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Was Cotto Vs Margarito A Brutal Beating?
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Originally posted by Silencers View PostHe landed some good shots in round 2, which was the only round I thought he won in the first 6, round 7 he landed big shots, 8 and 9 were OK for Cotto although Margarito was able to get through occasionally, 10 and 11 were Cotto's worst rounds in the fight obviously, his face didn't get really busted up until the second half of the fight.
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Originally posted by Shalafi View PostI beg to differ sir, Tony landed some really good bombs on Cotto early on, specially to the body, it's just that HBO are too biased and only showed Cotto's shots because they were obviously the "prettier" shots. It was after the 6th that Tony started head hunting and ****ed Cotto all up, by round 2 Cotto had already a small cut on his right eye, a broken nose and semi busted lip.
And you know, I watched the fight again because I was recording it this time and I agree with you that HBO was very biased on Cotto. It was good for us, bad for the ones rooting for Antonio, the majority of the replays were on Cotto. Being fair however, Antonio did get some highlights but I believe they were few and far in between, they were either when Cotto got hit with an uppercut or for example where Cotto got hurt badly in the 7th round.
The PPV fight between Jones/Trinidad was even worse: a one sided fight, fighters past their primes, Bob Sheridan commentating *shivers*, no REAL action save for the 2 knockdowns and ALL the highlights (ALL OF THEM) were for Jones. For God's sake, at one point one of the highlights in between rounds was Jones rotating his hips and doing a little dance at the end of the rounds. It was pathetic! What...the...hell?!
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Originally posted by Shalafi View PostI beg to differ sir, Tony landed some really good bombs on Cotto early on, specially to the body, it's just that HBO are too biased and only showed Cotto's shots because they were obviously the "prettier" shots. It was after the 6th that Tony started head hunting and ****ed Cotto all up, by round 2 Cotto had already a small cut on his right eye, a broken nose and semi busted lip.
No doubt it was a brutal beating - physically, mentally, whatever.
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Originally posted by Silencers View PostHe landed some good shots in round 2, which was the only round I thought he won in the first 6, round 7 he landed big shots, 8 and 9 were OK for Cotto although Margarito was able to get through occasionally, 10 and 11 were Cotto's worst rounds in the fight obviously, his face didn't get really busted up until the second half of the fight.
Tony fought a great fight. He wore down Cotto by walking right through some hard shots and hurting Cotto on the inside with right uppercuts plus bodyshots.
That isn't to say that Cotto didn't fight a good fight for most of the rounds. For the first six rounds he was easily outboxing Tony, but somewhere along the line a combination of being unable to breathe through his nose and the brutal bodyshots took everything out of him. He could no longer escape Tony, who still had plenty left in the tank.
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Originally posted by P4P Opinion View PostGreen K coming your way. You said it perfectly.
Tony fought a great fight. He wore down Cotto by walking right through some hard shots and hurting Cotto on the inside with right uppercuts plus bodyshots.
That isn't to say that Cotto didn't fight a good fight for most of the rounds. For the first six rounds he was easily outboxing Tony, but somewhere along the line a combination of being unable to breathe through his nose and the brutal bodyshots took everything out of him. He could no longer escape Tony, who still had plenty left in the tank.
Agreed, those punches just wore Cotto out as the fight went along and he was breathing through his mouth from round 2 so that definitely didn't help him.
Physically, I didn't think it was a brutal beating, I've seen worse but it was a bad beating he took, I think this fight was more brutal to Cotto psychologically than physically.
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