Antonio Margarito is the real deal and I'm just a hatin fool for not recognizing.

[JT Rock]

Congrats Tony... I feel dirty for saying this, but he is lethal as they come and Paul Williams got lucky that Tony started late... I think he knocks Cotto spark out cause his beard is phenominal and his determination his more than Cotto...

Cotto is a stone faced unemotional killer

Tony seems to derive some sick perverse pleasure from inflicting and recieving punishment which you can tell by his smiles and expressions to me thats more dangerous..

NEVER will you hear me hate on Margarito EVER again.... I still dont think he can beat Floyd but he kicks, whips and beats the ever living shiit out of everyone from 147-154

Again Congrats Tony the 2nd best Welterweight in the world

[donnydarkoIRL]

Margarito is a truely dangerous animal.
How this will match up with 2008's terminator, Miguel Cotto I'm not sure.

Margaito put on a fearsome display, taking monstrous shots, seemingly unaffected and plundering on to a huge victory.
(I'm very glad he beat Cintron.)

Cotto however showed something different for me. He showed boxing ability, as well as explosive power.

If and when they fight, I fully expect a thriller, but I do feel that Cotto, although smaller, shades a victory.

Two very entertaining fights.

[JT Rock]

Margarito is a truely dangerous animal.
How this will match up with 2008's terminator, Miguel Cotto I'm not sure.

Margaito put on a fearsome display, taking monstrous shots, seemingly unaffected and plundering on to a huge victory.
(I'm very glad he beat Cintron.)

Cotto however showed something different for me. He showed boxing ability, as well as explosive power.

If and when they fight, I fully expect a thriller, but I do feel that Cotto, although smaller, shades a victory.

Two very entertaining fights.

Interesting view, but Tony was tatooed by body shots and chin shots and he kept coming thru the firestorm unaffected, I'm telling you he gets off on it I think he will relish the fact that he will grind Cotto down and be the 1st to do it

[BoomBoom]

I dont think Cotto will have his way with Margarito like hes used to with other fighters. Margarito will test Cottos chin early and get his respect. His defence is not as good as Cotto but he will take one to land one and keep throwing. I wouldnt be surprised to see him break down Cotto. Tactically they are similar in that they work the body early and keep pressure on their opponents till they break. Both guys have good power, both have good chins. Cintron was very unimmpressive last night so that fights not a good example of how Tony would fair against Cotto, though I think he would be effective vs Cotto.

[Baby-Faced-Assassin]

It was freakish the shots he was taking and he just stood there
as for cotto i think cotto would win through his boxing ability

[fugaziuk]

yeah gotta agree with most of you guys - iwas never a big fan of margarito until last night - he was taking some bombs staright to the head and just shrugging them off. can't wait for the cotto fight in july!

[p4pking]

Yeah, I'm basically in agreement. I've never been a big fan of Margarito, and I have criticized his ability in the past, but god damn, he is monstorous at what he does. I don't think it's a case of "the Margarito tonight would have killed Paul Williams" though... I mean there's a reason Margarito started late against Williams and not last night... It's just down to styles. Cintron certainly hit Tony WAY harder than Williams ever did, but it didn't stop Margarito from getting inside and landing. Williams was just far more consistent and was able to keep range far better. Maybe I'll get chastised for this, but I don't think anyone showed anything new last night, it went completely as expected. Cintron couldn't handle the pressure of Tony, and broke down crying again, Johnson gave Chad Dawson all he could handle and more in a fight which could've gone either way but of course went to Dawson, Gomez was completely out of his league(the guy has had a losing trilogy with Jesse Feliciano FFS, it's a joke people gave him such a chance imo), and Tarver looked meh, but just had better ability than Woods who looked poor, beating him over 12. Having just seen it, Johnson vs Dawson easily stole the night imo, I thought Johnson did enough to win it... He is really an outstanding guy for the sport.

[Beanflicker]

Margarito made a big fan out of me last night. I picked Cintron to pull off the win this time around, but Margarito just beat the everlovin shit out of him. A guy with that kind of chin, that kind of power, that kind of ferocity, that kind of stamina, and that kind of workrate is going to be hell for anyone. I don't believe he can beat PBF, but I would love to see the proposed Cotto/Margarito showdown, that has fight of the Decade written all over it.

[LEGION]

Tony is a monster, but it's funny as if you would have asked me a while back I would have picked Tony to win against Cotto in a downright war. Now I'm not so sure. It's not cause' Cotto looked so good last night{he did} or that I thought Tony looked bad last night{he really didn't}; I just feel Tony will take a little more punishment than necessary.

Cotto is no Cintron in the fact Cotto won't crumble and started mentally leaving the fight after 3 or 4 rounds. Also, Cotto will make Tony pay for walking straight in to work the body; unless Tony last night just knew he could do as he pleased and get away with it from Cintron. If Tony can get and stay in on Cotto, the uppercuts will devastate Cotto, but if he 1/2 ass uses his jab to try and walk right in to Cotto; Miguel will jab him to death and hit Tony from angles IMO. Either way it will be maybe the most brutal fight on par with the Marquez/Vasquez wars.

This fight has to happen; my personal most anticipated fight maybe ever. Can anyone say trilogy with Cotto/Margarito? How sick would that be.

