How would Cotto win a rematch?

[ROSS CALIFORNIA]

Cotto fought like a man in this fight. If he has to reduce himself to holding and hitting this time around, why even bother. He doesn't need Margo again and I don't think he wants him after last night. Cotto lost fare and square.

[Caxcan]

He'd have to enter the ring like this:

[ROSS CALIFORNIA]

He'd have to enter the ring like this:

Hahahahaha!!!!!!!

[poeticlsykuac]

i definitely think he can beat him...i just dont think he trained hard enough...he under-estimated margo!! cotto is clearly the better boxer as he proved over the 1st 7 rounds or so...but margo (and fair play to him) kept on coming....if margo didnt have that iron chin i reckon that fight was over after 9 rounds!

I think the "if he didn't have chin" is an invalid argument as Margarito obviously does have an amazing chin. I thought Cotto was only up one round after the 7th. He was choosing spots wisely but still taking the worse punishment. Margarito beat the stamina out of him with body shots. Cotto's skill isn't being questioned, nor his stamina. I am questioning how Cotto stops Margarito from coming enough to deter the judges from scoring for the higher output more aggressive fighter that was never hurt. Cotto isn't flashy enough to be a Sweet Pea, he won't embarrass fighters like Sweet Pea. Plus the output how do you prove you are the better fighter when you aren't willing to throw as often, because you can't.

[FIGHTING_FLIP]

if cotto is going to win, he may not get respect from some dumb boxing fans.hed have to put on his track shoes more and clinch more..get his stamina up more and other that, everything else was good..

[Silencers]

Bayless never allowed Cotto to clinch, he made it a fight, Cotto tried and Bayless said **** before he had a chance. So if it was a different ref yeah that is a possibility. But Cotto had to take body shots to give them see round 2. He wasn't comfortable and Margarito's body shots were bothersome to Cotto. I would say Cotto chose his punches very well and IMO if he didn't do those dances he would have been beaten up sooner, he was trying not to allow Margarito to set(at least that is what I saw).

I thought Cotto fought a very intelligent fight, an amazing performance, I keep saying it because he put on a clinic for the first 5 rounds minus the second. He was brilliant, Margarito was just relentless, Cotto couldn't get away. His stamina was good but Margarito beat on his body in the second and landed some potent ones in the first as well. This made Cotto realize that if he stood in front of him he would get hit, so he tried to box, unfortunately that is difficult with a volume puncher with power. Especially now that we know your will can be broke and your Chin isn't the best.

I didn't see Cotto even attempt to clinch that much, the first time he clinched was probably the 7th round when he was hurt, he should have started clinching much earlier to conserve energy and I didn't hear Bayless jump on him too early for clinches.

The punches he chose were to the head, he didn't pick his spots to the body which was a huge mistake and a waste of energy because he should have known he wouldn't have been able to knock out Margarito like that, he landed very few meaningful body punches on Margarito.

Some of the movement was wasted because he could have clinched instead of moving away and sometimes moving away caused him to get hit but yes, his gameplan was to move and not let Margarito get set, he just needs to learn how to clinch when he needs to save some energy.

He put in a very good performance, a performance that probably would have beaten anyone else in the division but he neglected Margarito's body, which was a terrible mistake, the way to slow down a guy with a high punch to move and not let his feet get set and work his body so that he can't throw so many punches, Cotto managed to do the first part well but the second part, he totally forgot about.

Cotto's bread and butter had been his body work up until this point (apart from the Mosley fight, where he body work was neutralized), Margarito was open to body shots but Cotto didn't take advantage of that.

Margarito on the other hand, invested in the body early, he landed some big shots to the body as early as the second round, which paid off for him as the fight went on.

And also, I think Cotto should try from time to time to stay inside Margarito's punches, I know it puts him in danger of the uppercut but it nullifies a lot of Margarito's arsenal.

One other thing, he can't let his back touch the ropes and if he does get trapped on the ropes, clinch his way out, don't try to punch his way out.

[KILLA RIGHT]

Do the same thing he did except concentrate on stamina even more

[PR Boxer]

Cotto can win if he stays off the ropes, prepares his stamina better, boxes in the center of the ring and hammers the body at all times, those upercuts he threw would have been better thrown to the stomach than to the chin. The rematch he'll win it by UD.

[El Chicano]

With the same movement and combinations he used last night, supplemented with a sustained body attack. For whatever reason, he was mostly a head hunter. Smartly, Margarito put his early body work in and this is what left Cotto lifeless in the end.

[poeticlsykuac]

if cotto is going to win, he may not get respect from some dumb boxing fans.hed have to put on his track shoes more and clinch more..get his stamina up more and other that, everything else was good..

Well the ref wouldn't allow Cotto to clinch, I was expecting to see it more. Cotto doesn't really know how against a fighter like Margarito that is moving his hands to much to grapple on. Cotto is a very skilled fighter way more talented then Margarito, but I just can't see Cotto beating him. Cotto did everything in his power to stay away and punch clean, and he did, but Margarito still got to him because of his heart, chin, power and relentlessness. How would this change. Cotto couldn't stay away from Margarito for 12 rounds, I think Margarito does his early body attack again(this time from the first round on) and breaks him down this time ruining him.