Would The Cotto-Marg Fight Have Been Different With Both Of Margs Eyes Working?

[Terrel]

Firstly, I have wanted Cotto to whoop Margarito since their fight in 2008. Also, if you check my bets thread, I was waging on Cotto winning this bout. I am very happy for Miguel and happy for myself as a fan that Cotto defeated Margarito today but...

... It is obvious that Margarito's eye played a huge factor in this fight. If Margarito had 2 perfectly fine working eyes, would he have been more successful in his aggression?

1. His eyes started to close from the second round.

2. His vision obviously was gradually impaired enough not to see shots coming

3. I would have been harder for him to hit a target he couldn't see

Or was this all dependant on whether Marg could still 'punch' with no plaster in his hands?

[sdcluser]

Probably not. I think Margarito was way too slow at this point of his career.

[dj Calleti]

Tony would of won like he did on the 1st fight.

Tony clearly has his power as you could see from the very little he landed, he did damage.

Cotto had a decent fight, let's be serious. Yes, he worked on the movement, but he was basically going backwards. He did a quite amount of errors but is lucky Tony didn't make him pay for it.

Tony did a bad job at cutting the ring off but yet again, his vision was practically gone midway round 2.

[dj Calleti]

Probably not. I think Margarito was way too slow at this point of his career.

What point in his career was he ever fast?

[chiguy91]

the reason he lost is because he is a finished fighter. he got outboxed the entire fight, if his eye wasn't messed up he would've just gotten outboxed for the last couple rounds and lose a clear decision.

[lefthook2daliva]

Tony would of won like he did on the 1st fight.

Tony clearly has his power as you could see from the very little he landed, he did damage.

Cotto had a decent fight, let's be serious. Yes, he worked on the movement, but he was basically going backwards. He did a quite amount of errors but is lucky Tony didn't make him pay for it.

Tony did a bad job at cutting the ring off but yet again, his vision was practically gone midway round 2.

Dude, your man was exposed as a cheater and a fraud tonight. Live with it.

[sdcluser]

What point in his career was he ever fast?

He is MUCH slower now. Looked at his movement in his last fight against Cotto versus tonight. He ain't doing ****. Plus, Cotto did not stay and lean on the rope like last time. I don't think result would be different.

[dj Calleti]

Dude, your man was exposed as a cheater and a fraud tonight. Live with it.

Nope, infact, he showed today he was clean for the first Cotto fight.

He has his power.

The only thing "exposed" tonight, was that Margarito can't fight with 1 eye starting off on round 2.

[Left2body]

We saw the Margarito in the first fight with 2 good eyes have the same thing done to him.......so the answer is NO.

The only real difference in this fight was that Margarito's shots in the first half didn't have the same damaging and stamina draining effects it did in the first fight.

I think we can all agree that Cotto can outbox Margarito any day of the week. The question was really can Margarito inflict enough damage to slow Cotto down for a late round stoppage.

The answer was that Margarito hasn't broken anyone down of note since getting caught with the plaster raps.

[Terrel]

At no point in or before the fight did I feel Margarito would defeat Cotto.

On the other hand, as a Cotto fan, I would have loved to have seen him destroy a good and healthy Margarito. His eye was definitely a huge factor.