The Beef is totally legit. If Margarito did cheat in the first fight(which I think he did), then he effectively ruined Cotto's career.
Imagine Margarito hadn't used plaster(assuming, of course, that he did) in the first fight and Cotto had won.....? Would he have beaten Clottey more convincingly?....probably. Would Pacquaio have even taken a fight with him(bare in mind that at the time of that fight people were saying Cotto was too big, and remember the aura that surrounded him when he was unbeaten)?.....who knows, but if so, Cotto wouldn't have lost as badly, and could conceivably have won the fight.
The repercussions of the beating Margarito gave him have haunted him since, except for when he fought Jennings, Foreman and Mayorga, who were all clearly outclassed. How can the beef not be legit?
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