A disappointing aftermath: Cotto vs. Margarito
November 30th, 2010
By Lucio Nunez: Miguel Cotto was left a bloody following his loss to Antonio Margarito and was immediately hospitalized. Antonio Margarito on the other side was thrilled with has long desired career defining fight and said “El tornado llegó para quedarse” (The Tornado was here to stay).
Furthermore, I was already looking forward to a rematch that could have been even better.
More importantly, I figured both Margarito and Cotto would continue to be future stars of boxing.
Man was I on cloud nine because Cotto vs. Margarito had a very disappointing aftermath.
It seemed as both fighters gave everything in the ring and beat the prime out of each other. Margarito, despite the winner, had a severe swollen face and Cotto was, like I mentioned, immediately taken to the hospital.
What was worse was Margarito fought Shane Mosley down the road and lost. Not only did the hype of a Cotto/Margarito rematch wane down, Margarito was caught with a plaster like substance.
Perhaps, this indicated that he might have used that same substance on Cotto. Yet, we will never be able to be 100% sure.
Margarito recently came back and got a surprising shot at Manny Pacquiao. Despite his spirited effort and a body shot that buckled Pacquiao (Pacquiao admitted that he was hurt by that body punch) he lost a lopsided decision and had to receive surgery because of a fractured orbital bone.
Cotto on the other hand went on to win a dubious decision against Joshua Clottey, and faced current P4P king Manny Pacquiao and lost by TKO.
Cotto recently won a light middleweight after stopping Yuri Foreman, but clearly doesn’t seem like the fighter of old.
I find it disappointing that such fighters were deemed to have very promising years down the road but seem to have their best years behind them. Even the thought of a rematch isn’t as exciting anymore.
This is boxing, a cruel sport inside and outside the ring.
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Cotto is finished as a top tier fighter……….Margo is as well …….let cotto go home to pr and res up……….perminityl
it is unfortunate to think of loaded fists as a major contributor to victory.would those fists mattered in the pacquiao fight?Maybe maybe not.Either way Margarito is thruogh as a contender.Bad beatings by two smaller men.Good thing he got a good payday recently.
I says margarito goes 4 seconds for some of that puerco Rico!
After losing to Pacquiao, Margarito earned what he desperately needed, to be forgiven and accepted back by the boxing community. I think he deserve a rematch with Moseley……
i like to see how good cotto can do in a fair fight with margarito.how good has margarito done since hes been unrapped?
ah i suppose, i couldent pick a winner, the both of them took bad beatings off pacquiao. they might make eachother look good but there both shot as f@ck
I still would like to see Cotto vs Margarito II … Anyone else?
LINGERING
cotto go away. you are finished.
Basic Fact Margarito ruined Cottos career!!! Cotto was unbeaten and was feared after being beaten like he was the aura was gone some fighters need that perfect record to keep confidence high and to lose like he did was demorilising and to know the guy that took your undefeated streak cheated gut rentching takes a strong character to bounce back. The rules on records need to be changed Cottos loss to Margarito should be null and void wiped. Pacquiao smashed Cotto but i wonder what the fight would have been like if Cotto-Margarito never happened?
Cotto vs Foreman gave HBO it’s hightest ratings in years, and they are eager for another Cotto fight,so his market value has not dimminished. He is far from over. This article does not reflect the facts.
Both were never the same after those fights.
Both Cotto and Margo are damaged goods, on-the-way-out, just cashing in before their stock totally hits the ground.
Heck, they were both broken before Pac fought them. And, you know, Pac specializes in grinding broken pieces, because he is incapable of doing the initial break. This cannot be argued. Pac has not fought a fighter in prime. He cherry picks the already broken ones, the left-overs. Okay, it’s Arum and Roach who cherry pick! not Pac. Happy now, Pacnuts? LOL. Your god/deity is immune to any accusation. He walks on water, he resurrects the dead, he cures leprosy. LMAO.
Clottey is a tomato can who can retire Marquez to the deserts of Mexico.
Marquez vs Clottey is the real test which would convince the hiding Mexican boxing fans to come out.
i cant really call champion a guy who went down like sac of potatoes from a jab. joshua clottey is a very good defensive piece of organic meat. in other words clottey he’s a tomato can.anytime i hear clottey name it’s a 3 kilos tomato can appear on my mind. what a champion.
ha ha ha : my not yet born son can write a better article than that . margarito was good with plaster on he’s gloves and cotto pay for it. the only mistake tha coto have made it’s the catch weight vs manny pacquiao. all other fight that he won (with the best that boxing trew at him)where legit beat up: clottey never hurt cotto in that fight but joshua taste the canvans for the first time of is life. clottey he’s like abraham onese you know when he’s going to cover up just wait and clottey it’s done. you put together three boxers with notting in common. margarito =cheater clottey = tomato can and cotto a great warrior.
un qué artículo mudo. sé you’ el re intentar retratar…. eso antes de que el pacquiao los luchara eran mercancías dañadas ya. eso es él?
One common denominator…. PACQUIAO. But it would be interesting to see these two fighters meet again.
This article reads like it was written by a 12-year-old.
=No need for the remach, it is obvious that Margarita cheat on his fight againts Cotto…
nice but sad article…
Both of these men are now considered “damaged-goods” and past their prime.Neither one will reach back to their best years again.They still will have their fololowing of fans and could still fill an arena but I suspect that they will never reach a championship rank again. Hope they did well with the money they earned to safeguard their fanancial future.
Cualquiera se queda haciendo trampa!