By Thomas Hanson: Since his brutal 11th round TKO loss to challenger Antonio Margarito (37-5, 27 KOs), there’s been a lot of speculation about what former WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (32-1, 26 KOs) will do next to rebound from the loss. For most boxing fans, they would like nothing better than to see Cotto get right back in the ring and fight Margarito in a rematch at the end of the year, perhaps in November or December. This would be the best scenario, because a rematch between the two of them would be a huge fight, a tremendous moneymaker for both fighters.
Cotto, though, took a lot of punishment in the later part of the fight in particular to the head, and it’s uncertain that he would want to risk getting back in the ring with a heavy pressure fighter like Margarito so soon. It would definitely be a ballsy move on Cotto’s part if he were to do that, similar to the way that welterweight Paul Williams immediately called for a rematch with Carlos Quintana after losing his title to him months earlier. However, in Williams’ case, he didn’t take a savage beating like Cotto, and he fought more or less competitively throughout the fight, especially in the later rounds when he appeared to be coming on and starting to regain control of the fight.
By Michael Lieberman: I think I’m speaking for a lot of boxing fans when I say I’m more than a little displeased with which the way WBA Miguel Cotto (32-1, 26 KOs) went down twice in the 11th round, both times taking a knee himself rather than letting Antonio Margarito (37-5, 27 KOs) pound him to the canvas the way things are normally done in boxing. I don’t know about other people, but that seemed like a quitting move to me, something which is more than a little off putting. I never would have imagined Cotto losing in such a manner, especially in the case of the second knockdown in which Cotto took a knee without even being hit by Margarito. 
By Sean McDaniel: Though more than a few boxing fans of former WBA welterweight Miguel Cotto (32-1, 26 KOs) are saying he didn’t take a savage beating at the hands of challenger Antonio Margarito (37-5, 27 KOs) last Saturday night in the process of losing a 11th round TKO, I beg to differ. Cotto, 27, took some serious punishment from Margarito, the type that often sticks with a fighter for the remainder of their career, changing how they fight and how much punishment they can take without succumbing once again. Cotto fought like a warrior for the first half of the fight, I give him that, but he looked meek, more than a little scared, as he ran for his life in the last six rounds of the fight. 
By Thomas Hanson: WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (32-1, 26 KOs) fell completely apart in the second half of Saturday’s bout with Antonio Margarito (37-5, 27 KOs) ending up getting stopped in the 11th round after taking a knee on two separate occasions in the round. It wasn’t the best way for a fighter as proud as Cotto to be taken out, especially since he went down the second time without even getting hit by Margarito. In fact, it seemed that Cotto went down more out of fear of what Margarito might do to him rather than what he did do. 
By Aaron Klein: After watching last night’s 11th round TKO win for Antonio Margarito (37-5, 27 KOs) over WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (32-1, 26 KOs) at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada, I’m thinking that an immediate rematch is needed to allow for Cotto to avenge his defeat. While I concede that Margarito did a good job of breaking down Cotto slowly over the course of the fight to eventually stop him, I doubt think the best man won on Saturday night. I mean, Cotto seemed to give away the fight more than it being a case of him being beaten by Margarito, who was being outclassed for most of the fight until the 10th round when he hurt Cotto in the last 10 seconds of the round with a series of hooks to the head. 
By Manuel Perez: Sometimes speed and boxing skill are meaningless in a fight. This was never more apparent than tonight when Antonio Margarito (37-5, 27 KOs) using a relentless offensive attack took apart previously undefeated Miguel Cotto (32-1, 26 KOs) in a methodical beating, ultimately ending when the bloody and battered Cotto was dropped twice in the 11th round from big shots from Margarito. For all the boxing fans and so-called experts that picked Cotto to win, they seemed to overlook a lot of the advantages that Margarito had going into the fight, starting with his enormous work rate and excellent chin.
By Manuel Perez: With the start of the Miguel Cotto (32-0, 26 KOs) vs. Antonio Margarito (36-5, 26 KOs) WBA welterweight title bout only a short while from now, I just wanted to get my last prediction in before it starts. Tonight will be Antonio Margarito’s coming out party for which he’ll finally get the notoriety that has eluded him this far in his boxing career. Margarito will take his high octane offense right at the teeth of Cotto’s defense, making him either stand and trade or go down under the constant fire from Margarito’s fists. If this were any other fighter but Margarito, I would say that this would be another easy night for the Puerto Rican Cotto, but it’s not. 
By Thomas Hanson: WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (32-0, 26 KOs) faces his toughest opponent of his boxing career against Antonio Margarito (36-5, 26 KOs) on Saturday night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cotto, 27, has been portrayed by most fans and writers as the perfect fighter on earth, a young talent without any defects whatsoever and almost destined to stay unbeaten for his entire career. As most Cotto fans would tell it, he’s going to make easy work of Margarito, who stands no chance against Cotto. I’m not sure if what they say is correct, since Cotto hasn’t exactly impressed in fights against Zab Judah, Shane Mosley, Oktay Urkal, Paul Malignaggi, Mohamad Abdulaev and DeMarcus Corley. 
By Jason Kim: For the past week, most of the boxing public have quickly taken sides with one fighter or the other with most of the backing WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (32-0, 26 KOs) to retain his title with a victory over Antonio Margarito (36-5, 26 KOs) this Saturday night at the at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. However, as much as I’ve tried to see what the other people are concentrating on to make such a choice, I just can’t see it happening that way. I like Cotto as a fighter because he’s very entertaining, much more so than Floyd Mayweather Jr., who much to my relief he retired recently from boxing.