Margarito has been knocked down 3 times in his career

[letsgobrady]

Cotto was weeble wobbled by Corley, dropped by Torres and just stunned a couple times by Judah. these KD Margarito suffered were a long time ago. I THINK THATS THE POINT

Marg was just hit FLUSH BY CINTRON, PW AND Clottey and was never once hurt, THIS WAS PRETTY RECENTLY..

clottey was outboxing margarito before he hurt his hand and williams just finished out boxing margarito a year ago, cotto has never been outboxed

[C'MONMANG']

clottey was outboxing margarito before he hurt his hand and williams just finished out boxing margarito a year ago, cotto has never been outboxed

wow, you are pretty bright there little fella

[letsgobrady]

there is no pass. this is just observation. Cotto WAS HURT by Judah..

thats your oppinion you don't know for a fact that he was hurt plus if he was hurt he did a good job dominating that fight for a hurt man

[AntonTheMeh]

The thing is, I'm not even a Cotto fan. You made yourself look ******.

Try not to get all ****tional next time when you're being slapped in the face with simple facts.

Nor is he as fast as Torres. Remember you have to have enough speed to throw and land a punch. Cotto has been tested against some of the fastest fighters and he has come through.

i don't care for you much as a poster but you're right.all the dudes that rocked cotto have really fast hands.margo doesn't have fast hands.

and you are not a cotto fan,so calling you a cottosexual is in accurate.

[C'MONMANG']

thats your oppinion you don't know for a fcat that he was hurt plus if he was hurt he did a good job dominating that fight for a hurt man

I agree, he was hurt and did a good job dominating that fight.

[BmoreBrawler]

The body is ALWAYS vulnerable, when people say that Cotto's chin wont hold up, you have to remember how hittable Margarito's body will be on the inside should he really press the fight. Margarito would do well to fight the big man's fight from the outside.

[BKM-]

vladimir303, you should have responded to me in this thread.

I was not comparing Ali and Margarito as fighters. I was comparing their situations regarding their chins. It was just the first example that came to my mind.

Another is Oscar De La Hoya, who was also knocked down early in his career when he was more inexperienced and wilder, and like I said, probably not fully matured yet. Later on in his career, he developed a great ability to take a punch, and so his stock in this department grew as well.

Same thing with Antonio Margarito. Over the past few years he has taken tremendous punches without flinching, been hurt slightly and recovered very quickly etc. He has shown and proven to be able to take anything on the chin and overcome it 9 out of 10 times.

It's not just his chin that's excellent. It's his style as well. He does not allow his opponents to get room/distance to load up on him. He's right on top of them. That's how Cintron's power became non-existent.

In Cotto's case, I think he would have to hurt margarito to the body. He's very effective on the inside as well, so apart from boxing Tony from the outside he still has his body attack to fall back to on the inside.

All in all, I think this fight goes the distance in favor of Cotto, or Margarito stops Cotto late. Unless something amazing happens, Margarito will fight the full 12 rounds. If Cotto is careful and sticks to his gameplan, which I think he will, he will be able to survive as well.

[xcaret]

soooooooooooooo?????????

[Dynamite Kid]

The Castillo fight is a mute point..because Floyd will just do to Cotto what he did to Castillo in the rematch.

That fight was 9 years ago..you dont think Floyds gotten any better??

gtfo

what run away from him so he dont keep getting nailed on the ropes with right hands

[Vladimir303]

vladimir303, you should have responded to me in this thread.

I was not comparing Ali and Margarito as fighters. I was comparing their situations regarding their chins. It was just the first example that came to my mind.

Another is Oscar De La Hoya, who was also knocked down early in his career when he was more inexperienced and wilder, and like I said, probably not fully matured yet. Later on in his career, he developed a great ability to take a punch, and so his stock in this department grew as well.

Same thing with Antonio Margarito. Over the past few years he has taken tremendous punches without flinching, been hurt slightly and recovered very quickly etc. He has shown and proven to be able to take anything on the chin and overcome it 9 out of 10 times.

It's not just his chin that's excellent. It's his style as well. He does not allow his opponents to get room/distance to load up on him. He's right on top of them. That's how Cintron's power became non-existent.

In Cotto's case, I think he would have to hurt margarito to the body. He's very effective on the inside as well, so apart from boxing Tony from the outside he still has his body attack to fall back to on the inside.

All in all, I think this fight goes the distance in favor of Cotto, or Margarito stops Cotto late. Unless something amazing happens, Margarito will fight the full 12 rounds. If Cotto is careful and sticks to his gameplan, which I think he will, he will be able to survive as well.

All that longwinded typing and you fail to point out one simple fact. Margarito hasn't seen anything like Cotto in his career. He has seen power punchers, but not as accurate as Cotto. You talk about Margarito's abilities but you fail to mention Cotto's. Margarito has no defense and like Samuel Peter showed, you can get your chin checked and get tko'd if you don't D' up.