Looks like Cotto vs Margarito is on for December 3rd

[rjj tszyu]

Boxing - Margarito accepts Cotto fight

I fancy Cotto to take him apart this time.

Though it will never be proven we'll see that Marg's gloves were indeed loaded in that first fight I think.

[InTheNeutralCorner]

Did Margarito already get the medical clearance to fight again?

[CFH]

Booooooo-urns.

Margarito knocks him out again. Cotto's chin hasn't gotten any better with ago, he will still have the same stamina problems, and Margarito's style is just all wrong for him. I also don't think Cotto will be able to hurt Margarito.

[Mars_ax]

Booooooo-urns.

Margarito knocks him out again. Cotto's chin hasn't gotten any better with ago, he will still have the same stamina problems, and Margarito's style is just all wrong for him. I also don't think Cotto will be able to hurt Margarito.

I disagree, I believe Cotto will definately be able to hurt Margo, especially after he's been softened up by Mosley and Pacquaio.

[foxbat1126]

Did Margarito already get the medical clearance to fight again?

It was announced by Team Margarito that he has been medically cleared to rematch Miguel Cotto on December 3rd.

Link : Antonio Margarito medically cleared for Miguel Cotto rematch in December - Pittsburgh Fight Sports | Examiner.com

[MMASUX]

I think Margarito walks through his punches and stops Cotto late. It would be nice to see Cotto get some revenge but i don't see it happening.

[captainanddew]

cotto is better preserved than Cheato. His beatings by Mosley and Pac probably took more out of him than Cotto's losses to Cheato and Pac.

[KKisser]

I think Margarito walks through his punches and stops Cotto late. It would be nice to see Cotto get some revenge but i don't see it happening.

yeah, i think it's going to be pretty much similar to the first fight. once cotto starts slowing down in the mid to late rounds he'll be margo's for the taking.

[johnsebastianmiran]

If Cotto wants to win there's only one way. Jab,Jab, Jab, and get inside and punch the lanky body of Margo's. He can't let him breathe. It's like the old time boxers say, Cotto has got to bob and weave, he can't give this monster a free ride by exposing his head. The fight has to be tight vicious and ugly. Give this monster a taste of a telephone booth type of fight.

[:::PSL:::]

I think Margarito walks through his punches and stops Cotto late. It would be nice to see Cotto get some revenge but i don't see it happening.

Margo could refracture his facial bone. This time, I'm sure he will have second thought of walking through Cotto's punches. Once that cheek swells up bad, I expect the ringside doctor to stop the fight in a heartbeat.

[InTheNeutralCorner]

Did Margarito already get the medical clearance to fight again?

It was announced by Team Margarito that he has been medically cleared to rematch Miguel Cotto on December 3rd.

Link : Antonio Margarito medically cleared for Miguel Cotto rematch in December - Pittsburgh Fight Sports | Examiner.com

Good. Now let's get ready to rummmmbbbblllleeeeee !!!!!!

If the same Cotto and Margarito who faced Pacquiao are the ones who's facing each other, then I think the fight will go to Margarito. But I'm routing for Cotto because I believe that he was cheated in their last fight.

[Mars_ax]

Boxing - Margarito accepts Cotto fight

I fancy Cotto to take him apart this time.

Though it will never be proven we'll see that Marg's gloves were indeed loaded in that first fight I think.

Hey! we finally agree on something rjj tszyu.

I'd be interested in seeing this fight, it answers a lot of questions. I believe Miguel gets some revenge and payback in this one and stops Margo in the later rounds.

[JazMerkin]

I believe Margarito has cheated before the Mosley fight, but I don't believe that he loaded his gloves in the Cotto fight. I think it all depends on how far gone Margarito's chin is. If he can take Cotto's shots for 5-6 rounds then I think he wins this as his pressure will overwhelm Miguel again. I hope I'm wrong. Should definitely be given a 24/7 or FC 360 imo. Cotto might be one of the most boring fighters alive, but Margarito is pure gold at playing the bad guy.

[rjj tszyu]

I believe Margarito has cheated before the Mosley fight, but I don't believe that he loaded his gloves in the Cotto fight. I think it all depends on how far gone Margarito's chin is. If he can take Cotto's shots for 5-6 rounds then I think he wins this as his pressure will overwhelm Miguel again. I hope I'm wrong. Should definitely be given a 24/7 or FC 360 imo. Cotto might be one of the most boring fighters alive, but Margarito is pure gold at playing the bad guy.

