Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito II

[Animalistic]

If he beats Clottey with a better gameplan then i think he just might be able to take it to Marg, cause i think Clottey is gonna come with the same gameplan. The only thing is I've been watching Cotto fight for a while and he only seems to fight one way, if he changes it up and shows improvement against Clottey then he'll be back on top and possibly ready for Margarito.

If Clottey comes with the same gameplan as Margarito Clottey will gas out pretty quick. Clottey is not that tipe of 100 punches a round fighter. He is a guy that keeps his hands up a lot and throws very few punches per round.

If Clottey even tries to do that Cotto will win TKO before the 8th round.

[Bhopreign]

I think Cotto could knock him out, Marg's punches had nothing on them in the Mosley fight right before he was discovered a cheater, Im willing to bet he isnt a hard puncher and he used wraps for a very very long time, you will never see Marg ever again beat a decent fighter.

[PR Boxer]

If he beats Clottey with a better gameplan then i think he just might be able to take it to Marg, cause i think Clottey is gonna come with the same gameplan. The only thing is I've been watching Cotto fight for a while and he only seems to fight one way, if he changes it up and shows improvement against Clottey then he'll be back on top and possibly ready for Margarito.

He only fights one way? You have not been watching Cotto fight that much then, he almost always fight different in his fights, if you look at his fights at Jr. Welterweight he was really versatile, in some he boxed the **** out of his opponents while slowly breaking them down (Bailey, Abdulavev, Maussa, Branco etc.) in others he just plain went in to destroy the guy (Torres (although sloppy gameplan being Torres was the harder puncher), Malignaggi, Pinto, etc.). In welterweight it has been the same but he changes his gameplan in the same fight you can see him pressuring sometimes and then outboxing, the only fight he did not do that was Margarito, in which he kept with plan A all through the fight even when that was not working.

[AllEyesOpen]

If Clottey comes with the same gameplan as Margarito Clottey will gas out pretty quick. Clottey is not that tipe of 100 punches a round fighter. He is a guy that keeps his hands up a lot and throws very few punches per round.

If Clottey even tries to do that Cotto will win TKO before the 8th round.

True I dont think he'll be throwing 100 punches per round but he does pressure well and I think his power is better then Margs. He's gonna give Cotto trouble and at least for me Cotto is gonna have to show that he's learned from the Margarito fight.

[AllEyesOpen]

He only fights one way? You have not been watching Cotto fight that much then, he almost always fight different in his fights, if you look at his fights at Jr. Welterweight he was really versatile, in some he boxed the **** out of his opponents while slowly breaking them down (Bailey, Abdulavev, Maussa, Branco etc.) in others he just plain went in to destroy the guy (Torres (although sloppy gameplan being Torres was the harder puncher), Malignaggi, Pinto, etc.). In welterweight it has been the same but he changes his gameplan in the same fight you can see him pressuring sometimes and then outboxing, the only fight he did not do that was Margarito, in which he kept with plan A all through the fight even when that was not working.

I've seen most of the fights you've mentioned(not all) and still see the same fighter, I'm not trying to knock Cotto, I think he's a very good fight but the fact is even though he can outbox fighters his style is always to move forward or circle, he has great boxing ability and sets up his shots well and it has defeated almost all of his opponents, but i've never seen him rely on anything else or change his gameplan midfight other then resting from time to time.

[MANGLER]

If Cotto won by KO, I'd understand cats sayin Marg was damaged by SSM cuz Cotto couldn't even make him blink before. If he simply outboxed him, nobody could question it tho. Either way, I hope they fight again, wit no controversy.

[PR Boxer]

but i've never seen him really on anything else or change his gameplan midfight.

I take it you've seen the Mosley fight? He started pressuring and then he started to move and counterpunch effectively midfight.

[larry x]

i dont give a **** if margo comes into the fight after getting shot 5 times..cotto gets credit..**** margo...i hope cotto kills him in the ring..cause apparently margo at the very least tried to kill mosley(and probally many others but i have no proof)

[Animalistic]

True I dont think he'll be throwing 100 punches per round but he does pressure well and I think his power is better then Margs. He's gonna give Cotto trouble and at least for me Cotto is gonna have to show that he's learned from the Margarito fight.

So you are telling me Clottey punches harder than cement boy? Not sure where you are getting that from because Clottey dosen't have a KO in 4 years (facing crap competition) so he most defenetly dosen't have more power than Margacheato.

[Deja_Vous]

the reason those bombs didnt faze him was because he was backing up and getting hurt by margs punches. when marg fought mosley the 1st few rounds he was smiling and coming forward when mosley tagged him too but the difference was he couldnt keep mosley off without his secret weapon. cotto by ko or wide ud

**** that secret weapon ****.

Tony couldn't load his gloves with those Nevada officials right there watching.



Cotto was never all that...he just folded soon as he fought a bigger man.