Cotto-Margarito: Miguel in a very dangerous fight on December 3rd
October 12th, 2011
By Dan Ambrose: It’s been three years since Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KO’s) was massacred by Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KO’s) in an 11th round TKO loss in July 2008. Cotto took a lot of punishment in that fight, enough to where he looked like one of the walking dead from the AMC television program by the end of the fight.
Bob Arum, Cotto’s promoter at Top Rank, has been extra careful with Cotto since his last beating against Pacquiao and has matched him ever so lightly since then, setting him up to win the WBA junior middleweight paper title against Yuri Foreman and then matching him against 38-year-old way his best Ricardo Mayorga in his last fight.
Cotto has how piled up a nice little two-fighting winning streak as he comes into his December 3rd rematch with Margarito at Madison’s Square Garden. Cotto will have the crowd on his side in this fight, as the huge Puerto Rican fanbase in the New York area will surge into the Madison Square Garden on December 3rd to give him all the support that he needs.
However, the fans won’t be out there in the ring taking blows for Cotto, and that’s going to be the problem here. I don’t what it is buy Cotto’s skin seems to swell and bust up incredibly quick when he gets hit, even when he’s running, he still swells with every hit to the head. Margarito has the confidence of someone who knows how to beat Cotto after the demolition of Cotto he did in 2008.
That memory will be important for Margarito, because he figured Cotto out by the 10th round and realized what a sucker he was for the uppercut, and nothing has changed since then. Cotto’s still very much vulnerable to an upper cut and will be taking a massive amount of punishment in this fight if he can’t run and hide his head from the big blows from Margarito in this fight.
I think it’s going to get ugly once the blood starts flowing down Cotto’s face and it’s going to be like waving a red handkerchief in front of a angry bull because Margarito will really go for Cotto after he’s got him bloody and battered. Cotto will end up taking a knee or getting stopped on the deck if he’s unable to run for the full 12. Personally, I don’t think Cotto can. He’s too much of a wide body to run for 12 rounds, and lacks the sprinter’s physique to keep on the run for long. He actually has to slug it out with Margarito or it’ll be a repeat of the last fight with Cotto taking knees left and right in order to avoid punishment.
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Dan is obvious your a horrible boxing reporter. and is obvious you don’t know anything about boxing. yeah cotto is not the same fighter after being slammed by plaster….. but he still has far more better ability and skill that Margacheeto. He will box and stick and move and clinch and that’s how easy you beat this bum. Remember margarito’s eyes are very delicate after Pacquiao almost took them out. Your a bum
dan ur parents are from mexico ?
cuz u don’t give anything to cotto….everybody knows that cotto is better boxer than margarito…cotto in 12….i will enjoy to see 3 more fights of cotto…he will beat margarito…he will beat 2 of any of theese 3 (v. ortiz ,canelo, or chavez) and then ends his career with a big fight…rematch with pac-man…i thin his unbeatable maybe he use ilegal sustance…but ending his career vs mayweather will be a great all-time fight
cotto has more left then the 2 i thinbk he will beat margarito by ud its a dangerous fight do hope he wins
wargarito will k.o miguelito.
anybody who says cotto, mayweather or even pac is afraid of martinez doesnt know much… martinez is way bigger than all three. cotto in particular is a tiny jr middle. why doesnt martinez call anyone at 68? its a deep division. dude is overated i believe, pple are rating him because of who he calls out instead of his resume.
the upper cut always find a home in cotto’s chin, he will go down again he has no defence for it. Wargarito by brutal k.o.
@ NYC…there you go man. U going to MSG? im there for this one…look @ Margo’s last 3 fights – he was PUMMELED in 2 of them and the other he couldnt close the deal…COTTO 12…hopefully sooner.
Dan? Whatever u smokin, I want some! lol
Will see this time if Margarito is better than Cotto, then he must prove. Last time is dubious. I think Margarito will be able this time to smile when he gets hits in the face, specially on his fractured eye. By looking at what happened to Margarito against Mosley and how Cotto beat Mosley..knowing Cottos power shpuld be a bit up at a higher weight..I will say Cotto by K.O inside 8-9 rounds..He will get confidend by the round when he feels Margaritos punches are not that hard without the bricks. Opposite Margarito will feel not confident when he starts loosing sight in the early rounds…maybe his corner may even stop the fight to avoid further damage. Sorry Mexicans I just dont see Margo winning this time.. unles Cotto tie his hands and feets and stay unprotected in fron of himm whithout movement..
dan let me tell you something you you must not like puerto rican. Thata too bad. you sid the samething last time also and cotto won. cotto know what to do with the CHEAT/COTTO WILL THIS TIME TUST ME DAN, YOU KNOW NOTING ABOUT BOXING GET A NEW JOB.
