Cotto/margarito faceoff full interview

[Fenster]

That was great.

Cotto looks like he's shitting it a bit from Margarito.

Margarito looked like he would've killed him there and then if Max said go.

[Mars_ax]

This fight is going to be an HBO PPV on Dec. 3rd, but I think it will be worth the money. (if it's only $50) The undercard is stacked with good fights.

At New York (HBO PPV): Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito, rematch, 12 rounds, for Cotto's WBA junior middleweight title; Brandon Rios vs. John Murray, 12 rounds, for Rios' WBA "regular" lightweight title; Pawel Wolak vs. Delvin Rodriguez, rematch, 10 rounds, junior middleweights; Mike Jones vs. Sebastian Lujan, 12 rounds, IBF welterweight eliminator; Mike Lee vs. TBA, 4 rounds, light heavyweights.

I hope Cotto hands Margarito his ass, and I believe he will.

[FinitoElDinamita]

Only if Rico Ramos-Rigo would have stayed on the card, it would have been a great card..

Now, it's just decent.

[El Kabong]

Trinidad vs Margarito would have been something had they been in the same era

[shza]

I remain unconvinced that Margarito is a halfway-decent fighter without plaster in his gloves. Certainly zero evidence of it.

[LobowolfXXX]

Margarito is bitter. For the sake of an edge at the very least against Mosley, he has cast what will be a lingering (if not permanent) doubt on all his accomplishments, and he knows it. There will always be the specter of the gloves in considering at least his past victories, and he has nobody to blame except himself and/or his trainers. Was it worth it? They say sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me, but in actuality, it's damage to one's reputation that is generally more lingering. Long after he's healed from the pounding he took against Pacquiao, his reputation is still damaged from the handwraps incident.
He may have as much to prove as Cotto. Cotto didn't strike me as at all afraid of Margarito. Just confident and classy. I thought that Cotto would be more pissed off than Margarito, but that may not be true. Ironically, despite the result of the first fight, Cotto seems to be more at peace with it than Margarito. Margarito seems to me to have almost a little kid's mentality of protesting his innocence in one matter after being caught as guilty in another. It's going to be very interesting. In the interview, I see Cotto as very focused on the job at hand, and Margarito possibly not being able to have a handle on his emotions, which may hurt him. But it may not, as his style is very wide-open, too. But I do see Margarito's mental state possibly being subject to exploitation by a smart fight like Cotto, a la Leonard-Duran II. I thought going in that Cotto will win the rematch, and the interview doesn't change my mind, but that may just be confirmation bias at work.

[ElTerribleMorales]

Margarito is bitter. For the sake of an edge at the very least against Mosley, he has cast what will be a lingering (if not permanent) doubt on all his accomplishments, and he knows it. There will always be the specter of the gloves in considering at least his past victories, and he has nobody to blame except himself and/or his trainers. Was it worth it? They say sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me, but in actuality, it's damage to one's reputation that is generally more lingering. Long after he's healed from the pounding he took against Pacquiao, his reputation is still damaged from the handwraps incident.
He may have as much to prove as Cotto. Cotto didn't strike me as at all afraid of Margarito. Just confident and classy. I thought that Cotto would be more pissed off than Margarito, but that may not be true. Ironically, despite the result of the first fight, Cotto seems to be more at peace with it than Margarito. Margarito seems to me to have almost a little kid's mentality of protesting his innocence in one matter after being caught as guilty in another. It's going to be very interesting. In the interview, I see Cotto as very focused on the job at hand, and Margarito possibly not being able to have a handle on his emotions, which may hurt him. But it may not, as his style is very wide-open, too. But I do see Margarito's mental state possibly being subject to exploitation by a smart fight like Cotto, a la Leonard-Duran II. I thought going in that Cotto will win the rematch, and the interview doesn't change my mind, but that may just be confirmation bias at work.

exactly, Cotto's always been laid back, that's just how he is, if he was scared of Margarito he wouldn't have said what he said right in Margarito's face, he called him out on his bullshit not make buddy buddy with him in person only to talk shit behind his back

[El Kabong]

I remain unconvinced that Margarito is a halfway-decent fighter without plaster in his gloves. Certainly zero evidence of it.

