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I dont want this thread to appear to take anything away from Margarito, He came in well prepared and executed his gameplan perfectly. He showed good precise punching, workrate, accuracy and of course his iron chin.
But there is no excuse for Cintron's performance considering he made most of the same exact mistakes against Margarito as he did in their first and the same mistakes as he he did in his last fight against Feliciano. The Feliciano fight should have been a wakeup call to both Cintron and his trainer that the kid needs to keep distance, learn how to effectively clinch and not try to fight an inside fight with Margarito. Its truly hard to believe that Steward was unable to put a boxing strategy together for Cintron and at least correct his languishing, amaterish defensive tactics on the inside at a bare minimium. Throw in the fact that Steward wanted Cintron to "push Margarito back" until he had to accept that his fighter was halfway destroyed and that was a bad tactic,,,,Duh and I have to wonder why Cintron would want anything else to do with Steward. Especially after Steward showed little class by IMMEDIATELY transitioning to commentator after his fighter was destroyed(part deux).
But there is no excuse for Cintron's performance considering he made most of the same exact mistakes against Margarito as he did in their first and the same mistakes as he he did in his last fight against Feliciano. The Feliciano fight should have been a wakeup call to both Cintron and his trainer that the kid needs to keep distance, learn how to effectively clinch and not try to fight an inside fight with Margarito. Its truly hard to believe that Steward was unable to put a boxing strategy together for Cintron and at least correct his languishing, amaterish defensive tactics on the inside at a bare minimium. Throw in the fact that Steward wanted Cintron to "push Margarito back" until he had to accept that his fighter was halfway destroyed and that was a bad tactic,,,,Duh and I have to wonder why Cintron would want anything else to do with Steward. Especially after Steward showed little class by IMMEDIATELY transitioning to commentator after his fighter was destroyed(part deux).