Margarito-Cotto: Antonio is ready to KO Miguel again
October 25th, 2011
By Dan Ambrose: WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KO’s) has already been knocked out once by Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KO’s) three years ago when Margarito left Cotto a bloody and battered mess in an 11th round TKO win in 2008.
Cotto and Margarito have had mixed luck since then, with Cotto winning bouts against carefully selected opposition but getting torn apart when he was put in with someone good in Manny Pacquiao. Margarito also was beaten by Pacquiao last year, and hasn’t won a fight since he beat Roberto Garcia by a 10 round decision last year in May.
Margarito suffered a bad injury to his right eye in the loss to Pacquiao, but after a couple of surgeries the eye appears to be as good as new. But even if it’s not, Margarito will only need one good eye to continue his battering of Cotto. If you watched the fight between them last time it was pretty clear that Margarito had Cotto’s number.
The size, power and conditioning were all factors in Margarito’s favor in that fight. I suspect nothing will have changed in their rematch. Margarito is still in great shape, as we’ve seen in his recent training video and he can still throw with a lot of power.
Margarito may have lost to Pacquiao but he gave him a lot more problems than Cotto did. Pacquiao said afterwards that Margarito was one of his toughest fights of his career due to the power and the size of Margarito. Cotto really can only do one thing and that’s run if he doesn’t want to get knocked out again. But he’s not going to be able to run for the full 12 rounds. He’s going to have to stand and fight. That’s where I see Cotto getting blasted out again.
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Ok…its confirmed and official…666 is commenting on here while he is asleep…. or he’s just very special…hmmm
cotto will outbox him this time.live and learn.
DOES anyone notice this clown has grown his chin hair like a goat? Is that because he doesnt have the same chin he once did? Some fighters grow thier chin hair to soften punches to the chin…when MOSELY K.O.’D him in their fight he didnt have that long hair after MOSELY he started growning it even ROACH said something about it but then told PACMAN to use it as a target…maybe the TORNADO isnt as strong as u guys want him to be we’ll see fight night if he doesnt shave he needs the padding to obsorb the punches…wweeeppaa!!!
cotto is way to big and strong for any light welter weight he is just to small at junior welter, he will get k.o gain.
put a bomb in mexico
Margo has such an honest face what a decent mex. Margo’s integrity and character is unmatched. a true mexican deity.
the good Lord is on Margo’s side pray for margo to win he is an honest mex.
Only an idiot will believe that Margacheto wasn’t cheating
@ 666 you got to be the most unknowing boxing fan and Margarito number one fan with all the nonsense you be writing here.
I would love to be proved wrong but for someone who punches that slow I find it very hard to believe that margo made it this far some Supernatural hercules power…I appreciate his style but was never impressed by margo…Cotto clearly the better boxer…cotto in 12…
be ready to have excuses when Wargarito beats cotto down without your so called plaster excuse, its going to be tough to handle the fact that Wargarito is a better fighter but he is so be ready start thinking what youre going to say because you are going to have to say it. The Tijuana Tornado by k.o! again! & again! styles make fights!
Wargarito wins this one again but it’s not going to be before 6 like i thought it was, now that cotto has El Veneno Marco Antonio Rubio on his side sparring the fight will go on for a while more it will most likely end like the first one in the 11th round by a brutal k.o. Antonio Wargarito still gots more guts and is trainning at the ancient otomi ceremonial center in mexico, that for shure will charge him up with alot of energy.
Just look @ Cottos face from the 08′ fight…it was mashed…when was the last time U saw a fighter’s face look like that….definitely the plaster…..not as hard as old school loaded gloves…but just enough extra to mess u up!…Cotto in 12…Margo a fraud.
Margarito will never win a championship fight ever again, everyone will check the wraps before his fights and there goes his power….
margarito a mex of character honor and sportsmanship and valor. The hopes of a disgusting nation resting on Margo to win. Margo is pure and honest as are all slimy mexicanos.
Margarito and all the people that stands by his side are a disgrace to the sport of boxing worthless human beans, he should had gone to prison for attempted murder.
Cotto will win on points, place your bets.
But I would love margarito to KO cotto, a possibility but less likely.
Margarito’s form has dipped. Unless he stops cotto (which he can), cotto will win on points. I hope margarito ko’s him again, coz cotto is a whimp who avoids martinez.