He's still very durable

That said, I still stand strongly behind the psychological advantage that plaster wraps gives a fighter, I think a fighter is less worried about taking a big punch and knows deep down that all he has to do is keep the pressure up and his opponent will crack because he's been hitting him with rocks.

Look at Margarito vs Mosley and vs Pacquiao....he gives up, he'll stand and take punishment because he's a dope but once he starts getting nailed with punches he doesn't give back like he used to. It used to be if you hit Tony with a good punch he'd come back and land 4 or 5, now his output mirrors the fact that he hasn't been able to hurt Shane or Manny (both durable fighters of course) but his punch output fell drastically in those fights.

[Saddo]

great.... looking forward to this one.

COME ONNNNNNNN COTTO

[El Kabong]

If I was Cotto I'd land a few vicious low blows to send a message and I wouldn't be surprised if it happened either.

Margarito is a punk!

That said Margarito vs Angulo or Kirkland is very winnable for him IMO

[Mars_ax]

I don't believe Antonio is totally shot, but it's safe to say he's not the same fighter he was before the Mosley & Pacquiao beatdowns. Cotto on the other hand seems to be as good if not better than he was prior to his losses to Margo in the first fight and Pacquiao, advantage Cotto.

Margo will give it his all, and keep coming just like he did in the 1st fight with Cotto, the difference is, he won't be nearly as effective finding Cotto as he was last the time. Margo is also going to be eating big shots that hurt him, Miguel is going to want to make a statement.

[Beanz]

"but he's not a normal person" nope he is the biggest douche in the universe. Also Kellerman is a bit weird I swear he spuffed at the end.

[Themantonio]

Also Kellerman is a bit weird I swear he spuffed at the end.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA he fuckn did dind't he hahahaha! I saw it too!

[Themantonio]

ElTerribleMorales great post and thanks for sharing it, and as always I value everybody's opinions here. From what I saw, I saw 2 hispanic dudes arguing like kids which was kinda funny and cute, I wonder what Max was thinking coz I dunno how fluent he is in understanding spanish. Going back and fourth arguing about abit of red, and a lil tear on Margarito's wraps. Most of you who said Margarito pretty much dodged the questiong and continued his argument on non relative topics are correct, I saw the same, he even resorted to childish I beat you "blah blah blah". Cotto took it like the gentleman he is and didn't continue the argument about the result of their first fight like a kid.

Most of us have analysed their body language etc. The tell tale sign for me or what stuck out was when Cotto said "you will feel it too" looked to be sporting a lil sweat moustache (from tension, possibly some intimidation), and Margarito chuffed with amusement defiantly answering "no mas"-"never" (in English)! That to me showed supreme confidence from Margarito knowing in fite 1 he took Cotto's best punches and walked rite through them.

I am gunning for Cotto as I was in his first fite but I think he's only real chance is to box, hope Margarito hasn't fully healed from his Pac beating and possibly load his own gloves for a bit of a sweet revenge hahaha!


p.s Bob Arum is a real c**t isn't he, how does Margacheato get 2 title shots after being banned for cheating-this became apparent to me whan Max Kellerman tells Cotto he has a lot to lose and I remembrd he's the champ

[Mars_ax]

That was great.

Cotto looks like he's shitting it a bit from Margarito.

Margarito looked like he would've killed him there and then if Max said go.

I'm not sure what you mean, but I thought Cotto did a good job in the face off and sounded confident.

If Cotto paces himself better, keeps the fight in the center of the ring, and/or keeps Margo backing up, he should take care of business this time. Cotto has come back well from his 2 losses, Margo has yet to prove that he has.