Comments Thread For: Antonio Margarito Reveals Why He Left Boxing in 2017

[Slicedbread]

2 yrs is a pretty long time in boxing. Mosley was still quality but again, was he higher regarded at 38 yrs old than an undefeated Cotto who was in his 20s? Not to mention, mosley's fight right before Margarito was a win over Mayorga in a fight that was very close and competitive until mosley stopped him with a second left. other than the stoppage, it wasn't a dominant win. Mosley went into his fight with Margarito as a significant underdog and there was a reason why.

Yeah cause margarito just beat cotto.

Mosley barely lost to cotto and many had him winning.

Styles make fights and mosley had the perfect strategy to hold margarito after he got his shots off with his faster hands

[FinitoxDinamita]

Guess what though ya crybaby Ricans. Margarito popped your heros’ cherry snd had him getting on his knees and sht into submission lol.

[Griever0730]

I still feel to this day that he didn’t know, which leaves him forever wondering how good he really was. That would suuuuck.

He wasn't that good to begin with. When you get caught cheating, it's most likely not the first time you were cheating. He had a good chin & real stamina, but people overlook the fact that he was a huge WW. Skill-wise, he was an ordinary guy. His win over Cotto will always be overshadowed by what happened before, during & after the Mosley fight.

[Jab jab boom]

Yeah cause margarito just beat cotto.

Mosley barely lost to cotto and many had him winning.

Styles make fights and mosley had the perfect strategy to hold margarito after he got his shots off with his faster hands

that's not the point though. There's no way Margarito thought mosley would be a bigger threat to him than Cotto. He didn't consider mosley to be a bigger fight than his fight vs Cotto and there's no way he would've thought to cheat for mosley, but not Cotto. Margarito was an underdog vs Cotto but a significant favorite vs mosley. Not really sure what posing you're trying to make.

[Jab jab boom]

Guess what though ya crybaby Ricans. Margarito popped your heros’ cherry snd had him getting on his knees and sht into submission lol.

yeah, that fight had a lot of people saying Cotto was a quitter for going down at the end of that fight. Other notable quitters in boxing also include Chavez sr, Chavez Jr, erik morales, raul Marquez, Oscar de la hoya, and Victor Ortiz.

[OldTerry]

Margarito was a very good tough fighter that got crucified for making one mistake.

Perhaps that wasn't the first time he had doctored his gloves, just the first time he got caught. His biggest mistake was fighting Pacquiao.

[tokon]

For? Mosley actually used peds. Ban him too?

Yes, I'd go with that; they shoulda both been banned.

[RuleOfTheSpear]

But all in all, Margarito was a very important contributor to the Welterweight division from 2003-2010.
I am a huge Floyd Mayweather fan, and I give him.all the p4p status in the world, but that is one fight I think he let get away from him. Would have been a fantastic matchup stylistically.

Alot of fights he let get away

Casamayor, Tszyu, Williams, Freitas, Margarito, 2010 Pacquiao, lightweight Marquez, Martinez, Hamed, pre-Margarito Cotto, prime Mosley, and Keith Thurman (WBA had to create a separate belt; fought a shot Berto instead)

[lowblows420]

Floyd ducked margarito and mayorga LMAO

[strykr619]

I think he has paid his dues for his wrongs, no need to hit him anymore. He got his payback from Mosely, Pac and Cotto who collectively ended his career and left him damaged, and now he is feeling the effects of his battles. A flawed warrior who got ****** into the dark side of the game. One of the better pressure fighters of the last generation.

Um it was Pacquiao who broke his face, was never quite the same after that. Cotto in the rematch benefited greatly from the damage Pac did to him.