No excuse, but Margarito is not the same anymore!!!!

[Eaner0919]

So who do you think is an excellent boxer? (thats not Pac or May)

let's see

JMM
Calderon
Hopkins
Hasegawa
a prime Casamayor

and again this isn't "to hate" on Cotto as you put it

he's just not an excellent boxer IMO just its your opinion that he is

[BKM-2010]

Margarito has been through harsh times but please, whatever you do don't forget this one thing:

His punches should be solid by now.

[RIZO24]

I think it's hard to judge. I mean a comeback fight after a year and a fight with Pacquiao isn't exactly the best way to showcase your skills.

This guy knows boxing right here!!
He was off for a whole year and did not look great, That i believe was normal, then he fought Pacquiao who is arguably the number two fighter P4P, Lets see how Margs looks like after he beats Cotto to pulp again. People are gonna say," I knew Margs was still game but it was that long suspension that hurt him" WAR MARGARITO

[AP♠]

let's see

JMM
Calderon
Hopkins
Hasegawa
a prime Casamayor

and again this isn't "to hate" on Cotto as you put it

he's just not an excellent boxer IMO just its your opinion that he is

I agree with the above.i think cotto is an excellent boxer.but in his division.i think that's what guy meant to say.at 140 he had good technique above avg then most of the fighters.lost his touch in the last 14lbs

[AllEyesOpen]

Cotto's never really had Bad D IMO...

And yes I agree that anything can happen, but Cotto has never been careless to ever get KTFO, and lets be clear people, that'll b the only way Mayorga wins the fight...

I do think that Cotto has great boxing skill, he's quick on his feet, can counter well and works the jab very well when needed, but his entire career IMHO he's had a flawed D and has taken a lot of punishment because of it. He was able to handle a fighters power at 140, at 147 he was getting broken down, and IMHO at 154 he's might get stopped or KO'd. I respect Cotto a lot, he's a warrior til the end, but it's his D that has kept him losing against top notch opponents.

[Eaner0919]

I agree with the above.i think cotto is an excellent boxer.but in his division.i think that's what guy meant to say.at 140 he had good technique above avg then most of the fighters.lost his touch in the last 14lbs

he does everything fundamentally sound but to me it doesn't make for an excellent boxer

agree to disagree I guess

[Mr. Ryan]

he does everything fundamentally sound but to me it doesn't make for an excellent boxer

agree to disagree I guess

He proved that in the Margarito fight, Cotto is not nearly as effective going backwards as he is going forward.

A great boxer would be a guy like Tommy Hearns or Lennox Lewis who could take a step back and be just as effective.

[FeFist]

I don't know why,but ever since Mosley,he doesn't have the ooff anymore.

It's to be expected, he suffered grevious bodily harm in 2 fights and now 3. I wouldn't exactly expect someone to be the same after getting ran over by a car or beaten senseless by a group of thugs.

All things considered people would be out of 5 clean punches could fck someone's **** up in a street fight, granted they don't wear gloves, the fact that Margarito took 100s from trainer punches make that fact irrelevant.

[PR13]

No excuse but EXCUSE.


Tony is not the same WITHOUT plaster. Cut the BS about "wars" he's been in. Cotto was the first to tax that ass with bombs in the first six rounds, Mosley finished the job, and Manny basically sodomized Margarito in the ring.

True story.

Agree, its funny how cheato's followers are now starting to make excuses because their battered brain just realized... No Plaster=No Power. End of story

[Eaner0919]

He proved that in the Margarito fight, Cotto is not nearly as effective going backwards as he is going forward.

A great boxer would be a guy like Tommy Hearns or Lennox Lewis who could take a step back and be just as effective.

how you doing Ryan?