Arum wants to match Margarito against Cotto next in 2011
November 15th, 2010
By Jason Kim: Two-time welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KO’s) took a terrible beating in losing a 12 round unanimous decision to Manny Pacquiao last Saturday night at the Cowboys Stadium, in Arlington, Texas. Fighting in front of 41,734 fans in the stadium, Margarito gave it his best shot against Pacquiao, but he was far too slow and wide open on defense to make much of a fight of it. Margarito did hurt Pacquiao with some body shots in the 6th, but he was unable to take advantage of it and spent the rest of the fight taking huge punishment.
Both of Margarito’s eyes were nearly closed from the shots from Pacquiao, and Margarito ended up getting hit by 474 of the 1069 punches that Pacquiao threw with most of them being head shots. That’s a lot of punishment for any fighter to take, and Margarito was already stopped last year by Shane Mosley.
Margarito defeated Cotto by an 11th round TKO two years ago in an exciting fight in which Margarito wore Cotto down with heavy pressure. This is a rematch that Cotto was against for a long time but he seems to have changed his mind recently. Who knows? Perhaps it’s because Margarito is no longer looking like the same fighter he once was and Cotto is looking for some payback. But part of it is because Cotto really doesn’t have a lot of appealing alternatives other than Pacquiao and Margarito. Cotto wants to take on only big named fighters and guys like Mike Jones, Andre Berto and some of the up and coming fighters aren’t popular enough to bring him the kind of payday he’s looking for in an opponent. Arum seems reluctant to match Cotto back up with Pacquiao right now, perhaps because of the criticism he’d receive from fans who don’t want to see a rematch because of the one-sided nature of their fight last year. Pacquiao beat Cotto about as easy as he did Margarito, except Cotto ran from Pacquiao instead of trying to slug it out after the 4th.
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Loaded gloves in the first fight or not, Cotto would win a rematch. He is much better now than he was then with a new trainer in Emanuel Stewart.
He now has better footwork and a better jab, he can certainly go the distance without being knocked down. Can he do that, then he wins!
cotto is the best boxer #1
Cotto IS the BEST boxer that ever will be
whatever haterz there are about boricuas running and being scared, yall are wack!
Puerto Rico is #1 in having the most boxing champions in the world and #3 in have the most world champions!
cotto aint a runner. hel fight anyone. mayweather is a runner.
This fight just proves what boxing fans knew all along. Margarito could of never gotten anywhere in his boxing career had it not been for the plaster. This douche bag got exactly what he deserved. As for another pay day with Cotto, please!!! This guy should of never been let back in the ring.
@cangri_what round and time?
iwas watching the reply of cotto vs margarito. well if u look closing when he gets lift up and has his fist in the air u can acturally see the plaster bein crack on his knuckles. plus thier a spot of blood by his pinky . on top of that his corner in the 8th round quoted ” ur punches should be solid by now ” they all should of gotten ban 4 life
Pac wins because opponents are weight drained.
When will the pufta fight at right weight.
look at margaritos face.pacquiao kicked his a$s bad
HA..HA you took a beating margachita.Another mexican disgraced.
Z”apatz”o viejo, STFU! lets bring it mamón! I’ll vamos a ver si la puta marga firma primero since without his plaster he had done nothing but getting his ass bitten up, maybe that is why you like him so much, u like ur ax 2 b bitten too hey?
Lets wait for this one see if maybe after you get your hole shoved up…
I’d like to see COTTO vs. MAYWEATHER in early 2011.
I still think Margarito beats Cotto.
I’d like to see COTTO vs. MAYWEATHER
To all Haterz!
I hope the fight does happen & Cotto puts on his plaster of paris & shows cheato what it feels like. @apatz by the 6th rnd Cotto was already feeling the effects of cheatos plaster wich is Y he starts to run from there on, by the 11th cotto’s face was coming off his skull, Mosley hits harder than margo & they both landed about the same amount of punches on Cottos face, so how come Margo was able to do that to Cottos face but Mosley didnt? Hmm interesting.
The fight shudd happen on Mexican soil, cant wait to Cotto pays this guy by k.o. for destroying his career, pay backs a bic+h f’cking cheater.
BOB ARUM IS THE BOSS SO HE CAN DO WHAT EVER HE WANTS WITH HIS EMPLOYEES
LET COTTO USE THIS PUNCHING BAG TOO
Im not sure Margarito vs Cotto is a PPV fight and HBO may want Berto or some other fighter in a big fight next. So they may pay more money for Berto vs. Cotto.
