watching Margarito vs Cintron one more time I have to admit...

[freedom213]

I was not impressed with either Margarito or Cintron.


Cintron

threw only a handful of punches in combination and tried to win with single shots
pawed with his jab and tried to use it a a range finder instead of throwing it hard to truly keep distance
stood on the outside and did nothing most of the time even when he had his desired punching distance
although he had a the right idea of turning Margarito, but his footwork was horrible and horribly slow
showed an inability, maybe an unwillingness, to take shots to the body or head
susceptible to cuts from punches

Margarito

Hand speed and foot speed looked slow but his punches were accurate
susceptible to cuts from punches
lacks defense and head movement
looks to have slowed down as far as closing distance
great punch outpunch as usual but his punches were wide, wide, wide
punching power is thudding but he needs accumulation to get you out of there

Whats my point?
Simple Margarito needs you to be immobile to execute his offense. He gets hit, his guard goes up, his offense stops, he resets and plods forward. He is not going to KO his opponents with one punch at least not upstairs.
Cotto will beat Margarito and make it look easy, he will beat him to the punch, he will block margaritos punches and he will bust Margarito up and take him to school.

[DrewWoodside]

Cotto's handspeed is visibly faster than Margaritos.. Cotto is actually tested.. Margarito is about as tested as Paul Williams.. and I think we discovered how "normal" P-Dubb really is. And he legitimately beat Margarito! Whatever the case.. PBF will face the winner(IMO.) Possibly even if it's Margarito..