Comments Thread For: “Fighting Words” – Deconstructing Cotto-Margarito Ep. 1

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by David P. Greisman - In a week where days were spent questioning whether (and where) the rematch between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito would occur, it took less than half an hour to remind us of why it must.

This was the challenge facing the producers of HBO’s “24/7” series — how do you turn boxing fans’ attention to the fourth major pay-per-view in three months and the second in three weeks? How do you bring the conversation away from the third bout between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez and direct it toward the second bout between Cotto and Margarito?

You do it by letting the fighters speak for themselves.

Let us let the first episode of “24/7 Cotto/Margarito,” which aired this past Saturday, do the same. There was much about it that got people talking, and for good reason.

With a nod to syndicated columnist Norman Chad, I took notes: [Click Here To Read More]

[#CaneloKhan]

by David P. Greisman - In a week where days were spent questioning whether (and where) the rematch between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito would occur, it took less than half an hour to remind us of why it must.

This was the challenge facing the producers of HBO’s “24/7” series — how do you turn boxing fans’ attention to the fourth major pay-per-view in three months and the second in three weeks? How do you bring the conversation away from the third bout between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez and direct it toward the second bout between Cotto and Margarito?

You do it by letting the fighters speak for themselves.

Let us let the first episode of “24/7 Cotto/Margarito,” which aired this past Saturday, do the same. There was much about it that got people talking, and for good reason.

With a nod to syndicated columnist Norman Chad, I took notes: [Click Here To Read More]

Nice read kinda long but had the time

[Kambumbo]

nice article, i think i precame

[PRBOXINGCOTTO]

Cheato and his trainer are bad liars there story doesnt add up dec 3 cheato career is done

[v.cassiusali@ya]

cheato will not win a fight with clean hands...he knew that, and the fans knew that...

come december 3, cotto will wipe the canvass with this mexican cheat...

[mcotto1014]

Win, Lose or Draw I hope Cotto retires soon. He's done a lot for the sport of boxing. He's given us entertaining fights even in defeat. WAR COTTO!! True fan for real. He's taken a lot of damage in his fights the last thing anyone wants to see is him messed up.

[marvin douglas]

What a joke. Margo is a cheater and risks going blind for this fight which means absolutely nothing. That hand wrap cheating should have banned him for life.

[Mr. David]

That hand wrap cheating should have banned him for life.

I'm one of those people who agreed with you on that (and still do). It's funny that he was punished less because he was caught beforehand as opposed to after the fact.

-David
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[whoseyourdaddy]

What a joke. Margo is a cheater and risks going blind for this fight which means absolutely nothing. That hand wrap cheating should have banned him for life.

What I Don't understand is why Cotto continue to do his conditioning in Florida, we all know his conditioning ranks among the worse in the boxing world, he should go to a place were there is an altitud of at least 2800 feet above sea level to fix that problem. For that fact I think that come December 3 Margarito is going to do the same after the six round Cotto is going to addmit that he made a mistake, but it will be too late.

[GRUSTLER]

I always said Margarito had the style to beat Cotto back when they fought on the same bill. Way before we found out Margarito was cheating. If Cotto can't stop Margarito's pressure and go to the body then Cotto loses again.