Margarito's manager: Cotto would beat Pacquiao in a rematch

I don't think so. Cotto will revert to fighting backwards once he gets hurt and he still doesn't fight great going backwards. Pacquiao is a whole other animal coming forward.

i hope manny prices himself to a 50M guarantee.

I'm shocked finally some credit. I still think he wont beat Pac although it can def. be closer than the first.

I think Pac's days are numbered. He hasn't loked to good after the Margarito fight. I definitely think Cotto can stay with him through twelve and get a decision. All Cotto has to do is bring in JMM to inspect Pac's hand wrapping before the fight, that should sdo the trick.

Translated Margarito's manager says that Pacquiao would beat Cotto Tues, 6-Dec-11 The corner of Mexico's Antonio Margarito, represented by the handler Francisco 'Pancho' performance yesterday praised Espinosa champion Miguel Cotto during the fight on Saturday and said a similar style the Caguas take the upper hand in a rematch with Filipino Manny Pacquiao. Cotto won by technical knockout in the tenth assault on Margarito in a rematch held between them at Madison Square Garden. A severe inflammation of Margarito's right eye because of the 86 shots that Cotto hit him in nine rounds completed, forcing the bout was stopped after three seconds after the bell of the tenth round. "We have seen the fight and Mr. Pedro Luis Diaz did an excellent job. He was very aggressive with him in the corner, "said 'Pancho'Espinosa. "Right now, after watching the fight again, I was thinking the fight with Pacquiao. If Pacquiao Cotto fight as he did with Margarito, Pacquiao wins. What he did was hit and boxing, came back and hit again. He made a great fight, but the best. We expected to Cotto well prepared, but not the magnitude. He avoided the beating of Antonio, "said specialist also cuts. In the immediate future of Cotto, 154-pound champion of the World Boxing Association, there are several names. They include Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Saul "El Canelo" Alvarez. The second defeat of Cotto, now 37-2 mark and 30 KO's was at the hands of Pacquiao in 2009. "We congratulate Miguel Cotto for his win over Margarito. Cotto had a great show and excellent footwork. Things between them are personal and everyone has their right to think and feel. But for me, as part of the team, I have to congratulate "he added. Espinosa said he and his group have always been clear that inflammation Margarito's right eye, would jeopardize the fight. However, assessments relied on the doctor who operated on boxer when he suffered a fracture in the lawsuit against Pacquiao in November 2010. The manager reiterated that stayed with the desire to have fought for a 'round' more, it started to were very clear that Cotto was wide domain on the cards. "Tony's perfectly fine for your eye. Today (yesterday) morning and thank God inflammation did not affect any of their vision. Next week we go to Utah to see the doctor again. In the fight, we knew that the background of the eye, that would be a factor. But I think we deserved one more assault. Tony wanted to finish with dignity, but doctor took the decision, "he said. I can completely see Arum telling Espinoza to say this. These guys went from being 100% defiant to giving props and actually saying that Cotto can beat Pac in a rematch overnight. Bob's at it again.

with all due respect...... Cotto should stay at 154... he is comfortable at that weight at 147, pac will kick his @ss. Cotto is a good fighter and one of my favorite Margarito's manager wants Cotto to be beaten up again :boxing: :boxing:

People said the same for JMM but look what happend . JMM layout the official blue print now it's time to put it all to gather ..I wouldn't mind see it again let's give cotto one more fight with Pedro then bring PAC . I don't want to see him fight jcc comparing it on Marquez fight seems not adequate, first, two of marquez fight with Pac were very close and the first fight of Cotto and Pac? Blue print is already there way back before Cotto vs Pac fight. The difference of his lost to Margarito and Pac is totally different especially the mindset of Cotto. Cotto knows/believe that the reason why he lost to Margarito is because of plaster which play the big role on his second fight. He knows that Margarito cant hurt him the way he hurt by Margarito on their first fight. With Pac lost, he knows Pac have speed and punch that can hurt him and Pac still have those.

Very gentleman like oh him, props to that. But I must disagree with Cotto's chances against Pac. That first fight was just so one sidedly Pac's no amount of training can reverse that, that's just down to the fighters' skills and Pac is a more skilled fighter. And here's another way of gauging Pac vs Cotto II: Which one of these guys beat Marg better? I'll go with Pac, the one who stood toe to toe with him and utterly destroyed him.

About time someone from Margarito's camp gave Cotto credit. Not sure I agree though. Cotto has the tools to pull off the win, but it'd be difficult. He'd really have to fight the perfect fight.

I still remember during the PAC vs Cotto press conference in SF where a fan asked PAC if he will stand with Cotto and trade. I was like yea right, there's no way PAC is going to do that because Cotto is bigger than him and it would be too risky. Come fight night I was suprise to see PAC really trading with Cotto LOL.

my word. i have never, ever heard so much hype for a rematch of a fight where one fighter was clearly dominated by another. its baffling. but i hope it happens so that cottoitis can go back into remission.

Pac V Cotto II would be a pointless waste of time

He sure did...... He sure did! Hahahaha! Mr. Canelo is a hype job! Jr. would hurt him. If Gomez could have maintained that pace, he would have won easy. Good post here. I gave you green because I thought I was the only one who saw what was happening in that fight.

Too be fair his last 2 opponents were extremely shot and the other one was a featherfisted one legged fighter. Cotto might not be shot, but an elite he is not. Agreed...he is a bit past prime, FINALLY started listening to a good trainer, and became teach-able and not so dam stubborn, and so he looked better this time against Tony. If he fought the same way, Tony would probably have beaten him again, even with a bad eye. But Cotto is not, nor ever will be elite. He needs to stay away from Pac and Floyd. Pac says he's going to start listening to Ariza's more rigorous way of training, which made pac a better fighter than his last 2 bouts, where Pac pretty much ignored ariza'a ways of training.

I'm shocked people are giving him a chance. He has no chance. He didn't have one in the first fight he doesn't have one now.

So the dude that hits 'like a girl' would beat the guy that put you on the shelf for over a year? Comments like that make me want PAC-tony 2 instead Let's shatter that other eye Margarito also said Pacquiao has no power, all the while having his orbital bone broken by one of Pacquiao's punches. It's most likely just bravado.

My first thought on this was that Marg is no Pacquiao, he want be chasing after Cotto head first hoping he stand still long enough to land a few good punches. But if Cotto fought as well as he did against Marg, and Pac fights like he's been fighting lately, it might be a very entertaining fight. Still see it playing out the same way though, just a bit closer.

and most fans say Cotto has been shot for years. . . What do they know. Too be fair his last 2 opponents were extremely shot and the other one was a featherfisted one legged fighter. Cotto might not be shot, but an elite he is not.

Gomez made Canelo look like a fool. Canelo was doing the shoulder roll :rofl:

and most fans say Cotto has been shot for years. . . What do they know.