Who could have taken all those punches against Cotto...

[TintaBoricua]

and finish the fight in the way Tony did? I just rewatched it, and it's superhuman to eat all that leather, and so many big shots only to walk your opponent down eventually, and brutally win the fight!

It was 7:38 pm when you posted this...tremendous coincidence. I rummaged through my VHS tapes to rewatch this fight today as well. I watched it around 2-3pm. Hadn't seen it since September, I think.

Hell of a fight, very entertaining.

And yes, Cotto landed huge shots all night long, but you have to give credit to Margarito for his body shots. Cotto's quicker hands made Margarito look as if his punches were slow and unimpressive...HBO's commentators didn't mention much about Tony's bodywork either, which can lead one to see as if Cotto was the star in that fight. Both were, and we got a great fight on our hands.

Speaking of hard shots, I don't think many could've taken those shots, though (or at least that many). Margarito got caught several times flush in the face with quick, hard, accurate punches...we're talking every punch in the book two-fold. At the closing seconds of the second round, I reiterate, Cotto IMO landed his biggest punch: that insane lunging left hook that made Tony fold...in the same round, right after Tony clipped Cotto with a mean right uppercut to the body, both start swinging and Tony got caught with a right uppercut of Cotto to the head, if I'm not mistaken Tony was on his toes as he got caught with that, and he just smiled at Cotto...but that was because he knew Cotto had just been hurt by the body shot he had landed around 5 seconds earlier.

Man, that was a hell of a fight!

[dondi330]

It was 7:38 pm when you posted this...tremendous coincidence. I rummaged through my VHS tapes to rewatch this fight today as well. I watched it around 2-3pm. Hadn't seen it since September, I think.

Hell of a fight, very entertaining.

And yes, Cotto landed huge shots all night long, but you have to give credit to Margarito for his body shots. Cotto's quicker hands made Margarito look as if his punches were slow and unimpressive...HBO's commentators didn't mention much about Tony's bodywork either, which can lead one to see as if Cotto was the star in that fight. Both were, and we got a great fight on our hands.

Speaking of hard shots, I don't think many could've taken those shots, though (or at least that many). Margarito got caught several times flush in the face with quick, hard, accurate punches...we're talking every punch in the book two-fold. At the closing seconds of the second round, I reiterate, Cotto IMO landed his biggest punch: that insane lunging left hook that made Tony fold...in the same round, right after Tony clipped Cotto with a mean right uppercut to the body, both start swinging and Tony got caught with a right uppercut of Cotto to the head, if I'm not mistaken Tony was on his toes as he got caught with that, and he just smiled at Cotto...but that was because he knew Cotto had just been hurt by the body shot he had landed around 5 seconds earlier.

Man, that was a hell of a fight!

Well said.

[Mr. Fantastic]

Do you honestly think that in the year 2123 some kid will be reading about the greatest fighters while looking at their records and know or care that Sturm really beat Hoya if the records say other wise, do u think he will see the controversy in the Quartey or Whitaker fights? Nope just the record. That same kid will see that Trinidad beat Oscar De La hoya,and the funny thing is he will see that Hoya beat Pacquiao too (and not even think of the weight or money)and every oportunity Hoya captalizes on will make Trinidad look even better...now thats the truth like it or not.

Will boxing even be here by that age??? You don't even know if the world ends before that. But if boxing is still there at the time, DLH would be remembered more than Tito IMO . That's the truth like it or not. Don't forget boxing has historians too. People still talk about old ass fights, even to this day.

[Danny Gunz]

Yes and you think Cotto put his weight behind those punches??

how would you know if he put weight behind his punches?

[AztecWanker]

It was 7:38 pm when you posted this...tremendous coincidence. I rummaged through my VHS tapes to rewatch this fight today as well. I watched it around 2-3pm. Hadn't seen it since September, I think.

Hell of a fight, very entertaining.

And yes, Cotto landed huge shots all night long, but you have to give credit to Margarito for his body shots. Cotto's quicker hands made Margarito look as if his punches were slow and unimpressive...HBO's commentators didn't mention much about Tony's bodywork either, which can lead one to see as if Cotto was the star in that fight. Both were, and we got a great fight on our hands.

Speaking of hard shots, I don't think many could've taken those shots, though (or at least that many). Margarito got caught several times flush in the face with quick, hard, accurate punches...we're talking every punch in the book two-fold. At the closing seconds of the second round, I reiterate, Cotto IMO landed his biggest punch: that insane lunging left hook that made Tony fold...in the same round, right after Tony clipped Cotto with a mean right uppercut to the body, both start swinging and Tony got caught with a right uppercut of Cotto to the head, if I'm not mistaken Tony was on his toes as he got caught with that, and he just smiled at Cotto...but that was because he knew Cotto had just been hurt by the body shot he had landed around 5 seconds earlier.

Man, that was a hell of a fight!

of course they didnt, they were on cotto's nuts all night. lampley mustve had money on cotto lol...not as bad as george foreman being on iran barkley's nuts when iran fought toney though

[NAPO]

the question is, WHAT WOULD PPL SAY IF COTTO WINS THE REMATCH?

seriously i have the perfect thread for that day.

[KingTito]

That was vey impressive of Margarito. It's tough to say who else could've taken that punishment.

[-Antonio-]

Paul Williams and Clottey

Clottey has a strong chin

Clottey's defense is just air tight. It's hard as hell to get through his guard. He has a good chin too. I dont know how good it is though because it's not really tested. He's got good foot movement and big forearms that cover his face ala Winky.

Williams has a damn good chin.

[Dambala]

I don't think there's a fighter in the game with a better chin than Margarito, not even Andrade. But is not just his chin, is his will.

[FasTHarD]

Agreed, but that doesn't do anything for the chin argument, you know? Paul gets hit a lot, too much...but not as much as Tony. But the question was could Paul take the punishment that Cotto gave Tony? And the answer is a resounding no.

P-will can take the punishmeant that Cotto gave Tony.... He even take all Tony's shots and Cotto cant handle tony's ****.... But i like Cotto after all.. Cotto Will UD over Margo in their rematch trust me..... Top 1 WW king right now should be P-Will....