Was Margarito ever same after Cotto 08?

I thought that he looked slow in the first Cotto fight. He slipped right after the second Kermit Cintron fight, that was one of his best peformances but he also took a lot of damage and full blows by Kermit and we all know how good of a puncher Cintron is, especially with Margarito's defense. His chin was always the same but the rest of his body was worn out even at the first Cotto fight. He was lucky that Cotto gassed out in the sixth because he would've boxed him up for the rest of the fight. To me it's still a mystery how he can stay so tough, his chin and everything, only his speed and skills went down because of all the damage he took. #Respect Don't forget he had KO Plaster Power:guilty:

I thought that he looked slow in the first Cotto fight. He slipped right after the second Kermit Cintron fight, that was one of his best peformances but he also took a lot of damage and full blows by Kermit and we all know how good of a puncher Cintron is, especially with Margarito's defense. His chin was always the same but the rest of his body was worn out even at the first Cotto fight. He was lucky that Cotto gassed out in the sixth because he would've boxed him up for the rest of the fight. To me it's still a mystery how he can stay so tough, his chin and everything, only his speed and skills went down because of all the damage he took. #Respect

Are we going to keep going in circles?... We all know the accumulation of shots from Cotto, Mosley & Pacquiao is what destroyed margarito, he has no defence, face first warrior mentality is what ended his career. End of story.

Tony took a monster beating against Cotto, people always remember the image of Miguel busted up, but Tony left most of himself in the ring that night. For Arum to match him against Mosley less than 6 months later was just wrong. Nah, I don't think so. Nobody (very few of us actually) thought that Mosley was going to beat Margarito, let alone knock him out after the sloppy performance he had against Mayorga. Nobody predicted Mosley KOing Margarito the way he did, especially after Margarito looked like a brick wall in his destruction over Miguel Cotto.

i dont think its improbable to think that after the first fight Cotto and Margarito both were never the same again, Similar to Castillo and Corrales who were both pound for pound top 10 candidates at the time but then after could never really do much again.

Tony took a monster beating against Cotto, people always remember the image of Miguel busted up, but Tony left most of himself in the ring that night. For Arum to match him against Mosley less than 6 months later was just wrong.

I'd say Mosley beating him down had more to do with it. Than, the layoff after the Mosley fight as well.

Na Mosley. God Bless Shane Mosley.

Even though he beat Miguel, he took one hell of a beating in the process. Do you think he was never the same bc of the fight or was it just he always used hand wraps and he got busted? Bc regardless of what people say the facts are he went 1-3 after that night in July 08 No those heavy shots from Cotto took his iron chin away, I think the cast wraps were to even the score cause they knew Mosley was a steroid cheat ever since he moved up to welter but he gets a pass cause he's a Black American, kind of like a our Inept president who gets a pass from our media

Margarito was already slowing down by the time he fought Cotto. And he took a lot of blows in that fight as well. I think everything, cumulatively (including all the other wars he had), just piled up and took its toll.

when cotto took the knee, margarito's days of child abuse at the hands of his father resurfaced in his mind, he looked at his gloves and stood in horror, his will shattered as he had become the very thing he hated the most in this world Legendary post

when cotto took the knee, margarito's days of child abuse at the hands of his father resurfaced in his mind, he looked at his gloves and stood in horror, his will shattered as he had become the very thing he hated the most in this world

no, cotto had very little to do with ending margaritos career, in fact, he had NOTHING to do with it...

are people really going to try and say Cotto basically ended Margarito's competitive career back in 08? no it was Mosley