Now I do think he had loaded gloves vs Cotto. If you watch how Cotto's face and nose in particular just seemed to get demolished by not that many punches I think there is some evidence pointing towards Margs gloves being loaded. Especially when you take into account the fact that Marg isn't a huge puncher too. Anyway that cannot be proven so there is no point really getting into it.

Agree that Marg is great at playing the bad guy but being a complete dick head certainly helps in that department . As for Cotto being boring I assume you mean outside the ring?

This year could well be turning into a good one for boxing, we have 2 meaningful fights at HW signed and ready to go (all being well), Pac is finally giving Marquez his chance to settle the score although slightly out of his comfort zone, Floyd is making a comeback against a fast young southpaw which is hopefully a sign that the Pac fight may be in sight providing they both come through, and now this controversial fight can be re fought and Cotto can get his revenge if he does indeed have what it takes. I think he will have too much for Marg and I see him outpointing him comfortably.

[JazMerkin]

Now I do think he had loaded gloves vs Cotto. If you watch how Cotto's face and nose in particular just seemed to get demolished by not that many punches I think there is some evidence pointing towards Margs gloves being loaded. Especially when you take into account the fact that Marg isn't a huge puncher too. Anyway that cannot be proven so there is no point really getting into it.

Agree that Marg is great at playing the bad guy but being a complete dick head certainly helps in that department . As for Cotto being boring I assume you mean outside the ring?

This year could well be turning into a good one for boxing, we have 2 meaningful fights at HW signed and ready to go (all being well), Pac is finally giving Marquez his chance to settle the score although slightly out of his comfort zone, Floyd is making a comeback against a fast young southpaw which is hopefully a sign that the Pac fight may be in sight providing they both come through, and now this controversial fight can be re fought and Cotto can get his revenge if he does indeed have what it takes. I think he will have too much for Marg and I see him outpointing him comfortably.

Margarito landed almost 250 power punches in that fight. Pacquiao landed a similar number & did a similar job on his face. I don't know about him not being a big puncher. Apart from early in his career when he was a teenager, he's stopped the majority. Post-fight he didn't behave in a way a man with loaded wraps would imo. Anyway I posted this in another thread, but it pretty much says why I feel he probably didn't in the Cotto fight.

I came to it from the angle that people kept asking why he would do it for the first time against Mosley. I'll say that I don't believe it was the first time he or his team attempted it. However, the only occasion previously that I strongly believe he may have done it was the Lujan fight, as on that occasion there was horrific damage done by punches which he seemingly wasn't putting all his force into & at the end he was in no rush to take off those gloves & when he did was heavily surrounded at all times by his team.

Anyway back to the Mosley question. If that was the first time there were a number of reasons why that might be. He had apparently been partying plenty after beating Cotto & had had real trouble with the weight & was reportedly really struggling in sparring. Add to that, Mosley still had his iron chin (which I can almost pinpoint the moment it cracked but that's another thread). Capetillo is a boxing man & would've looked at all that & thought 'shit, there could be real problems here'. He would've looked at Mosley's reach & foreseen real issues getting him to break in the way they did Cotto. Cotto let's bear in mind had chin issues long before Margs & as high as everyone was on him, the second half of the Mosley fight showed he had issues with stamina & output. Those would be exactly the kind of issues that Margarito with his chin, workrate & stamina would be able to test. I think there would be in fact far more reason to load for Mosley given the surrounding factors than otherwise.

As I said, I believe he maybe did do it before that, but only on occasions where he could get away with it and/or really needed to. A smaller venue show like the Lujan one coming off the back of the Santos loss or on 'home' turf in Cali would seem to fit that more than in Las Vegas against the guy who at that point seemed to be groomed as Top Rank's new poster boy & was being lined up to fight De La Hoya with a win. We'll never know, but let's face it Cotto looked much the same after Pacquiao landed a similar number of punches on it. Although don't go thinking I'm an apologist. I believe Margarito & Capetillo should've been banned for life just like Resto & Lewis were.

Anyway back to the other points, yeah I meant Cotto being boring as a person, obviously not as a fighter & yeah Margarito is a grade A cunt, so he is brilliant at playing the baddie.