Antonio Margarito and Bob Arum.............. Running out of excuses

[p4pking]

I know no one's attacking me lol,I've had great debates with most guys here. I just find it funny because Floyd ducked Tony and now at the slightest whim,Tony is "ducking" Williams even though he's fighting a tougher,more proven fighter who is on P4P lists in Cotto and b.}like I said,I want to see Floyd coming back to 147 and fighting these guys but after fighting Judah,Baldo and Mitchell,you really think he wants to fight the Punisher,Tony and Cotto...I doubt it....and I don't care how I look,if Tony fights and beats Cotto,I don't think anyone can say anything really........

And I criticised Floyd because I have never seen such a pussy like reaction after his Baldo fight. He cried like a bitch......and whines like a bitch with Lampley.

Come on man.. THat's insane.. As if the same doesn't apply with regards to Floyd fighting Oscar?? Give me a break.. Floyd ducks Tony even though he simply chose to fight the undisputed champion instead, for the same money... Margarito on the otherhand, is looking to vacate his belt instead of fighting Williams, and instead take a stay busy fight for no money, and it's silly to say he's ducking him just because he may potentially get a shot at Cotto after Miguel defends his belt The funny thing is really what a pawn Tony is allowing himself to become through all of this.. He now has nothing to bargain with if he is lucky enough to line up a fight with Cotto.. Who by the way is not on anyone p4p list, unless you want to go past 10.....

[Violent Demise]

It's all very simple. Goosen is offering Margarito a million dollar purse. Margarito has never had a million dollar purse. Margarito has always wanted a million dollar purse. If Margarito does not take it. It's cuz Margarito is scared. It's that simple.

OR.....the Cotto fight offers more prestige,a bigger name,another title and just as much money against a proven fighter!! Why would he fight Cotto, a more dangerous fighter than Williams?! I don't see why he would be scared of Williams....

You make it sound like Cotto-Margarito has already been signed. It has not been.

You know this arguement sounds very familiar?

Tell me that argument don't have it's benefits.

[frozensolid_702]

ahhh... this topic never gets old

ccs all around

[El Gamo]

ahhh... this topic never gets old

ccs all around

I know,I don't believe,for the last fucking year, I've said to myself,ok,ok,I'm not posintg on anymore Tony threads on the SAME subject over and over yet I still manage to!! You guys are bastards!

This is the last time I'll say this though,Margarito is not fighting his mandatory because he's injured and actually,today was confirmed he won't even be able to fight in March for the tune up.....he's beaten unbeaten fighters and guys with 1 loss and got NO credit,now he's fighting the name,the big name that everyone said was the reason Floyd would not fight him(Cotto) and yet he still gets dissed......Dear me.

And there were many posters here who had Cotto on their P4P lists.I personally think he's about number 11 or 12.

And JT....to say Cotto has balls to fight Urkal.....Dude,go and check Urjal's record.....it does not require balls to fight a guy like that.

It's all very simple. Goosen is offering Margarito a million dollar purse. Margarito has never had a million dollar purse. Margarito has always wanted a million dollar purse. If Margarito does not take it. It's cuz Margarito is scared. It's that simple.

OR.....the Cotto fight offers more prestige,a bigger name,another title and just as much money against a proven fighter!! Why would he fight Cotto, a more dangerous fighter than Williams?! I don't see why he would be scared of Williams....

You make it sound like Cotto-Margarito has already been signed. It has not been. It hasn't even been hyped up yet. And Margarito is the reason why. Cotto has a mandatory coming up. I'm not sure but I believe it's against Oktay Urkal. Margarito mandatory is Paul Williams. The plan is to showcase both on the same card against there mandatories. Building up a potential Cotto-Margarito fight. The problem is Margarito does not seem to want to get in the ring with Williams. Why is that?

Cotto Margarito is practically a done deal,Arum has said so on numerous occasions and as he promotes both,it'll be easy to make...Williams wants the fight in March,Tony's injured and a Cotto fight has is in the works,so Williams can wait.

Again I ask,why would Tony avoid Paul and fight when Cotto is the better fighter?

[El Gamo]

P4PKing,JT,Frozen,VD,I have to admit,I never get bored of arguing with you guys about this!!

[Violent Demise]

I'll tell you exactly why Margarito would rather fight Cotto. Styles. I think Margarito loses to both. But against Cotto he thinks he has a chance. Cotto like Margarito is a slow starter. He's also not hard to hit and just comes forward. Margarito thinks he's the stronger fighter so that's what he wants. He wants an easy target to hit. He wants a shoot out. Because Cotto came up in weight Margarito believes (he's wrong) that he will be able to bully Cotto. Against Williams it's a different story. Williams, unlike Cotto did not move up in weight. He's always been at 147. Margarito doesn't look at him as the smaller fighter. Also Williams jab and hand speed are his biggest assets. There also what give Margarito the most problems. The potential of Williams popping that jab in Margarito's face all night is there. And Margarito knows it. Williams is no defensive genius, but he's a little harder to hit than Cotto. Bottom line is Margarito would rather face Cotto over Williams because in his head he thinks he has a better chance of winning against Cotto.

[El Gamo]

I totally diagree VD,Cotto's defence,although not as good as it used to be is far far superior to Williams,Williams has NO defence as evidenced by guys 5 inches shorter getting inside and moving him with their punches. And Tony wants a shootout with anyone and has been fighting strong WW's all his life. And it has nothing to do with Cotto moving up in weight,he's not dumb,he sees how strong Cotto is. And if you think Margarito is scared of a jab,I don't think you've seen much of him. Santos was supposed to use upwards of 40 jabs per round and was MASSIVE,he weighed at 170 for that fight,it made no difference to Tony.

[Wayne]

Margarito is looking to get out of the fight with Williams because there is a very real possibility he would lose to the virtual unknown. The difference in Ls is that Margarito stands to make a helluva bigger payday in fighting Cotto and Margarito can save face better in a loss to him than to Williams. Williams is saved by the grace of his own power; he really doesn't do that much well. He's got arms longer than most heavyweights but he fights inside. His defense is piss-poor (see the three left hooks Sharmba Mitchell hit him with in a row) and he's too flat-footed. But as I said, his power alone has carried him through. Considering Margarito is very similar, flat-footed, relies on opponents tiring their fists out on his face and carries a decent amount of power, he could very well lose to Williams and make chump change in the process. Margarito would rather abdicate rather than be unseated and make a killing in the process. Don't buy into the Bob Arum hype-machine. Hell, Margarito may even want to fight Williams but is doing whatever Arum tells him to. A bigger purse for Margarito means a bigger check for Arum.