If you stay off the ropes and have a good plan you can beat Margarito.You stay on the ropes and your a dead duck
you must not know boxing.Emmanual Stewart is Cotto’s trainer.He said that Cotto had bad balance problems and when Cotto fought Foreman I seen huge improvement.Emmanual Stewart would have a way better gameplan than Cotto’s old trainer.I say Cotto on a decision victory hopefully
@tony d_what do u say about cotto getting the same type of beating at the hands of midget?this fight should happen but i honestly dont think jotto has the gutts to get in there with antonio..
Now this is what i have been waiting for. Its redemption time for Cotto because now margarito wont get away with cheating. He got what he deserved by getting his ass kicked by pacquiao. So next year its Cotto’s turn.
@dr strangelove_must agree dude….
Honestly Margarito impressed me with his chin, heart and conditioning. But I honestly think his carear is over.
Worst Corner Ever.
manny fractured margarito’s face!
Cotto by TKO its obvious Marg doesnt have the power (Plaster) anymore… He hit Pac with more shots than Clottey ever did but Pac got marked up by the few shots Clottey did land Pac only had real light bruises from Marg.
Migs should laugh in Arum’s face and tell him to phuck off.
Too bad Robert Garcia didn’t stop the fight because Margarito may have a career ending orbital wall fracture.
Pacquiao and Roach showed more concern for Margarito than his own corner did. Roach told Manny to go easy on him during the final round. It was obvious that Margarito was going to lose, but Robert Garcia chose to instruct Margarito to use his jab before the 12th round instead of stopping the fight. Margarito needed a hospital not a boxing lesson.
this fight it would answer a lot of questions
APATZ is back, sorry amigo you loss again, Paquaio strikes again, better lack next time!
i heard when margarito seen himself in the mirror at the hospital, he said, “aay papi”.
lol. courtesy of hbo 24/7
@MONZIE_ANGULO IS THE “JOSE LUIS LOPEZ OR THE JAMES PAGE”THEY WERE DUCKED BY DE LA CHIKEN,QUARTEY,PERNELL,ETC,ETC,IN THE 90S,THESE WERE HARD I MEAN HARD PUNCHERS JUST AS ANGULO IF DONT BELIEVEME GOOGLE “PAGE VS LOPEZ”AND UR UNDERTAND ME….
SORRY IT WAS ME “”"REDNECK”"UP URS !Y QUE VIVA MEXICO HIJOS DE PUTA HATERS!!!HAHAHAHAHAHA
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cotto wins nxt time round for sure
this would be a great grudge match, last fight was great and i think this one would be too – why would cotto fight angulo? nobody knows or cares about that fool – hes always said hed fight anybody but wouldnt fight sergio martinez when they offered him the fight.. and cintron?? did u see his last fight when he dove out the ring? nobody wants to see that scrub fight. cotto, fight chavez jr, then margo, maybe by then berto will have some big name suner his belt and fight him
with emanuel steward training him i think cotto will fight smart and beat margarito with a unanimous decision
I would love to see this fight. I do not know how plaster of Paris works but if it is anything like plaster that you put on walls then it should start to harden around the 6th round. That is right about the time when Margarito does his zombie stomp.
To Mike: Cotto has a bette rtrainer now? Who’s training him?
well it seems the boxing gloves on cotto’s margarito’s fight where true. now cotto will payback,so don’t make this fight,look for younger fighters ,create a new rivalry,this is not worth it.
Id like to see it sometime but not as his next fight, would rather see ea. prove that they can fight at light middle, Im not convinced.
Not interested…
Cotto should fight Angulo in Puerto Rico.
I wouldn’t mind seeing a Cotto-Marg rematch, but not at this time. They should both get a couple more fight before facing each other, if they ever do.
That would be good cause Cotto was ahead on the cards when he got stopped.And now he has a way better trainer now.That would be a good bout.
fan base what fan base arum had to give away most of the tickets to the last event due to low sales the cotto vs foreman bout. not a bad idea if its on hbo but not ppv will not sell.
The old men doesn’t give up. He put a dollar above everything. Margarito is done and so is Cotto. They could end up killing themselves…lol…2 sr citizens dishing it out…puer circus…I am sure it would be in MSG to p!mp the Puerto Rican into believing Cotto still any good.
Match Cotto against Angulo or Cintron.