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Like Chris Berman used to say "You can't stop him, you can only hope to contain him". Every fighter Cotto fights, they seem to have a gameplan to deny the body punches, no one has been able to do it other than Shane Mosley. Margarito blocks to the head well but only when he is totally defensive. He is never as good defensively when he mixes offense with defense which to some degree should be expected.
But I feel Cotto will eventually if not sooner, surely later will get to Margarito's wiry, skinny frame. Weigh in photos will probably no doubt display ribs showing to maintain the 147 pounds on his 5'11 frame. Nobody has held up to Cotto's body attack when he has been able to touch his opponent there and there have been recent and rampant reports that Margarito was dropped in similar fashion earlier in his career from a lesser degree of body punching that Cotto will present. I think many will see a Margarito they have never seen before, one thinking twice about his profession come Saturday night, one we would have seen many years ago had the city carnivals and bar joints had simulcast broadcasting when he toiled on Tijuana boxing undercards.
But I feel Cotto will eventually if not sooner, surely later will get to Margarito's wiry, skinny frame. Weigh in photos will probably no doubt display ribs showing to maintain the 147 pounds on his 5'11 frame. Nobody has held up to Cotto's body attack when he has been able to touch his opponent there and there have been recent and rampant reports that Margarito was dropped in similar fashion earlier in his career from a lesser degree of body punching that Cotto will present. I think many will see a Margarito they have never seen before, one thinking twice about his profession come Saturday night, one we would have seen many years ago had the city carnivals and bar joints had simulcast broadcasting when he toiled on Tijuana boxing undercards.
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