Originally posted by The.Eyetalian
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As far as the match up with Marg vs Cotto, Cotto was winning that fight, I had him winning 6 of the first 7 rounds, losing the second.
Boxing is a funny thing man, sometimes the best "boxer" doesn't win the fight. Boxing is a brutal sport and say what you will against Marg, the dude can take a shot. I mean the plaster didn't help his chin, did it? Sometimes you have to outlast your man, in the 8th he told his trainer "I'm going to knock him out, he can't take the pressure" he was told to be smart and let the KO come to him, he knew he had Cotto beaten by the 8th.
As far as Cotto vs Pac, it didn't matter if Cotto had the Virgin Mary in his corner giving him blessings, he was losing that fight in the same manner.
The one thing I see Cotto fans contradicting themselves in this fight all the time is, that they say the same thing, that at the beginning Cotto was doing a good job boxing and landing the jab.
Then, they go on to criticize Santiago his trainer....You can't have it both ways!!!
Either he employed a good game plan and was fighting good or the game plan was **** from the beginning.
The truth is, Cotto had a very good game plan and so did his corner, they decided to do what every half intelligent trainer would attempt to do and that is mimic what JMM did to beat Pacman. He would become a counter puncher and use Pac's aggressiveness against him. Cotto did fine in the first 2 rounds but then Pac's speed (like it always does) took over the fight.
I at least give Cotto credit for not doing what Clottey did and that's go into a defensive shell and just survive. Cotto went for broke, got caught and was beaten up badly (as bad as he was vs Marg by the way).
Sometimes you can have the best or perfect game plan and the other fighter is just better. I respect Cotto and like him as a fighter. He's not done but he's not the elite WW in that division.
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