Cotto vs. Margarito II on December 3rd at Madison Square Garden
July 6th, 2011
By Chris Williams: Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KO’s) comes into this rematch with WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KO’s) in bad shape from a series of eye operations stemming from the bad beating that Margarito took in a 12 round decision loss to Manny Pacquiao last year. Margarito suffered a fractured right orbital bone and has had two surgeries to repair the damage from this fight.
Margarito has lost two out of his last three fights and not looked good since the Cotto win. The Cotto-Margarito II fight will be on pay per view, which is kind of sad because it’s a fight that almost certainly won’t live up to the standards of the first fight. Given how poorly Margarito has looked since that fight, this really should be on regular cable because unless they pack the undercard with extremely good fights, I can see a lot of disappointed boxing fans once this fight is over.
This fight reminds me of the 4th bout between Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez where Vazquez came into the fight with bad eyes from his previous three wars with Marquez and ended up getting taken out in the 3rd round. I see the same thing happening with Margarito. He took too much damage to his right eye in the Pacquiao fight and really needs take it easy and not fight for a long, long time. Cotto is going to win this fight, but it doesn’t say much because of how beat up Margarito. I think the fight isn’t worth paying for. I see it as a fight that should be free of charge, preferably buried on an undercard with some younger talent.
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When are the yickets going on sale ??????
Miguel Cotto is a great fighter, he has always challenged the best out there. This will be an interesting match to see again I hope that this will be a great fight. Best of luck to both fighters .
I like cotto his a hell of a fighter never ducked no one, but I don’t think he stands a chance with margarito.
Mr.Cali North Star do you know what you talking aboutyou dirty roba trabajo for 50 dollars a day you muerto de hambre this time no cheating you n margarito r vende patria
This fight will be exciting. It´s revenge time. I can´t wait to see these two good boxers, how good and clever Cotto and how powerful and strong Margarito truly are,
If Cotto will Hold and Tie up Margarito like Mosley did he can win easily. If not Margarito will wear him down and beat him. Guaranteed.
Boxer, why are you so worried about Floyd Mayweather? Is this a story about him?
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this is the best that a dumb floydiot could say. whoever thinks that jmm will last a round against any of those that floyd DUCKED are nuts!!!
so what you are saying is those fighters that you say floyd ducked would knock out marquez in one round? you are just spewing what ever comes to mind. you are dumb. marquez already beat pac twice. no one has come close to ko ing marquez at all, let alone in one round…it sounds like you are just jealous of floyd to me…manny has not had a ko in years and could not even ko margarito and he sure wont ko juan marquez…
floyd is ducking old, washed up and has been fighters, no wonder ESPN called him a COWARD!!!
oh by the way, calderon and segura have some impressive wins too! maybe floyd want a piece of them lol!!! but of course they have to be bloated before they could face floyd…
over rated bum, old, washed up, damaged goods, anything can be said against those fighters but one thing will remain in the minds of boxing fans, they are all DUCKED by floyd FACT!
Anonymous says:
July 7, 2011 at 4:10 am
both of these guys are over rated bums! why would floyd fight them? why should he? marquez is a great fighter however with some impressive wins.
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this is the best that a dumb floydiot could say. whoever thinks that jmm will last a round against any of those that floyd DUCKED are nuts!!!
both of these guys are over rated bums! why would floyd fight them? why should he? marquez is a great fighter however with some impressive wins.
i admire both fighters, margo and cotto. despite having lost to pacman, these two guys brought fright to floyd mayweather jr. and will go down in history as two of the fighters that floyd DUCKED!!!
Cotto will be to sharp for marg and with no plaster in them mits,how can marg win?
Margaro will go for seconds and chomp on some more PUERCO RICO!
el tornando will win this one again and again same fighters same styles same outcome. viva mexico! we are the best! 20 current world champions! only 4 interims! with 22 belts! margarito by 5th round k.o! 2012 is coming! & where going for 30 champions! dont hate! shhh be quiet!
everytime we talk bout a fighter who floydie has ducked, we gotta mention that coward .. cherrypicker ducker is a disgrace to boxing .. hes no foolin nobody
YOU MEAN THE GREATEST CHEATER OF ALL TIMES HE IS THE DIRTY N YOU CALL THE CHEATER THE GREATEST HE SHOULD OFF BE BAN FOR LIFE
Really. Bringing uMayweather in this article he will beat Cotto Margarito and Pacquiao u people are stupid
Oh Chris Williams is alive again to criticize Bob Arum,Top Rank fighters and filipinos.
