Margarito on Clottey, Williams, Cotto

[Del Coqui]

Clottey faded in the mid rounds and that allowed Margarito to turn it on. I'm a Margarito fan but in reality, he looked weight drained to me, his people should move him up, I know there were talks earlier about the possibility of moving him up, seems like the right time to do it, DLH, Floyd, Rivera among others are good fights at 154, if Williams wants to fight him that bad then have them fight at 154.
At 147, I give Williams a better chance now of beating Margarito, not to mention I saw Margarito buckled twice, too bad Clottey didn't have the stamina to stay on top of him. Having said that, Clottey has a good peek-a-boo deffense, that helped him survive Margarito's assault.

[Run]

Margarito sucks. His performance Saturday was as good as a loss. I've seen everything I need to from this overrated piece of trash.

You honestly need to see a psychiatist.



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[trips420]

All the constant talk about Margarito and Paul isnt even about them.Its all just abunch of Mayweather haters and fanboys.Most of the people trashing Margarito havent even been watching him fight the last 4 years.Margarito is a good fighter and hes fun to watch because of his style but hes not great.I was one of the guys calling for Mayweather to fight him because i thought he was a tougher fight than the other two guys Floyd wanted to fight after Oscar said no last time Baldi - Spinks.Margarito and Paul are both good fighters they have flaws but they are also very strong in some areas both guys have size good endurance and some pop and they both stand inside to hit and get hit.If they fight it should be a hell of a fight by looking at there styles and you make a case for either guy to win.

[SAN D13GO VILLAN]

It's funny how nobody was talking about putting cotto in their with Margarito after the cintron fight! now all of a sudden just because cotto looked good against quintana now hes ready? we'll see

[tito yuca]

It's funny how nobody was talking about putting cotto in their with Margarito after the cintron fight!

Cotto was still at 140 at that time, why would they make the fight then? Cotto still had no intentions of going to 147 and was busy defending his 140 title. Now that they are both considered among the best if not THE best two welterweights out there the fight makes a lot more sense, don't ya think? And most importantly, the one talking about having them fight each other and wanting to make it happen is their promoter, Bob Arum.

now all of a sudden just because cotto looked good against quintana now hes ready? we'll see

Are you implying he didn't look good in his previous fights? LOL

[Super_Lightweight]

I think most of them have their minds made up already. Once they defended Floyd for ducking Tony by turning down 8 Million dollars....they began a counter-agenda. Then it became a game of spending all day online looking for a way to claim Margarito is ducking someone else just to point the finger.

Bingo, we have a winner. And this behavior will continue for the long haul until these two men fight, or Margarito beats Cotto.

[realheavyhands]

By Ralph Gonzalez

Even the most ardent Antonio Margarito fan would agree that his performance against Joshua Clottey wasn't anything that should make Floyd Mayweather Jr. quake in his boots. After "Pretty Boy Floyd" reportedly turned down eight million dollars to face the Tijuana fighter, Margarito was anointed by many as "the most feared man in boxing."



Margarito (34-4, 24 KO's), the WBO Welterweight champion, looked anything but unbeatable against the hardnosed, African fighter who is no pushover in the first place. If you knew Clottey's history, you knew he was extremely durable and resilient in the tradition of the legendary Azumah Nelson who also hails from Accra, Ghana. Margarito had quick praise for his opponent. "He was very tough, he had a great guard. You really have to give this guy a lot of credit. He took some very hard shots," Margarito said. The shots Margarito has been taking in the press as of lately have also been very hard. "There will always be critics. I think that the long layoff had an affect on me, but the bottom line is that Clottey is a strong and durable fighter. My plan was to pressure him all night. I knew I had to keep busy in order to win. In the end, I worked harder and feel that I clearly won the fight."

Margarito's manager, Sergio Diaz, felt his fighter's performance wasn't up to par and also agrees that his opponent had everything to do with it. "Everybody has a bad night. Clottey was a very rough and tough opponent. Everyone expects Tony to blow these guys out but Clottey isn't someone you do that to," Diaz said. Diaz is right. Before Margarito, Clottey's only loss was a disqualification in a fight many thought he was winning against former world champion Carlos Baldomir.

