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show me a picture of cotto after the fight not during the blood makes it look bad but when wiped of margos face looked worst, cotto has what seems to be a broken nose and a cut above his eyelid but the nose doesn't look broken and the cut is small where as margarito's face was swelled up and it looked like his eye was about to close
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I agree with the basic thought here, but I disagree that Margarito had all the physical advantages on his side. People all over the board keep implying that Margarito had all the physical advantages and Cotto had none. it's just not true. Cotto demonstrated his physical advantages: hand speed and foot speed. Margarito's physical advantage, as has been discussed ad nauseum, was his chin. It's a fine point, I admit, but people who only describe one aspect of the fight inadvertently subtly diminish the performance of one or both fighters.
Also, many people are sloppily implying that "Margo's chin won the fight." Again, this flawed idea just does not tell the whole story. Margarito's chin obviously contributed to him winning the fight, but it was a combination of incredible conditioning and willpower, in addition to his granite jaw, that allowed him to pull this fight out.
If he wasn't in superb physical condition, all the chin in the world wouldn't have won him this fight. He had to keep coming forward, chasing a quicker opponent all night, while throwing bunches of punches.
In fact, his hard work on his cardio ultimately paid off in spades for him because his constant pressure and punches evidently kept Cotto out of his comfort zone and eventually exhausted him completely. Obviously, hitting an incoming "wall," as Max Kellerman so aptly described it, can't be good for your fighting spirit, but it took conditioning and willpower for that "wall" to keep coming forward all night and eventually overwhelm Cotto.
Lastly, many people keep saying or implying that "Hitting Margo's chin discouraged Cotto." Well, no doubt. But, it's unjust to neglect crediting Margarito for the will to keep coming forward round after round, even when your opponent is making you look bad (especially early on in the fight.) It must take an immense amount of resolve and faith in yourself to stick to your gameplan, not panic, and just keep going on and on, regardless of what your opponent is doing.
That's all I've got. Sure Margarito's chin is unworldly, but there are other factors that people don't seem to be recognizing that contributed to him winning this fight.
Props to both men. They are both warriors and fighters of the toughest sort. If the infamous "The World Awaits" snorefest had been graced by these two characters battling it out in the main event, boxing would probably have many more fans. Boxing needs all the warriors like Margarito and Cotto it can get. Tremendous fight. I hope both guys go on to many more memorable ring encounters.
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Perhaps I should have been more specific to avoid people from believing I am discrediting Margarito's performance, which is not what I wanted to do. Actually, I think I gave him props but I can understand the confusion regarding that line which was quoted. When I mentioned Margarito's physical advantages, I meant the obvious physical attributes that he had on Cotto, meaning height, reach, strenght, and possibly stamina. I know Cotto had the better handspeed and ring movement, but I see those attributes as part of the skills department instead of physical. Margarito won the fight and performed well overall, but the 4 inch reach advantage, his 3 inch(looked like even more during the weigh in) height advantage, and his sheer superior natural strenght made it impossible for Cotto to match him even with superior boxing skill(movement, handspeed, better jab, better defense,better combinations, etc).I agree with the basic thought here, but I disagree that Margarito had all the physical advantages on his side. People all over the board keep implying that Margarito had all the physical advantages and Cotto had none. it's just not true. Cotto demonstrated his physical advantages: hand speed and foot speed. Margarito's physical advantage, as has been discussed ad nauseum, was his chin. It's a fine point, I admit, but people who only describe one aspect of the fight inadvertently subtly diminish the performance of one or both fighters.
Also, many people are sloppily implying that "Margo's chin won the fight." Again, this flawed idea just does not tell the whole story. Margarito's chin obviously contributed to him winning the fight, but it was a combination of incredible conditioning and willpower, in addition to his granite jaw, that allowed him to pull this fight out.
If he wasn't in superb physical condition, all the chin in the world wouldn't have won him this fight. He had to keep coming forward, chasing a quicker opponent all night, while throwing bunches of punches.
In fact, his hard work on his cardio ultimately paid off in spades for him because his constant pressure and punches evidently kept Cotto out of his comfort zone and eventually exhausted him completely. Obviously, hitting an incoming "wall," as Max Kellerman so aptly described it, can't be good for your fighting spirit, but it took conditioning and willpower for that "wall" to keep coming forward all night and eventually overwhelm Cotto.
Lastly, many people keep saying or implying that "Hitting Margo's chin discouraged Cotto." Well, no doubt. But, it's unjust to neglect crediting Margarito for the will to keep coming forward round after round, even when your opponent is making you look bad (especially early on in the fight.) It must take an immense amount of resolve and faith in yourself to stick to your gameplan, not panic, and just keep going on and on, regardless of what your opponent is doing.
That's all I've got. Sure Margarito's chin is unworldly, but there are other factors that people don't seem to be recognizing that contributed to him winning this fight.
Props to both men. They are both warriors and fighters of the toughest sort. If the infamous "The World Awaits" snorefest had been graced by these two characters battling it out in the main event, boxing would probably have many more fans. Boxing needs all the warriors like Margarito and Cotto it can get. Tremendous fight. I hope both guys go on to many more memorable ring encounters.
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I guess this includes the judges ringside? If that was not as asskicking
then what is? Whether Cotto quit or Margarito helped him quit doesn't matter.
The outcome remains the same. Your scoring the fight or the judges does not matter if it doesn't go the distant. Thank God it didn't cause even with the TKO you cannot bring yourself to admitting that Cotto got his ass handed to him.Comment
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