How good was Antonio Margarito?

[Hype job]

He was going to beat Cotto in the rematch until they stopped it. Fight was turning out like the first.

[Hatesrats]

At his best Margarito was the best conditioned pressure fighter in the last 25 years easily. His constant pressure & 1000 punches per fight was what made the "Tijuana Tornado" a fighter 147lbs didn't want to fight during his prime.

The loaded gloves bull****... was clearly a fuggin' way to try and rebuild Miguel Cotto.
If his GLOVES were loaded why the fugg wasn't he banned for life like that Puerto Rican fighter Luis Retso. Why wasn't Tony banned??

[boliodogs]

Are you asking a question or just making a statement? It sounds like you have already decided he was no good and wanted to start a thread trashing him one more time.

[boliodogs]

At his best Margarito was the best conditioned pressure fighter in the last 25 years easily. His constant pressure & 1000 punches per fight was what made the "Tijuana Tornado" a fighter 147lbs didn't want to fight during his prime.

The loaded gloves bull****... was clearly a fuggin' way to try and rebuild Miguel Cotto.
If his GLOVES were loaded why the fugg wasn't he banned for life like that Puerto Rican fighter Luis Retso. Why wasn't Tony banned??

I agree. There has never been any proof at all that his gloves were loaded when he KOed Cotto, only assumptions. If he was wearing cement bricks when he fought Cotto how could he land so many clean flush bombs to Cotto's head and jaw and never knock him down? Pacquiao had no problem knocking Cotto down without loaded gloves. Right after his Cotto win Margarito took off his boxing gloves and was hugging people and shaking hands. That isn't something a guy with loaded gloves would likely do.

[WesternChamp]

What happened to his power after the Cotto fight? After he lost to Williams he was knocking everyone out, then BOOM!!! nothing

he was never a one punch knock out guy. even in the 1st cotto fight, he broke cotto down and made cotto quit. it was his constant pressure that won him that fight.