Quote Originally Posted by rjj tszyu View Post
The thing is the in the Cotto fight I think it was the 2nd round that a lot of the damage to the nose occurred and then as the fight went on and Cotto struggled more for air he was easier to hit and the damage just continued to mount. I believe he smashed Cotto's nose because he was cheating.

Also I think Lyle posted some photo's on here of Marg's wraps whilst he was celebrating his win vs Cotto and I must admit his wraps looked Suspicious. Anyway as I said before I have no way of proving he did cheat it is just my opinion that he did, but before the Mosley fight the thought never even crossed my mind and then hindsight kicked in and we all know how great a thing that can be.
I've seen those photos & they convince me of nothing. It's very hard to believe that they would use exactly the same wraps all that time later because it would mean that the plaster of paris on the wraps would already be hard. The whole point is that it sets properly after the gloves are on. One that's 6 months old would really not be ideal. Not to mention that someone who knows he's got bricks in his wraps wouldn't be parading them to all & sundry.

Also getting a nose busted up just means a punch connected right imo. I recently had the same thing happen & it was not off the hardest puncher I've ever faced. Don't get me wrong, I believe Margarito is a cheating scumbag, but Cotto is a very likeable & popular fighter & I think that's why people look to make excuses for him. It's funny that far less sympathy abounds for Cintron despite the fact he took 2 beatings off Margarito. I believe that Margarito is all wrong for Cotto, his best punch (the uppercut) is what Cotto is way to open for.