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What do you think would have happened if Cotto fought the same way that he did in the first fight??? I think it would have ended the same....Tony taking him apart and beating him to a pulp. No plaster there! Margarito left his face beat up in this 2nd fight and Cotto ran and boxed all night!! Cotto did not dare and trade with him. I know this is boxing so Cotto has all the right to box and run all night, but he said Margarito didnt hit hard at all, but yet he ran for his life when they started trading.
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Cotto fought pretty much the same way with a few adjusments. Clinching and pushing Tony back instead of laying on the ropes really helped him. And the fact Tony is one eyed and doesnt have the same intensity. -
Cotto has improved a lot based off that fight. His movements is spectacular. Cotto will ko PAC in a rematch, cotto has all the right people with him now.Comment
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I don't get why people say this, he fought nothing like he did in the first fight.
Just because he moved in both fights doesn't mean he fought the same way. He would literally retreat to the ropes in the first fight....he was never on the ropes in this fight and he was constantly moving. And he pushed Tony off and clinched when he needed to, as you noted.
There was a STARK difference in gameplan. Actually I think there just was no gameplan in the first fight.
And to answer the TS's question, if Cotto just retreated to the ropes again I think he would have gotten stopped again. The few times Tony was able to get leverage on his punches he seemed to have some steam on them.Comment
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A stark difference would've been if he didnt get hit or if he'd done what Mosley did to Tony.
He did make some nice adjustments. The clinching and pushing bought him a lot of time. But that stuff can also tire you. And he was still running and moving A LOT. Its hard to do that for 12 full rounds which is why I wanted to see the last 3.Comment
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It was still a stark difference because he was never on the ropes. He moved but his movement was different...he was pivoting and turning as opposed to retreating in a straight line back to the ropes. That's a major difference.
I agree it can tire you out but he didn't seem to be breaking down too quickly. And Margarito didn't do the work early that he did in the 1st fight that was gonna show up in the championship rounds.
In the first fight Tony was landing monster punches in the 2nd round...that didn't happen in this fight.Comment
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What Fight Where You Watching? Cotto had great Footwork which hes trainer helped him improve and boxed the Bigger man and in occasions did stand and traded just margarito didnt trade back he was happy w grinning and offering hes face as a punching bagComment
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Cotto fought like his friend Calderon, running!!!!!!! Credit to Cotto for being smarter thi s time but MARGS is still a beast, to bad his eye did not hold up!!Comment
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