Cotto-Margarito: A Very Good Fight Is Good Enough

[Da Hammer]

I agree completely with the article. The fight ended surprisingly and spectacularly, but it was hardly a true back and forth spectacle. In parts it was a bit slow and was for the most part simply a story of Cotto landing the better shots while backpedalling, with Margarito coming forward but often seeming ineffective. It was a good fight, no doubt, but not a truly great one.

they have seemed uneffective but everytime that margarito came inside on cotto with all his body shots he wore him down more and more. all those body shots were 1000 times more damaging than the face shots cotto was landing on margarito

[Sinisterevo]

no question on the last part. And I don't disagree with you on the PR-Mexico rivalry, and personally felt it was considerably overstated for this fight. If for no other reason, because Miguel Cotto was never that type of fighter. Trinidad was, he literally fought for his country and his people every time out. Cotto's learned to embrace it, but it's still two completely different personalities - and two completely different fighters, for that matter.

one more point of clarification, though - "alright" and "very good" are two very different things. this fight was unquestionably much better than alright, and i wouldn't dare limit it to such a description.

I agree with the PR-Mexico rivalry being overstated for this fight. Cotto and Trinidad are two completely different personalities....that is what I never embraced Trinidad. Win or lose, I much prefer Cotto's demeanor before and after a fight.

[FLY TY]

SMH@ any1 who says this was just a "great" fight.......

FOTY hands down so far.................

[jmqc19]

u know that margarito was also born in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA right
lol
he was born in Torrance, CA, USA
like it or not
margarito is a chicano

yeah he was born in the US but come on the man doesnt even speaks english and he has lived in TJ his whole life how can u possibly consider him from the us if he doesnt even speaks english hahaha.

:P

[jmqc19]

I don't care what anyone says, Chavez Jr. Vanda is hands down the fight of the year and round of the year. (9 or 10). I'm really sick of the media acting like this fight doesn't exist when naming FOTY candidates.

yeah it was a good fight, but the level of competition is Nowhere near the level of the cotto margarito fight, plus the judges ****** chavez lost that fight or at the very least he tied it, i am sick and tired of everyone defending him, he makes up excuses everytime he performs poorly.

[crold1]

The emotional reactions to this fight will wear off and then some folks will sit down and watch it, and Izzy-Rafa III back to back with tosme time behind them...and it won't even be remotely close.

Izzy-Rafa was that much better.