Cotto needs to forget about the Chavez Jr. bout

Image: Cotto needs to forget about the Chavez Jr. boutBy Dan Ambrose: Bob Arum wants to match up his fighters WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and WBO junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto. I think that’s a really bad idea if you’re a Cotto fan. Whether he defeats Antonio Margarito or loses to him again when they meet up for their rematch on December 3rd, Cotto is going to take a lot of punishment in that fight and there won’t be much left of Cotto for him to turn around and take on a big hulking middleweight like Chavez Jr.

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Cotto-Margarito: Look for Miguel to take a knee to get out of the fight when the going gets tough

Image: Cotto-Margarito: Look for Miguel to take a knee to get out of the fight when the going gets toughBy Dan Ambrose: I’m really looking for a good fight between WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KO’s) and Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KO’s) on December 3rd, but I’m thinking this fight will be marred by Cotto taking the easy way out when his thin skin starts to break up around his face from the hard shots from the tough Mexican warrior.

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