Cotto–Margarito grudge match

Image: Cotto–Margarito grudge matchBy John F. McKenna (McJack): Saturday nights rematch between World Boxing Association (WBA) light middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KO’s) and former WBA/IBF welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KO’s) is the ultimate grudge match.

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Margarito: They will take Cotto out of the ring on a stretcher

Image: Margarito: They will take Cotto out of the ring on a stretcherBy Dan Ambrose: Antonio Margarito is promising a lot of pain and suffering for WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto for Saturday’s fight. Margarito says he’s going to KO Cotto and leave him to the stretcher team to take him out of the ring. Normally when fighters say this you see it as empty words, but Margarito gave Cotto a terrifying beating that left him looking like he was wearing a fright mask. Now Margarito is looking to do it again but much worse than last time.

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Cotto to receive $5 million, Margarito $2.5 million, plus upside on PPV profits for Saturday’s fight

Image: Cotto to receive $5 million, Margarito $2.5 million, plus upside on PPV profits for Saturday's fightBy Dan Ambrose: WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KO’s) and Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KO’s) are going to be really well paid for this pay per view bout on HBO this Saturday night. According to news from Dan Rafael of ESPN, the 31-year-old Cotto will get $5 million for Saturday’s rematch, while challenger Margarito will haul in $2.5 million, plus both fighters get an upside on the PPV profits. This isn’t bad for Margarito, who hasn’t exactly winning as of late.

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Cotto v Margarito II Analysis

Image: Cotto v Margarito II AnalysisBy Liam Brindle & Lee Demain: With the fight only 6 days away and having watched Cotto v Margarito 1 several times over the past 3 years there remains several questions marks beside both.

The first point we would like to make is the start Miguel Cotto (36-0-2) made in the fight. He was able to dictate the pace by firing out a solid and very accurate jab (Cotto is a left handed fighter with an orthodox stance which means he has a very powerful jab) and when given the opportunity he was able to plant his feet and dig in some powerful and hurtful combinations to both the body and head, up to the 6th round the fight looked like it could be a white wash…but the durable and war hardened Margarito (38-0-7) continued to walk forward.

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