[ICB]

I'll copy and paste what i said in El Gamo's thread.


Yea your boy looked real good, his punches were still wide but he was combination punching and he was actually punching shorter which is good. He also totally ripped Cintron's body apart Cintron was actually doubling over as early as the 2nd round Cintron got totally dominated from the opening bell. I expected Cintron to lose in the 7th but i expected bit more resistance from Cintron.

I honestly think Margarito would for certain beat Williams in the rematch, Margarito is normally slow starter but he has started very fast in his last two fights, if he shows that aggression early against Williams should they rematch and he will for certain win IMO.

As for Cotto vs Margarito thats a pick em fight, Margarito has a good uppercut which is one of Cotto's biggest weaknesses, and plus i can't see Cotto beating Margarito in a brawl. Cotto's punches are shorter plus he has better boxing skills than Margarito so he can fight on the back foot and outbox Margarito, it just depends on how Cotto approaches the fight.

All these people they were disrespecting Margarito didn't have a clue about Margarito end of, the guy has made multiple defenses at Welterweight and when he lost to Williams he hadn't lost at Welterweight for almost a decade, not counting the Santo's fight because that was at Jr Middleweight and i think Margarito won that fight as well. Its about time people start realizing Margarito is actually a good fighter and is one of the top Welterweights in the world.

[Macho]

I'll copy and paste what i said in El Gamo's thread.


Yea your boy looked real good, his punches were still wide but he was combination punching and he was actually punching shorter which is good. He also totally ripped Cintron's body apart Cintron was actually doubling over as early as the 2nd round Cintron got totally dominated from the opening bell. I expected Cintron to lose in the 7th but i expected bit more resistance from Cintron.

I honestly think Margarito would for certain beat Williams in the rematch, Margarito is normally slow starter but he has started very fast in his last two fights, if he shows that aggression early against Williams should they rematch and he will for certain win IMO.

As for Cotto vs Margarito thats a pick em fight, Margarito has a good uppercut which is one of Cotto's biggest weaknesses, and plus i can't see Cotto beating Margarito in a brawl. Cotto's punches are shorter plus he has better boxing skills than Margarito so he can fight on the back foot and outbox Margarito, it just depends on how Cotto approaches the fight.

All these people they were disrespecting Margarito didn't have a clue about Margarito end of, the guy has made multiple defenses at Welterweight and when he lost to Williams he hadn't lost at Welterweight for almost a decade, not counting the Santo's fight because that was at Jr Middleweight and i think Margarito won that fight as well. Its about time people start realizing Margarito is actually a good fighter and is one of the top Welterweights in the world.

I agree in what is underlined ICB , but i think that in this fight , who would give the first big shot that is who going take the lead and put the respect in the Ring , we know that some times since Judah fight he tooks some uppercut shots , but he are getting better on that since the last two fights , is like we are been saying Cotto each time that comes to fight always comes with something new and different........That is good in a boxer......

[Cortez The Killer]

I am in agreement with the general consensus here

I am not a fan of Margarito's. But I couldn't help but be in awe of the performance he put on last night. When he doesn't "start slow" he would be hellacious for anyone to get into the ring with.

The Tony that showed up last night was possessed. Cintron could've had a baseball bat in the ring with him and it wouldn't have helped.

To be honest, if Margarito fights Cotto like that, I see Cotto not lasting the distance. I know many will disagree, but I really dont see what Cotto could do to handle that type of assault. It would take a lot of left hooks to the body before Margarito would even register any pain, and a lot more to slow him down. Margarito is physically the toughest guy in the division, has good power, and when he goes on a nonstop assault round after round any type of fighter is going to have a hard time weathering that storm.

[X]

Yeah - Margarito was mightily impressive, and I got the feeling that Cintron is just made for him. Antonio has one hell of a chin and is a tough tough guy .... someone like Cintron, who is such a big hitter that he relies on it will always come unravelled by Antonio.

The immovable object beat the irresistible force last night.

To beat margarito, you either have to outslick him and win on points or you have to get his respect.

It will be a great fight against Cotto, and I would not discount Margarito breaking Cotto's heart as well?

[El Kabong]

Margarito's punches aren't as sharp as they could be, his chin is great but his defense leaves a lot to be desired, I think Miguel Cotto will not only beat him but STOP him.

KO-ing Gomez is very impressive considering Peter Manfredo a natural middleweight didn't even hurt Gomez.


I say Floyd Mayweather Jr. will wait to see who wins a Cotto-Margarito matchup to make his move....if Cotto wins by KO I figure Floyd will retire or he'd be better off retiring.

[Taeth]

I think people are jumping the gun a little bit. I mean Margarito already beat Cintron, and Cintron has a weaker mind than Judah. I think Margarito definitely has a puncher's/Tua like chin chance against Cotto, but Cotto is so much better technically, he's tough as well, and if Margarito can't do more damage than Mosley or Judah then I can't see Margarito beating him. Cotto is so much faster, he punches so much straighter that I see this being a tough fight, but IMO Cotto is a far better fighter than Margarito, its just he doesn't maybe match up as well to Margarito. That being said I think other guys like Clottey would beat Margarito if he ever got a rematch.