does anyone think Cotto would have been more illusive safer if

[Dynamite Kid]

He would have been tore up worse IMO. He was boxing beautifully and even then he was worned down and stopped. If he would have stood in pocket, then he would have spent more energy and would be fighting Margarito's fight and giving him his opportunities. Margarito already showed that he could take everything that he had to dish out so you want to use your advantages to your advantage. Margarito had only one way of winning and that was by coming foward. Cotto could win both ways but he had the advantage of posesing boxing ability so it was smart to use that. He would have been stopped sooner if he fought Margarito more IMO.

not if he fought clever and tied Marg up more in close he would not have had to work as much, he could of got his shots off and leaned on Marg etc gone to the body and worn Marg down more

also Marg only took solid shots when Cotto was on the backfoot Cotto never hit him solid when his weight was on his front were he cold find his power

i dont disagree he could have easily been stopped ealier but the punishment he took on the outside i think it was worth taking a chance he could just as easy got away with it IMO as been koed cause of it i think it would have been a calculated gamble