Margarito RUINED Cottos career

[Aracibo04]

this topic is really a waste of time.
cotto is still the same man, he had 1 defeat in his professional record. If he had consecutive losses or loose to a bum like jennings the the argument could be made that his career and his psyche were damage goods.

did margarito have loaded gloves on the night he fought cotto? only he and his trainer know. If you ask me the posibility if very high that he did. Just my opinion based on the fact that he was suspended for a reason and that i have malice. Take it how ever you want it.

[El 7 Mares V.2]

He did damage Cotto's career. Cotto fights differently nowadays. He doesn't pressure as much and he ran for the later part of the fight against Clottey. He also looks like he's a bit afraid to take a punch. Saying all that, he is still one of the top Welterweights and Clottey is no push over.

He doesn't pressure because he is now fighting guys his size and cannot longer bully them like he did on the past against smaller opponents. He's been fighting top class big Welters now.

[Squabbles94806]

Correction: Margarito ruined his own career.

[Freddy Krueger]

I agree a bit, I think Cotto would have beaten Clottey more clearly before the Margarito match took place. I think Clottey is lucky not to have fought Cotto after Cotto beat Mosley. Cotto felt great and things were going great in his career.

[Kobe Bryant]

No if Cotto was done he would have been stopped by Clottey. That was a true test as he was cut bad and battled back. Now it's questionable whether he won the fight but he definitely showed that when he dug deep there was still that heart to fight.

[Sandro17]

Yeah but the point is that Cotto didn't look as good against Clottey as he should have.

I think Cotto would have done better if Marg didn't beat him down so much. Cotto looks more off balance now and he wasn't going for body shots that were open for him during the Clottey fight.

The old Cotto would have hit Clottey right on the belt line to weaken him. This one doesn't do that anymore.

[Roger Mellie]

Every hard fight catches up with fighters in the end,and that was a pretty brutal beatdown. It wont show when he fights the likes of Jennings, but he looked like **** against Clottey, and i noticed dozens of times in that fight that he would freeze and panic when he got trapped square on. He never used to do that before the Margarito fight.

[The Noose]

Yeah but the point is that Cotto didn't look as good against Clottey as he should have.

I think Cotto would have done better if Marg didn't beat him down so much. Cotto looks more off balance now and he wasn't going for body shots that were open for him during the Clottey fight.

The old Cotto would have hit Clottey right on the belt line to weaken him. This one doesn't do that anymore.

I dont see the connection.

Cotto didnt go to the body because he took a beating against Marg?

Why would a beating stop him throwing body punches?



Sometimes being KO'd drains a fighters confidence or make them appear older, and more chinny. But Cotto didnt show any of that IMO.

[Scott9945]

Nobody has ever looked good fighting Josh Clottey. This thread will look really ****** if Cotto KO's Pacquiao and is headlining the biggest PPV of 2010 against Mayweather.

[Tobi.G]

Cotto is as good as always!! But Styles make fights, and nobody looks good against Clottey. But Cotto beat Clottey and knocked him down with a ****in JAB!! Cotto is as good as ever but Cotto vs. Pacman is a 50:50 fight, cant wait and i doesnt know if i should root for Cotto or Pacman, i like both!