Just rewatched Cotto- Margarito............

[Bushbaby]

And from the 2nd round on Margarito was in control, yes Cotto was doing better in the 3rd, 4th, 5th, but Margarito had already taken over the fight. Cotto was circling into Margarito's right hand & fighting off of the back foot.

In the 8th & 9th, Cotto actually stood infront of Margarito & enjoyed brief success. In the rematch I think Cotto has to stay inside of Margarito's chest, so the big man can't get any extention.

But the sad part of it all was after the fight & watching Margarito's wraps, right after he kissed his girl & raised his right hand, I saw something strange to me. His wraps were not molded to his hand. It was raised & you could see space between his hand & the wrap. They were hard, check it out again if you have hbo on demand.

I mean no one knows for sure & I've never really payed this much attention to it. But right after he kissed his girl & raised his hand, I didn't see soft wraps, check it out again, I'm sure most will agree.

[LaMigra]

Not in control from 2 on... He would have won those rounds. He was coming forward and Cotto was trying to fight on the backfoot. Cotto felt he was landed 5 to every one Margarito landed and thought, this is working...not expecting the plaster shots to have an effect. They did...


No plaster Tony will apply pressure, but it won't be the kind of pressure that will freak Cotto out this time around.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Yep. I remember in the 2nd round, he hurt Cotto with an uppercut and a body shot. From then I knew it was only a matter of time.

[No-mas-tias]

People overlook the fact that all those years, up until the Foreman fight, Cotto trained himself since you never saw Evangelista even doing the mitts with Cotto in their last two or three fights together.

This time the Cuban will have him ready in tip top shape and Cotto will have an actual plan going into the fight.

[borikua]

Interesting, would be nice to see a .gif of that.

[Bushbaby]

Yep. I remember in the 2nd round, he hurt Cotto with an uppercut and a body shot. From then I knew it was only a matter of time.

Pretty much. I think I was buying into the hype the very 1st time I watched it listening to the comentators, but after rewatching it, Margarito was surely establishing momentum from the second round.

Interesting, would be nice to see a .gif of that.

I'm not that computer litterate, so I don't know how to do gifs. That's why I gave the specific time that I noticed it.

[BoxingGenius27]

So if Cotto beats Margarito, will they fight a 3rd time?

[LaMigra]

Serious question to everybody. Wouldnt you think if he had cheated that night that capetillo or some one from his team would rush in to take the hand wraps off. I know if that was me thats the first thing i would do instead of letting him go around shaking every bodys hands and possibly being discovered.

WHat makes you think either of these men is capable of "thinking?"

If nobody is looking for the plaster... nobody is going to feel it. Besides Margarito and Capetiello had done this for so many fights/years, they got REAL comfortable thinking nobody would detect it. Fckin human-mules...

[LaMigra]

Yep. I remember in the 2nd round, he hurt Cotto with an uppercut and a body shot. From then I knew it was only a matter of time.

There was a clash of heads too in the 2nd round. So maybe with was not the plaster wraps that busted Cotto's nose. A few low blows to the hip too from Tony. Dirty bastard.

[borikua]

Serious question to everybody. Wouldnt you think if he had cheated that night that capetillo or some one from his team would rush in to take the hand wraps off. I know if that was me thats the first thing i would do instead of letting him go around shaking every bodys hands and possibly being discovered.

Yeah, and let the block of plaster fall in the canvas? lol