how could have cotto won this fight? or win the rematch if there is one

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cotto did everything right except for running outta gas and of course its bcuz margarito chopped him down. but cotto couldnt take a break. he caught him with tons of flush shots and he outboxed him but MARGARITO kept coming and coming. what could he have possibly done to win it?
i think there is only one way to beat margarito. its by overwhelming him with punches like paul williams did. just dont give him lot of chance to throw back and put you in the corner. what do you guys think?

Well Cotto fought a poor fight , basically he did not want to engage Margarito and fought of the back foot and was totally dominated. Yes he was accurate but his weight of punch is more suited to a body attack and he was unable to go to the body asw he was off-balance and worried about leaving himself open toa hook. Counter-punching is only effective when it causes you opponent to pause or move back - not when he continues to walk you dowm. Same outcome would happen to Floyd M. if they ever fought as he has even less on his punches , is shorter and hates to get hit and can't work for all 3mins in a round as great as he is.
Williams was a taller figher and made better use of the ring and could tie Margarito up when he had to.

Mayweather wouldn't have the same outcome happen, He moves so much faster then Cotto he would be way harder for Margarito to get on the ropes if he used any lateral movement at all, mayweather has showed that its almost impossible to hit him when he is on the ropes, watch the Ndou fight for a guy who keeps throwing punches, but can't land on Mayweather, Ndou has about Margarito's boxing ability, but not chin. Floyd is taller than Cotto, as for Mayweather hating to get hit, where as he said that? Mayweather isn't Roy JOnes Jr. Mayweather liked to mix it up as his fights with Chavez, Ndou, Corley, etc. would tell you, he just knows when he can get away with it. Also what is this bullshit about Mayweather not being able to work for 3 minutes in every round? Just because he doesn't always throw punches doesn't mean he can't function for 3 rounds every minutes, he is doing so many other things that most fans dont' even appreciate. Also Mayweather actually knows how to tie a guy up, and he knows how to make people miss, its what he does. When Baldomir(using a guy with Margarito chin, handspeed, but not power) tried to hit Mayweather on the ropes look what happened even when Baldomir threw 10 punch combinations he couldn't land anything either could the way faster Oscar Dela Hoya who is a good combination puncher. And both of those guys could walk through almost any punch Floyd threw.

Cotto didn't fight a poor fight, He just needed to keep on throwing punches, but if you can't breathe you can't throw punches. I felt personally he should have done everything he could to keep it in the center of the ring because when he was throwing punches and landing Margarito sure wasn't retaliating. Usually I've seen Tony able to walk through punches and throw his own punches like as if he isn't even getting punched, but Cotto was at least stopping Margarito from throwing back while he throwing his own punches.