I love this fight..I'm just Amazed that this fight is being looked through...all the talk about Oscar meeting Cotto as if Margarito is just a formality .This will without a doubt be a very competitive clash of styles between two top tier well deserving fighters in the bloodline division of Boxing....Cotto is becoming a real complete package,looks to be adding boxing fundamentals every fight,great jab,head and body,a calm methodical focus and a sort of swagger has crept up...his footwork is much Improved and consequently he avoids some unnecessary exchanges when clipped..Mindset helps that as wellThere will Imo be many points were Cotto will have to stand his ground intelligently to offset Margaritos guaranteed multitude of power punches from varing angels...Margarito is a notch below Cotto in the technical skills department but is also far from the one dimensional thick headed clubber some in the past have suggested...his rangy body shots can equal Cottos shorter body shots...His activity level will be the most constant & damaging that Cotto has faced Imo...Uses his jab as a range finder but is capable of laying it on stiff to set up brutal uppercuts,inside & outside as well as straight rights. I think the key for Cotto will be on point boxing with hard jab and inside body punching,resist the strong urge to over engage Margarito and put it in the bank round by round...but he will have to sit down with power shots and keep Tony honest.....The key for Margarito Is to keep Cotto on heels and change up his constant punches,Variables in pressure with cutting off the ring along the ropes.I love this fight,I'm picking Margarito via late round TKO stoppage on the ropes,both will be susceptible to the body.


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There will Imo be many points were Cotto will have to stand his ground intelligently to offset Margaritos guaranteed multitude of power punches from varing angels...Margarito is a notch below Cotto in the technical skills department but is also far from the one dimensional thick headed clubber some in the past have suggested...his rangy body shots can equal Cottos shorter body shots...His activity level will be the most constant & damaging that Cotto has faced Imo...Uses his jab as a range finder but is capable of laying it on stiff to set up brutal uppercuts,inside & outside as well as straight rights. I think the key for Cotto will be on point boxing with hard jab and inside body punching,resist the strong urge to over engage Margarito and put it in the bank round by round...but he will have to sit down with power shots and keep Tony honest.....The key for Margarito Is to keep Cotto on heels and change up his constant punches,Variables in pressure with cutting off the ring along the ropes.I love this fight,I'm picking Margarito via late round TKO stoppage on the ropes,both will be susceptible to the body.
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