If I am Antonio Margarito come July 26TH...

[Pullcounter]

I would throw the right hand, OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER again, its right there to be thrown. People keep talking about Cotto's overall skills, which are better, but on the other hand, Cotto isnt bigger than this guy, and his chin certainly in my opinion, isnt better than Margaritos. Cotto had better hope and wish that Margarito doesnt overpower him with that right hand, because Margarito has already proven that he wont stop throwing punches, let alone a right hand that is going to connect garunteed.

true... cotto gets hit with the right hand, but margarito is too slow to exploit it and he has no grasp of timing or spacing hence the volume punching.

[Shalafi]

The Corley fight was at 140 though, his chin was worse there because of weight drain.

Not saying his chin is great but it has improved.

I really can't see the truth in this, how can someone's chin get better at a higher weight class? it's only a 7 lbs difference in weight, of course that's only the weight in and all these welter balloon up to 160 fight night but if you have a weak chin, it makes not difference whether you weight 140-147 or 200lbs. The higher weight class you fight in the harder the punchers will be for the most part, so I really don't understand this theory.

[Michigan]

After cotto beats Margarito, I hope margarito's hype goes the **** away. And I hope his fans go the hell away too, they act is if he has never even been beaten before its just so tiring to listen to how big his fan base is when he has been beaten several times in his career. Not once, not twice, not three times, not even four times...


Thats right, five times!!! The great Margarito has been beaten several times.

Dude are you an adult.

How many losses does Mosley have, what about Hopkins, Oscar, James Toney, Jones Jr.????

Get over yourself.

How many of the losses did Cotto give Margarito???

I'll wait.

[Shalafi]

Dude are you an adult.

How many losses does Mosley have, what about Hopkins, Oscar, James Toney, Jones Jr.????

Get over yourself.

How many of the losses did Cotto give Margarito???

I'll wait.

Unfortunately he is not, and no further explain is needed

[SkilledB]

....and Cotto will see them coming miles away because Margarito throws wide looping punches.

Marg throws wide punches and cotto those hard punches that may get him of balance from time to time. This will come down to ring generalship. Who can control the tempo and get there game plan working in full effect. If marg can come out a strong first 4 rounds, get cotto going backwards and non-offensive he has this fight. If cotto can give marg a good dose of body shots and establish a good rhythm to his punches i honestly think he will put marg on his ass.

Overall i got Cotto in a win, not 100% on the type of win, just a win

[Left2body]

If thats the case, you are definately not going to see the 'war' we all anticipate, because Cotto using intelligent movement, footwork, jabbing etc, wouldnt resemble a war at all, however if i was cotto, i would definately do this.

Marquez used intelligent movement, footwork and picked his spots to unload and that fight is considered a war. Outboxing someone doesn't have to look like PBF/Whittaker.

Now can Margarito like Vazquez force prolonged exhanges like Vazquez did.

[El Jesus]

Marquez used intelligent movement, footwork and picked his spots to unload and that fight is considered a war. Outboxing someone doesn't have to look like PBF/Whittaker.

Now can Margarito like Vazquez force prolonged exhanges like Vazquez did.

Vasquez is a much more calculated fighter than margarito though, although he comes in wide, he doesnt rely on volume punching, but rather timing.

I think i was going by what i saw in the last 3 rounds of the mosley/cotto fight, in terms of him using his footwork.

[RL_GMA]

Cotto has too much arsenal in his bag for Margarito. Cotto has been in bigger fights and knows how to handle himself. I think he'll gradually break Margarito down and eventually start throwin bombs later in the fight.

I mean let's face it, Margarito's best competition came against guys like Kermit Cintron, Joshua Clottey(who he almost lost to), Daniel Santos(who he lost to), and let's just throw Paul Williams in there (who he also lost to). If you look at the Santos, Clottey, and Williams fights they all did the same thing. Straight 1-2's down the middle and countered Marg's right all night with left hooks. If you're not there to brawl with Tony he has no idea what to do. Cotto can both box & brawl simultaneously.

Cotto will stop Margarito in 10 rounds if not sooner. It'll be an exciting fight for as long as it lasts.

[Silencers]

I really can't see the truth in this, how can someone's chin get better at a higher weight class? it's only a 7 lbs difference in weight, of course that's only the weight in and all these welter balloon up to 160 fight night but if you have a weak chin, it makes not difference whether you weight 140-147 or 200lbs. The higher weight class you fight in the harder the punchers will be for the most part, so I really don't understand this theory.

Draining yourself to make weight is known to lessen your ability to take punches. That's exactly what Cotto was doing, draining himself to make weight.

[Shalafi]

Draining yourself to make weight is known to lessen your ability to take punches. That's exactly what Cotto was doing, draining himself to make weight.

Draining himself the night before to make weight, but he ballooned back to 150+ come fight night, I still don't see the point.