Look the worst mistake was letting go of Emanuel Steward but hey Magarito got slower have no power and can’t barley moved and he have no hands wrap Cotto easy win as for Dan Ambrose folks he hates puerto rican boxers you should see all the comments he made towards Puerto Rico Boxing yep he just don’t like Puerto Ricans well that his mind so I leave it at that..
Now I definitely know cheatos gonna win. Carribean fool can’t get a prediction right to save his life.
dan is a cotto hater,don’t know what he’s talking about
cotto will take this mexican down with his boxing skills. now that margarito can cheat again his punches wont do much damage to cotto. the one who should be worrying about their face is margarito cuz cotto is going to target that eye that manny banged up and its going to get ugly.
WARGARITO IS TOO BIG! prop to little miguel for taking the fight he really dint want to go through with this one, he tryed to avoid it saying it was speculations he kicked and screamed but big Bob calls the shots and who can say no to 5 million dollars so here we go again another beat down by his good old friend Antonio “the tijuana tornado” Wargarito.
COTTO will be victorios point blank..
Easy fight for cotto , great trainer on coner!!….
Easy fight for cotto , great trainer on coner!!
This Rematch Between My Man Miguel Cotto And Antonio Margarito Will Be Totally Different Cause Margarito Ain’t Gonna Have His Former Trainer Javier Capetillo”Load”Up His Handwraps Like He Did The 1st-Time Around And Further More Cotto Will Avenge That Loss And Retain His WBA World Jr.Middleweight Championship By Knockout Mark My Word Dan Ambrose It’s Gonna Happen!!!!!
Me109cito keep dreaming u loser rican ure gotto will be put to hiss knees by his daddy the tornado u ricans ain’t got shet on Mexicans Mexico will always smash on ure little island people and u know it that’s right wat u got to say rican Fuc.k all ya haters
kneeguel jotto is just to weak minded for big bad Wargarito he will get k.o worst than the first time and retired, jotto is weaker than lopez,vasquez, and calderon all of them former champs and after the Tornado hits n.y.c he will be one too.
Cotto will beat the cheat…..
COTTO is the boxer and outlanded and out scored MARGACHEATA the brawler…..the same thing gonna happen again but this time that cheat is going DOWN!!!!
Yeah mark my word cotto by ko
WOW!!! dont kno what fight you watched DAN but COTTO was up at least 8 rounds of their first fight.. “DEMOLISHED” by MARGA.. please his face(COTTO)looked like that beacuse of MARGAS loaded gloves,,, its bull about COTTOS fACE swells up the only 2 fighters ever had COTTO’S face swollen was MARGA”I GOT MY GLOVES LOADED” AND PACMAN ” THROW MORE PUNCHES THAN THE AVERAGE BOXER N SUSPECTED OF USING P.E.D.” SO please when COTTO wins then what guys gonna say then MARGA was washed up!!!! COTTO’S gonna win WAR i tell you WAR!!!!! WWEEEPPPPAAA!!!
Styles make fight. Cotto has no chance against Margo.
I am tired of hearing about Cotto. He is a coward. Otherwise, he would be facing Martinez. Margarito is a has been and is shot with fractured retinas, If Cotto can’t beat Margarito as this stage than who can he beat..
Cotto has no chance I’m with Dan on this one. Cotto gets knocked out.
If Miguel looked like one of the walking dead you sound like teacher from Charlie Brown, ” Wah wah wah wah.” Same articles every fight.
If there is any karma in boxing, Cotto will win
same writer saying cotto will get demolished by both yuri foreman and mayorga!! and what happened, now yuri was a paper champ!! your full of it!!
Cotto will win!!!!!boricua puñeta
match cotto with mayorga is’nt that carrefully.
try to match up mayorga vs margarito right now and you will find not a chance for antonio , cotto beat mayorga fair and square in a fight that cotto showed a decent chin a sharp difense and a master right hand . the ko come with a classic left hook to the chin that stoned mayorga . if margo has no a chance on beating mayorga how can he win the rematch with cotto?