Diaz and Margarito met up with Clottey later in the night. "We ran into Joshua at the hospital. He said that hitting Tony was like hitting a brick wall. He hurt both of his hands. He said he was very close to calling it quits. He's a guy with a lot of courage just like Tony," Diaz said. After reflecting on the bout, Margarito believes he should've done better. "I looked like I was wide and out of distance with my shots. I know I should've blocked more shots. Clottey landed a couple of good shots but my conditioning paid off. I knew he wasn't going to seriously hurt me."

Margarito was there tending to his own injuries, which were disclosed as being a wrist injury on the right hand and a re-injured ankle. TSS scribe David Avila broke the news of Margarito's original ankle injury which he sustained during sparring a few weeks before the Clottey fight. http://www.thesweetscience.com/boxin...boxing-chatter

Ranked #1 by the WBO, Paul "The Punisher" Williams has been very vocal about wanting to exercise his option to fight Margarito as soon as possible. Margarito is happy to oblige, hoping to put some bad rumors to rest that have been on his mind. Williams has made claims that he was hired to spar with Margarito and then dismissed from camp when "The Punisher" made Margarito look bad. "Those are all lies. I don't understand why he would say that. I can't believe he says that. The fact is that we offered Williams more rounds of sparring and they turned it down," Margarito said. "His trainer said that Paul would only spar four rounds and wouldn't go five. Those lies have to stop. We'll settle that in the ring. He's got a big mouth."

According to Margarito, the rumors perpetuated by Williams are unnecessary and disrespectful. Margarito adds: "We hired Williams before the Daniel Santos fight and after that camp he started running his mouth. He said he hurt me and that he dropped and cut me, that my manager had basically told him to leave camp," Margarito said. "But it wasn't like that at all. Why all the talk? Why all the lies? Especially after he's the mandatory fighter and we're going to fight anyway."

WBA Champion Miguel Cotto, who looked so impressive in his fifth round stoppage of Carlos Quintana, is also someone that lurks in the back of Margarito's mind. The Puerto Rican star went up in weight to the Welterweight division and a clash against Margarito is an easy promotion on many levels. Margarito believes that Cotto is definitely in his future. "It was a good fight for Cotto. Quintana didn't show me much in the ring. I knew Cotto was going to win. I'm glad he won. It'll make for an interesting fight between the two of us. What's better than a fight between a Puerto Rican and a Mexican?"

The fight between the two has been tentatively scheduled by their promoters at Top Rank for next June if Cotto gets past Oktay Urkal and Margarito gets by Williams.

Margarito is poised to make 2007 his year. He plans on getting the big fights that have eluded him for years. "2007 will be a great year. I'm going to keep winning and my goal is to unify the title," Margarito said. "All I can say to the boxing public is to keep watching cause I plan to keep on knocking heads off to make that a reality."

margaritos full of **** he was clearly getting taught a lesson till clottey broke his hand.. clottey throw lost of jabs and hooks.. all he had was a right and was still competitve at times threw the pain.. im not discredititng margarito he a good fighter at 147 but clottey is superior under different circumstancees.. hes been ducked by everybody ..margaritos onloy been ducked by floyd....

[Guest]

If Margarito owned Williams in sparring, he should have no problem signing to fight him...

[mECHsLAVE]

That right.. Tony better fight Williams.. Cause he ain't getting threw him.. Just watch. Alot of people are sleeping on him like everyone was sleeping on Clottey.

Cotto is another threat. People might talk about his so called chin problems.. This fight is a threat for Tony also.. As for Cotto. Alot of people think that Tony will walk threw Cotto. You better rephrase that nuthuggers.

LOL WTF? Who is "sleeping on Williams"? 90% of this board is already annointing Williams as the next legendary welterweight for god's sake. LOL That's hilarious.

And if "everyone was sleeping on Clottey" that's just because they were uninformed and hadn't seen him fight. Most everyone knew Clottey was going to be hell, and that's why Margarito gets the respect he does from knowledgable fans.

Williams is going to be a difficult fight, and could be a FOTY since both guys have leaky defenses and love to throw power shots. It won't go the distance, and I just think Tony is going to be more able take Williams' punches than vice-versa.

[{BrownBomber}]

I think that the long layoff had an affect on me, but the bottom line is that Clottey is a strong and durable fighter.


That's really not hard to understand. Clottey trains as hard as anyone running 10 miles a day. He's not the kind of guy that would be considered a tuneup but I suppose everyone doesn't care. Because unless Margarito knocks a guy like Clottey out in the first ten seconds with a right hand, he's going to be overrated according to them.

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