1) Shane Mosley is to receive any credit you'd want to give to anyone else. Castgate started with him, and he beat Margarito senseless.
2) Don't undermine Cotto. Many doubted him, myself included, but he whooped a$$ tonight. Perfect gameplan and awesome execution- he fought a fight I didn't believe he was capable of fighting. Cotto looked great tonight and deserves all praise, regardless of what anyone thinks Margarito's condition was.
The only damage done to Margarito's face was around the previously damaged eye.
Cotto's face was again starting to show the damage done by Margarito, slightly less than the first fight, but then again, they were using 10oz Everlast tonight as opposed to 8oz Reyes.
There were three rounds left in the fight. Tony was coming on strong like he did in the first fight; Cotto was starting to wilt, again. That was a strategic stoppage by the heavily pro-Cotto NY commission.
I would say there should be a Trilogy fight, but Tony's eye will not hold up anymore, in any fight for that matter. He needs to call it quits now.
Awesome first three rounds by Cotto BTW. Very impressive.
Mexicans should STFU, because the only thing this fight proved was that Margarito clearly used illegal hand wraps in the first fight.
He wasn't "coming on strong", he was losing almost every round including the last round before the tko.
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