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

[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.

[NUCLEAR BULL]

margarito made cintrone look like a non-puncher the type of guy amir khan fights. you've got to be tough to take that type of guys punches that well. i think a fight with cotto would be interesting, if margaritos in that frame of mind then he could beat cotto, however he seems to sometimes start to late so i feel cotto may get the win

[Deanrw]

I think he beats PDF. He is simply too big, too strong and throws punches from every angle under the sun non stop. He is capable of breaking down any defense out there. PBF would not have the size or strength to ward him off.

Cotto is another question. He does have power and does have the strength to keep Margarito off him. That would be an explosive fight.

I think marg has a better chance than Cotto to beat PBF simply due to his massive size and workrate, although Cotto has shown some great versatility and could find a way to win also.

All Styles baby!!

[death]

Margarito vs. Cotto. Got dam I wan't to see this happen! I think Cotto might have it by a hair. Whoever wins is going to look like they still could have lost just by looking at their face is my guess.

[SigmaMu]

Everything about this match intrigues me. I know Cotto can beat Tony but it wont be easy. It will be a war from start to finish and neither fighter is going to go out like a punk bitch. I just know that Cotto has more tools and will use them all to take Tony's belt. This will set up another match against Quintana and Cotto will have three trinkets and then we call out Floyd Bedwetter Jr., in which Floyd will retire and vacate the belt and then JT Rock will run around saying that Cotto never beat any legitimate fighter who had this belt or that belt. Cotto unifies and then later dumps the belts to avoid paying sanctioning fees and holds onto either the WBO or the WBA which he is fond of most since the WBC belt has been tainted by RING and Floyd Bedwetter Jr.

Floyd will retire and will be found taking showers with the big show and Triple H on WWE All of Floyd's fans will abandon boxing to watch Floyd play make believe and then they will tell the world wrestling is real a la Majesty.

[SalTheButcher]

people are forgetting that cintron is TERRIBLE

[Mar]

I was impressed with tony as well, Mostly because he continued to plow forward while getting hit a couple of times each round by some big shots from cintron, tony was just absolutly convinced that no matter how hard kermit may hit they were not going to affect him, you heard some pretty big oooooohhhhh's at my house from time to time but tony just smiled and threw.....i think he may be a little to slow to beat cotto but other than that who knows what could happen.

[Pugilistic]

Margarito is a Dangerous fight for anyone, i disliked him before because of his fans but once i started watching more of his fights i gained respect for him

[CutMeMick]

Good post JT and you know the score man...

You've been here long enough to know about all the shit that was talked about Margarito.

Now Cotto will do
What Zab didn't do.
What Baldomir didn't do.
What PBF didn't do.
What SSM didn't do.

That's fight him. All those 4 guys had the fight offered to them and they all turned it down.

But alas Cotto will prevail, I expect him to box smart and use ring generalship to win the fight.
His jab will be key in this fight.