Marg would win 9 times out of ten if they were to fight 1o times together. Styles make fights
Margarito is a bum who wore plastered gloves and its so obvious he did, Martinez for example only lost to Margarito by KO beacuse of this plastered gloves, thats all the proof i need.
yeh but this time margaritos gloves wont be filled with plaster!!
mister lee demain: cotto he’s not trained from stewart no more :it’s 3 months that miguel has got a new trainer. stewart only help cotto to find balace . that was enough to beat foreman , mayorga and will be enough to beat margarito fighting clean.
there is a little thing that i need to say: margarito with out cheating was not able to beat nobody : i am sure anybody who’s training cotto will make sure margo will be clean . miguel cotto he’s not 100% what he was few years back but still at 75% so that means that you will see margarito destroyed like vs mosley. cotto ko margarito in 5 or 6 rounds!
Speak the truth RealTalk21!!!!
This man is going to try and cheat again
He tried it Pacman as well & got caught again…damn!!!
And they STILL let him fight..
Cottos dad and uncle not there to throw the towel in this time so he will get ko in less then 5rds.
These two when they were at their best were only club fighters.
Both fighters are washed up. It just depends who wants it more. Cotto is the better boxer but if Margarito still has enough he will ko Cotto again but should not be ppv
Cotto in 12….. Despite the bias article that is making me write this right freakin now…thank u.
I’m going to post before I read this article. Dan will harp on: Cotto fought light punching Foreman and old man Mayorga, once he gets hit his face swells and turns into a bloody mess, Cotto doesn’t have the legs to run for 12 rounds and Cotto took brutal beatings from Pacman Margarito and Clottey. Now lets see if I’m right.
Watch cotto run all over the ring
and hold all night he will be ball
less
Cotto will target that damaged bone and will create a hole that will put Margocheato to retirement.
Margarito got blasted from round 1 hahaha that fight was a joke Cotto atleast landed sum combos. And Pac-Man said that, was the biggest guy he fought not toughest fight haha. Marquez was alot harder fight then Margacheato cant believe u wrote that B.S. Cant wait to see what u write after the fight even if Margacheato wins hes done he will get ko ‘d by Marvilla.
Hahahaha funny
Guys Please: Cotto is going to beat Margarito. If anyone thinks Margarito’s hands were not illegally wrapped “you must be crazy”. I dont even like Cotto but he is definetly going to KO Margarito.
BELIEVE THAT!!!!!
“size, power, conditioning and PLASTER in his handwraps were definitly in his favor”
Margorito the pride of a nation the character and valor and honor of 100 million spics are riding with this greaseball.
Cotto will take a knee again. Puerto ricans can not be Mexicans they have no heart. Plus Margaritio is being trained by one if the best Garcia bros.
margarito in 9 or 10 .
The people who think these guys are the same as last time have not been keeping up with the sport. just look at what each one has done since they last met an then make your choice.
We’ll Cotto will beat margarito
decision …. Rios is a star man
I like that kid !!! Rodriguez will
knock out Pawel Wolak … The guy is
a catcher with no skill he can not
punch …
..
Verdict:: Miguel to outbox Tony and win on points. Tony wont be able to KO Miguel with legal wraps
and cotto won at least 3 round against pac, how many did margs win? maybe one..ok..dan ur awesome
my man hates cotto..i hope you dont get paid. you said foreman would box circles around him and mayorga was focused and would ko miguel..i hope miguel hits u up to induct him in the hall of fame when he gets there.
Cotto will have his revenge on the 3rd, me and 2 pals are flying over to NYC in support of Cotto, last time out his gloves may or may not have been loaded but a massive factor in this fight will be the work Cotto has done under Manny Steward, he’s got his jab going and it’s one of the most effective jabs in boxing atm, Tony won’t have faught since being bust up by Pacqiauo and he was badly hurt, his eye might have had clearance to fight but I kno for a fact Cotto will target it, he’ll be better conditioned this time knowing the pressure Marg puts on and thus won’t punch himself out in the middle rounds. Cotto knows he’s the superior boxer, he’s far more skilled, Marg fights like Ricky Hatton with massive pressure but he won’t throw complex combinations, he’ll throw 3/4 at most, Cotto needs to bob and weave and keep the jab in Margs face chuckin in those devastating body shots and double hooks then moving out, he needs to be ready to move all night because Marg will plod forward all night long, look at what Pac did to him and he still walked, I see Cotto by UD or if he can get to him with body shots a KO around 8/9, Marg will be very ring rusty and still stingin from that pasting by pacman.
Two pro fighters in the ring—can go any way on any given night.