How Did Miguel Cotto vs Antonio Margarito Win FOTY ?

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I think Cotto Margarito is absolutely the right choice. It was by far the most significant fight of 2008, the unstoppable Cotto on his way to superstardom and claiming the undisputed welterweight crown was brutally and stunningly knocked out by the iron chinned Tornado Antonio Margarito.

It's a fight that will be remembered for years to come.

The others fights mentioned, well the Arce and Mtagwa fights simply arn't significant at all in the scale of things. The results have no real impact on the boxing world, none of the fighters involved were elite and the fights havn't created any shockwaves through the boxing world.

The Vazquez Marquez fight was brilliant, but it was the third in a trilogy and they won fight of the year last year so fair enough that Cotto and Margarito share the honour for 08. It was a memorable, ultra exciting, hard fought, intense battle between two of the world's finest and ended in dramatic fashion, deserving of all the plaudit's it gets imo.

Most of Arturo Gatti best fights didn't change a thing in the boxing world, but he still won a ton of FOTY's. I think FOTY's should be just for pure action/drama ETC no matter if its between the two best fighters in a division or against unknown fighters.

I know bigger names add to the drama more, but IMO big names or not a great fight is a great fight and even if it is between two unknown fighters, if its the best FOTY it should still win the FOTY. Just look at 2006 had anyone really heard of those fighters before ? but it still won the FOTY and rightfully so because it was the most action packed fight of the year.

Miguel Cotto/Antonio Margarito was a very good fight but it certainly, didn't have that special feeling i had when i watched Rafael Marquez/Israel Vasquez 3. Or any of the fights i watched above i guess its just personal opinion.