Cotto vs Margarito - the rematch - Saturday night chat/fight thread

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One more rematch, Cotto can't take any satisfaction in taking a win like that. Margarito won the last round, but fair play on Cotto not fading as quickly.

Miles WTF why the hell are you rooting for a cheater ? a guy who was willing to load his gloves. Permantely damage a fighter for his own gain, then has the nerve to come into the fight that smug ?

F*** Margarito he cheated in the in the 1st Cotto fight, and got his ass kicked and exposed again.

You have no hard evidence so calm down. I am a human being and people deserve forgiveness. Get over it. You should probably have a nap.

There is no smoking gun, but there is a shit-ton of circumstantial evidence. I think you can conclude that Margarito likely cheated in the first bout.

Perhaps, but we cannot say with any certainty. And even in the event that he did so, I believe in forgiveness. A man commits a crime, then we rehabilitate, we do not put away forever. If he doesn't try to cheat again, then I don't really mind him fighting. Cotto should really have checked his wraps in the first place. It would be like me coming to class without my materials. You have to do your preparation properly.

A case of what was was and that everyone should move on and learn from past mistakes.

He really shouldn't have to. It's a sport, not a fight to the death between two arbitrary people.

Exactly how can anyone root for Margarito or defend him ? im actually speechless.

He's a fun fighter to watch and I like boxing. It is really is quite rudimentary, my dear Watson.

I'm not saying for an instant that Margarito is a saint or should be debating ethics with Chomsky, but what I am saying is that he is a fun fighter to watch and I believe in second chances. The authorities punished him. Margarito is perhaps a liar, perhaps honest or perhaps just in denial, but he is fun to watch. And it is that last point that makes me enjoy seeing him fight.

I really feel it is a shame the eye was already screwed as it detracts from Cotto's win and also detracts from giving us all the answers concerning that first fight. This fght makes me believe the eye was the factor and that wraps were irrelevant, but I am aware that this is just an opinion.

I actually feel the exact opposite. I think Cotto outboxes Margarito all day long with or without the eye injury, whereas I honestly believe that loaded wraps were the deciding factor in the first fight. Cotto was making him look silly before the eye acted up - he was turning him left and right in there.