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Imho, the better fighter lost, the tougher and bigger figher won.
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As far as the fight went, it was incredible! Lets be honest, Cotto was winning the fight up until the stoppage, he landed cleaner, harder shots throughout and boxed a smart tactical fight. The problem was that he simply could not hurt Margarito and in the end couldn't take Tony's shots, so everything good that he did counted for nothing. Margarito is a real force of nature and it is plain to see why he was so avoided for so long. To win a fight against a guy who is outboxing and outlanding you, simply because of your incredible chin and relentlessness is a massive achievement. Talk about skill vs will!
No-one should for a second write Cotto off. He remains an excellent combination of brutality and technique himself and would have beaten virtually any 'normal' opponent with the way he fought. He was just unlucky to run into a physical freak like Margarito, who outmatched him thoroughly in the brutality department, whilst Cotto himself was not quite, (but almost was) slick enough to nullify Tony's relentless attack.
We now have a GREAT situation at WW, with three guys in Cotto, Margarito and Williams who are far from perfect and who each may have the style to beat at least one of the others. I now want to see Williams Cotto as a matter of urgency, and I would feel very sad for Cotto were he to lose and go from being the anointed champ to being third best. I don't know who would actually win though because both guys are capable of mixing up their styles quite a bit and I think it would be a good fight.
The most compelling aspect of this of course is the potential for a three way rivalry, which is great for boxing and should go some way to removing this obsession with having a single P4P 'man' in each division that seems to have crept up on us. Rivalries and competitiveness makes for great fights and gets fighters remembered, so as fans we should be happy. We also have the possibility that Mayweather may return and instead of ONE big fight for him we now have a compelling reason for him to try and do what everyone always wanted, which was to take on all the main guys at WW and clean out the division.
So all in all, a surprise result that was awful for Miguel Cotto but should be great for boxing fans and for boxing in general.Comment
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