145 again, this time for a 154 title.
I do not agree.Going for another world title is the way to go for Cotto.If he does win his fight against foreman he (Cotto) will then have more leverage for his next bout.Cotto said it himself that he will not fight for much longer so why go after a guy that potentially cheated his way to victory the first time they met in the ring?He will also be tying Felix Trinidad for holding titles in three weight divisions by a puerto rican fighter.
Good call, a rematch would be bloody good. But i see the result being the same as before but if it is done this time within the law at least he can walk away with his head held high
Antonio Cheetdorito should be pumping out liscence plates not jabs hooks AND uppercuts