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Defensive punching vs Marg's bone breaking punching.
Cotto was fighting and punching on the retreat all night. Without his weight behind his punches, Marg just shrugged them off. You could see he was punching to escape Margarito. Marg was planting his feet and gutting Cotto when he could connect. Mostly, he missed...but he did hit Cotto enough to make him run.
Anyone here play baseball? Ever been fooled by a slow pitch? Marg's punches was slow....it threw off Marg's timing when he covered up. He was used to fighting guys faster than him. By the time he thought Marg's punch had missed - BAM! Even if it was partially blocked, it had some impact.
Just watch the later rounds when Cotto was on the ropes and he would put up his gloves to his face. He waited for that impact to land too long. He even leaned into his gloves as Marg punched his guard.
Also, Marg's head was on a swivel. By rolling with the punches, the impact wasn't as great. Cotto was hitting him all night and Marg's head looked like a bobble head. Like an oak tree vs the wind, always bending to the punch, never breaking. Ironically, Marg goes by the name of Tornado.
Margarito is a sneaky slow fighter that will walk you down like the Terminator. The only guy that knew his timing and was able to handle his onslaught was Joshua Clottey.
Cotto was fighting and punching on the retreat all night. Without his weight behind his punches, Marg just shrugged them off. You could see he was punching to escape Margarito. Marg was planting his feet and gutting Cotto when he could connect. Mostly, he missed...but he did hit Cotto enough to make him run.
Anyone here play baseball? Ever been fooled by a slow pitch? Marg's punches was slow....it threw off Marg's timing when he covered up. He was used to fighting guys faster than him. By the time he thought Marg's punch had missed - BAM! Even if it was partially blocked, it had some impact.
Just watch the later rounds when Cotto was on the ropes and he would put up his gloves to his face. He waited for that impact to land too long. He even leaned into his gloves as Marg punched his guard.
Also, Marg's head was on a swivel. By rolling with the punches, the impact wasn't as great. Cotto was hitting him all night and Marg's head looked like a bobble head. Like an oak tree vs the wind, always bending to the punch, never breaking. Ironically, Marg goes by the name of Tornado.
Margarito is a sneaky slow fighter that will walk you down like the Terminator. The only guy that knew his timing and was able to handle his onslaught was Joshua Clottey.
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