Cotto v Margarito: Who Was Winning?

[KESSLER]

I had it dead even going into the 11th.

[MikeBrew328]

Cotto, 6-4. Margarito would have been up 7-6 though if the fight continued.

[Shalafi]

I had Tony winning by 2 rounds but could have been argued and changed to 1 round instead.

[TCNŽ SOULJAH]

It doesnt really matter because Marg still stopped Cotto. This is pretty irrelevant.

Kind of how Enzo Calzaghe claimed Macca would've beaten Haye if the fight would've gone 12 rounds.................. does that make much sense to you?

You got to remember:



This poster insisted that Margarito couldn't win the fight.

So he looking for any lil moral victory he can get to not look so drastically wrong.




But there is no moral victory to get.

I said Cotto wins nine times out of ten.

So this was that 1 time out of 10?

Damn.




But I don't remember you saying that.

I remember you making a ton of comments like this.

I will be absolutely astonished if Margarito beats Cotto.

Margarito is nowhere near Cotto's league.

I can't see any outcome other than a Cotto victory.

Another victim of the Cotto hype machine.

[Sir_Joe]

I guess the judges scores were after the 10-7 round? so they had Cotto up by 1 and one had him up by 3 going into the 11th?

[MetalVomit]

Cotto by a round, 2 tops.

[Mozza]

So this was that 1 time out of 10?

Damn.




But I don't remember you saying that.

I remember you making a ton of comments like this.








Another victim of the Cotto hype machine.

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Yes there are two options. Either that was the one time out of ten or else I got it very wrong.

I stick by all the comments I made leading up to the fight. I still think Cotto is a vastly superior boxer and I was very susrprised that he lost the fight. I think with a few subtle but important changes he would have won the fight comfortably. Having said that, perhaps I underestimated Margarito.

[MWMerlino]

I had Margarito 96-94, after Cottos nose broke in the 7th I knew it was over with...

[Motofan]

Cotto won most of the first half and Margarito won most of the second half. Pretty much an even fight by the end.