Could Floyd Mayweather beat Antonio Margarito in a 12 round fight in 2009?

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While this is a funny thread and its clear that most people didn't read D's post, this brings to mind,

Who would win a 15 round fight? Marg or Mayweather?

[Motofan]

I cant stand Floyd, that said, yeah I think he wins about 11 rounds against Margarito.

[NAPO]

watching Too Much Hbo I See, According To Them Cotto Was The Second Coming Of Tito :d His Only Good Accomplishment Was Barely Defeating Mosley In Rican Territory With A Rican Referee
and Margarito Reign Will Be At Least One Year Long because Cotto Got Beat Up So Bad He Needs An Easy Fight To Regain His Confidence

I Rest My Case!

[Slotff]

i Actually Really Don't Care... I Just Want To Show Everyone That A ****** Topic Like This Will Easily Get Over 100 Responses, And Possibly Go Up To 300.

Ftw

Read That Post. It Is The First One In This Thread.

[The_Italian]

margarito's BEST CHANCES are:

A) a punchers chance

and

B) to outwork him

However if mayweather begins to control the pace and slow margarito down he has virtually no chance...

mayweather didnt have such a long reign as p4p champ for no reason...

i would expect mayweather to treat margarito similary to how he treated hatton...

take advantage of those wide/looping punches and high work rate...smother his punches...tie him up on the inside...use his technical ability to avoid the other's punches and give his own...

i dont really care how margarito tries to engage mayweather we all know its not happening...many have thought the key to beat mayweather is a high energy offense...but we've seen against guys like ricky hatton that tactics like that wont be the answer...

to beat mayweather (in my opinion) you need a few tools...

A) Work the body...

you HAVE TO slow mayweather down...mayweather is too slick/fast for majority of the welterweights today...working the body will slow him down and allow you to build on your attack...

B) effective agressiveness...

you cant pull a ricky hatton and attempt to outmuscle him and swing like a wildman...you have to take a page out of the castillo or de la hoya book when they fought mayweather...

C) dont try to "outthink" floyd...

it just doesnt happen...we seen oscar attempt to out-think mayweather and while he was standing there completely still trying to anticipate the next series of exchanges mayweather would land a quick 1-2 combo and move out of de la hoya's range...you cant be ****** but you also cant attempt to have the thought on the front of your mind (because it distracts you from the fight) as to how you're going to anticipate what floyd is going to do...because with floyd if you expect a jab he's going to pump out a lead right...if you're looking for the lead right he's going to bust you up with the lead left hook.

D) you MUST MUST MUST posses decent defense and boxing ability...

i dont have the confidence in margarito to do these things against floyd...because margarito looks exactly the same in every fight...which is:

no backwards steps...1200+ punches around...swinging wildly...not coming inside or outside with the use of a jab...

too predictable for someone so smart as floyd...he would exploit margarito's flaws on the way to a decision win.

mayweather 12 round decision win.

[12boxin_C12]

why are people acting like if Margarito connected he would KO Floyd?

Floyd's chin is much better than Cotto's, and Cotto resisted Margarito for the majority of the fight, while taking a lot more punishment than Floyd would also

...some people are lost

your lying to yourself if you think floyd has a MUCH better chin than cotto but that's besides the point. floyds, the guy that cried on ellerbes shoulders and managed to make himself look like a *****, is already a beaten man cause its a mental thing. he fears a repeat of history. roger may vs chavez

[KnockoutTheFat]

Read That Post. It Is The First One In This Thread.

Yet this will still get 100 posts... hilarious.

[MrFactor]

Margarito stops Mayweather...

People keep comparing Margarito to Baldomir. Baldomir would not have beaten Cotto. Baldomir is 5'7" and couldnt hit his way out of a paper bag. he had only 13 KO's on his record. Margarito is 5'11". He hits with power. Not necessary 1 punch, but enough to be a difference maker in a fight.

The fight would look very much like the Cotto fight where a big guy stalks a smaller guy. the smaller guy looks great landing all those NOTICEABLE shots on Tony's face. What goes under the radar will be the sneaky body shots that eventually wear Mayweather down causing him to get hung up on the ropes in around the 7th when tony really starts opening up because Mayweather will move alot less after being softened up by body shots. Tony starts to move upstairs because mayweather isnt ducking too many shots in the 9th becuase his body hurts. Its over around the 9th or 10th when tony stuns Mayweather and throws about 25 -30 unanswered shots. Ref stops it because Mayweather is out on his feet and taking shots to the head.

If it was such a winnable fight for Mayweather, it would have been made. Mayweather at WW has not taken any risks. Fighting Margarito, Cotto, Williams or Clottey would have been a huge risk. Instead of fighting one of those guys, he retired... He'll come back when all those guys move up to 54 and leave the division to guys like Berto or Collazzo...

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There are roughly 65 idiots in this thread.

[KostyaTszyu44]

floyd would box his freaking ears off