This fight will sell even if both, fighters were to come in a wheel chair, us puerto rican and my good frinds mexican, we are true die hard fight fans, It will be a good fight!!!
really? an undercard? your an idiot. you shouldnt be writing articles
Cotto’s looking forward to avenging his lost against margarito.
damn writer I promise u these is better fight than ur boy Mayweather vs Ortiz
Dude under me….. Another dirty Mexican.
margarito by k.o again it dont matter where they fight, its in cotto’s mind that he lost by plaster and when he feels the punch of the tornado and realizes that it wasent the plaster he is going to bow down again and maybe retire. MARGARITO KO’S JOTTO ONCE AGAIN!
More like Margo cements his hands as the greatest failure ever.
If Cotto knocks Margarito out, Cotto will have his confidence back and his swagger. This is a huge fight for Cotto’s career, and phsychologicaly.
Of course magarito not the same he have no plaster bricks in his gloves
Fight of the year cotto its pay back time.
Hit his eye socket and blind him? There are some sick puppies on this site. Both fighters will give it their all, I think it will be a great fight. Margarito has to prove he can move on from the beating he took from Manny and this is Cotto’s toughest fight since his. As a fan of boxing, I respect both these guys as they always come to fight, if I was betting on it, Margarito late stoppage but as he has to prove himself after his last fight, I’d leave it alone.
Margo cheato is going to get punished by Cotto. God don’t like ugly, and using loaded gloves makes u real ugly. Retirement Dec 3rd for cheato
guy is a tough one. give him credit.
Cottos gunna get stopped again there both shot cotto will win rounds rounds early but margarito never slows down cotto wont handle the pressure and crumble late again
margo never was anything special, even with his loaded plaster gloves!
eyebrow plucker cotto has it easy now…marg is done,finished…he’s looked awful in his last 3 fights,in two of those he took tremendous beatings…this is the third fight in a row he’s looked bad and the third fight in a row cotto fights a bum…first feather fisted handicapped foreman,then old man mayorga who is also finished and now another beat up fighter..then he’ll probably face the one fighter everybody calls a bum,chavez…could it be four bums in a row/
joto going bite the dust
I am rooting for Miguel but I think Margo will take him out in 8.
Pac will fight the looser of this fight and pactards will be happy about it! WTF?
Should’nt it be Floyd versus Margarito or floyd versus Cotto??
Floyd is a ducker!!!!! Shame on floyd! ducker, Coward, cherry picker!!
I’ll watch this at a bar because i love boxing, but I di find it disturbing that margarito has gotten his biggest paydays after being caught cheating
hey floyd fans .. still accusin pac on peds?? .. floydie needs ur your bright ideas on what hes gonna say to the judge during his depo … coz all hes got now is NUTHIN ZILCH NADA ZERO
I see Cotto doing a number on him! The first fight was Cotto dominating early but Margarito wore him down (loaded gloves or not). Now though Margarito has had two bad beatings from Mosley and Pacquiao and has needed surgery so if Cotto goes to work early on the injuries it could be over quick! Cotto inside 6!
Two fighters damaged by Manny Aka loaded fist! Who cares?
hit his eye socket and blind him.
than really tee off……
I’m Argentinian but i’m going for Margarito. because i love his style coming forward with a great chin throwing uppercuts. Cotto is also good. Margaro should get a better trainer garcia is too young to teach Margarito something new.or to even train him like Capetillo use to do.
cotto will win only a fool would believe marg has a chance. margarito never had any skills to begin with other than his amazing chin he wont have the loaded gloves so its all over for him
Yeah you are rught again Williams, this fight is not worth watching. As you have said again and again this fight and any fights of Top Rank are not worth watching on pay per view. I wonder if you will quit on writing and be a business manager of a boxing promotion. Maybe you will go somewhere instead of writing nonsense.
same outcome
This will be a great fight,to top fighters toe to toe in what will be fight of the year,and cotto winning.
still think that margartio will stop cotto again
Floyd didnt hav to duck neither one because neither was smart enough to stay on top, instead they both took on pacquiao’s juiced up azz
margarito’s power has gone because he wont be able to pour plaster of paris in his wraps! I hope cotto ends this cheats career!
chrissie will keep on bashin cotto marg jus to hide the fact that his idol floyd has ducked em all his life haha