Did Cotto's nose affect him?

[Chino]

I thought Cotto would win, but Margarito won how I thought he would if he was going to win, by wearing Cotto down. However, Margarito's punches didn't hurt Cotto half as much as I thought they were going to, and his(Margarito) boxing skills weren't half as good as I thought. I give him props for beating a hell of a fighter in Cotto, but this was simply due to the matchup, not Margarito being the better fighter. Sometimes people have other people's numbers.

The punches that have KOed other opponents didn't have the same effect on Tony who kept walking forward like a tank. Like I have said before, Cotto is prone to getting cut and his jaw/chin has been exposed in almost all his fights. We saw that once again.

[Andre]

You've all covered it , also Cottos mouth was gaping to get air and it stood out on one side shot with camera from his left just hopw far it was hanging and we thought ;ohh if he gets caught with that open...

Great fight.

[rjj tszyu]

Definitley! Cotto was panting heavily in his corner after the 3rd round and was causing him to tire faster. Cant take anything away from Tony though he did it to him.

[JSwift]

I once watched a Cotto fight maybe 2 yrs ago where he was cut over his eye and bleeding pretty steadily. He got cut around Round 6 or 7 and he was on his way to viciously knocking his opponent out. Once he saw his own blood, he became like Ivan Drago being cut in Rocky 4. He suddenly became more tame and afterwards, he told the interviewer, "the blood saved him." Maybe someone else remembers the fight. It was when he first started to learn English. So I do believe that Cotto is/was greatly affected by being bloodied, or cut, or having his nose broken. But I wont take any credit away from Margarito. His relentless approach had as much to do with Cotto's reaction, if not moreso, than Cotto's nose.