His chin was what won the fight. Sure he can take a shot but he was outboxed outclassed and looked horrible.
He Still didnt impress me because he doesnt have what Great fighters have and thats skill.
If he made it out the last round he wouldve won
Im sure the judges would have given it to Cotto but he wasnt winning the fight on points. Glad Marg stepped it up and finished him...finally got him hurt early in a round and had the time to do so.
He didn't look horribe at all. You have to remember that it was Cotto who he was in there against, who is a brilliant fighter with all around skills and punching power. Who would look impressive against him? Margarito slowly upped the pressure in each round and was starting to break Cotto down both physically and mentally with his consistant pressure. He impressed the hell out of me tonight and he is a lot better than i thought he was. Both fighters fought brilliant and much respect for both men for doing what they do.
i hope cotto does come back and out-box this guy...he can be beaten and has been beaten numerous times before...he's really nothing special...too bad no skilled boxers are in the division good enough to beat him.
What good is skill if it cant win you the fight. Margarito does have skill which is why he won tonight. Chin with no skill doesnt beat a Cotto.
If he made it out the last round he wouldve won
I always said Tonys durability and endurance would give him the win.I picked Tony to win by ko in the 10th but i was close.Was kinda surprised to see Tony beat the Best body puncher in boxing at his own game though.
His chin was what won the fight. Sure he can take a shot but he was outboxed outclassed and looked horrible.
He Still didnt impress me because he doesnt have what Great fighters have and thats skill.
What good is skill if it cant win you the fight. Margarito does have skill which is why he won tonight. Chin with no skill doesnt beat a Cotto.
How the fuck u know that?!!!!!!Tonight is Margarito's night, quit trying to negate his impressive win!!!!!!!!!!
How did he impress you? buy outboxing Cotto? Or landing the cleaner harder shots??
face it man he wont go down and drained Cotto .
I think in a rematch Cotto would see where he went wrong and win
it's actually pretty pathetic that a fighter like margarito is the welterweight champion...im not a fan of cotto or margarito but at least cotto has boxing skill. margarito is sloppy and looks foolish with anybody who has skill. doesn't he have like 5 losses? and with that being said who has he fought really before cotto? if the no-name boxers can outpoint him imagine what a fighter like mayweather who defines perfection in boxing would do to him. he wouldn't need to knock him out, he'd just make him look foolish.
There is no WW with enough power to hurt Margarito that I see. Any other WW that took those punches from Cotto would have been out a long time ago. Hate to say it but I dont see anyone beating Margarito right now unless Floyd comes back. Floyd is way more elusive than Cotto, but Floyd wouldnt get a knockout thats for sure. Think the only person up to middleweight I can think of that could knock Margarito out is maybe Pavlik.
Guy has a damn anvil for a head.
He is a fan's fighter!!!!!!!Unlike one Floyd Mayweather and his boring boxing!!!!!!!!
Dan Rafael had it 5-5 going into the 11th round.I wish that Margarito used his reach more but he is a tough hombre and wants to duke it out!!!!!
i agree.
this is why he already has a few losses on his record
this guy weight drains himself to make that 147 limit when he knows he needs to be at 154 or 160, where he'd lose easily. If he really has so much guts then he wouldn't be afraid to move up again...he got outboxed by a guy who isn't the best boxer tonight and still did nothing to outclass him until cotto got wore out. He should thank god he doesn't have a Tommy Hearns, a Sugar Ray Leonard or a Roberto Duran in that class right now becuase they'd all make him look foolish with extreme skill...Margarito is over-rated.
On the money mayne
i agree.
this is why he already has a few losses on his record
this guy weight drains himself to make that 147 limit when he knows he needs to be at 154 or 160, where he'd lose easily. If he really has so much guts then he wouldn't be afraid to move up again...he got outboxed by a guy who isn't the best boxer tonight and still did nothing to outclass him until cotto got wore out. He should thank god he doesn't have a Tommy Hearns, a Sugar Ray Leonard or a Roberto Duran in that class right now becuase they'd all make him look foolish with extreme skill...Margarito is over-rated.