Quote Originally Posted by LondonBB View Post
Cotto showed the 'slick crisp skills' that everyone raves about on here.

But in the end got BATTERED INTO SUBMISSION!

He got rocked heavily in the 9th (i think it was), it was from a left hook.

Cotto's 'slick crisp straight punches' (as everyone loves to use here) did no damage at all to marg's chin and he never slowed down and was never hurt at all, hence why he was able to keep coming at cotto.

Cotto is a great boxer, but i cant see him beating marg in a rematch, marg is too tall and with too long a reach, thus when they fight on the inside, up close against the ropes and esspecially in the corner, it is v hard for cotto or any of marg's opponents to escape from the uppercuts and hooks, even if they arent accurate they still wear down the opponent. A shot that hits the arms or shoulders STILL DOES DAMAGE TO A FIGHTER...after theyve recieved these shots for 11 whole rounds, it adds up and the guard starts to drop. Cotto's guard was wrecked, he had been rocked in the fight earlier and was rocked again in the 11th, he had no stamina left at all in round 11 and it was a choice of going down and retiring OR being brutally ko'd at the end of the 11th or midway through the 12th.

I feel sorry for miguel, but in the end marg showed he is relentless. I cant see this having another result should there be a rematch either, miguel's stamina drops at the later stages of a fight and marg keeps on getting stronger.

If marg fought floyd, what would happen?

Most likely we'd see yet another totally boring negative fight on floyds behalf (that so many people on here seem to love), floyd would be doing his ol' jab, run, clinch tactic time and time again, occasionally ending up by the ropes and showing his speed at evading marg's shots (although i cant see how hed evade the uppercuts, theyd at least hit floyds guard or shoulders)...floyd has less power than cotto but more speed, it would be a classic negative fight from floyd who knows theres no way he can ko marg so will act like a mosquito trying to buzz around marg and sting him with single pot shots.

Many people on here seem to love this display of boxing, however i find it very boring, i dont care if its the whole 'short sharp crisp single skillful punch' thing that people rave about, it makes a boring fight with no possible ko victory for floyd, just a case of floyd trying to be negative and do just enough to cruise to a points victory...another classic boring win for floyd.

However unlike other fighters floyd has faced, he wont be able to avoid marg's uppercuts on eth ropes and in the corners, they will at least hit floyd guard...nor will floyd's punches hurt marg (cotto couldnt even stun him, so how can floyd) so marg will keep hunting floyd the whole fight, even the later rounds...all it takes is floyd to be rocked only once and marg will smell the blood and be on the mosquito like a piranha to a corpse.

I think chances are that it would be a floyd win by decission, but if anyone is gonna batter floyd up then it will be marg, simply by outpressuring him. id love to see a real cracker of a combo unleashed onto floyd in the corner with floyd being trapped in by marg's long reach and towering frame over him. CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW DELIGHTED AND CRAZY THE CROWD WOULD GO IF FLOYD GOT KO'D...MARGARITO WOULD BE A HERO!!!

He didn't get rocked once from what I saw. Also why are you talking about Floyd? Margarito wouldn't be able to catch Mayweather on the ropes, and if you didn't have your head so far up your ass you would be able to see that. Cotto CAN'T move like Mayweather, Mayweather is tailor built to make Margarito look like a fool. Did you see in the early rounds where Cotto brings his hands down and dodges everything Margarito throws? If he can do that then Mayweather would be almost impossible for Margarito to hit. Also Margarito one inch of reach on Mayweather, and 2 and half inched shorter arms. If Mayweather has faced anything its pressure fighters, Watch Ndou, a tall guy, with limited boxing skills who can punch and throw a million punches. The difference between Ndou and Margarito is a great chin, but that fight shows, and the Baldomir fight that MAyweather can hit a guy he can't effect at all and not get hit in return.

As for this fight Cotto's defense or guard was only wrecked because he got tired, when you get tired you tend to get sloppy defensively. If Cotto's nose was broken, Margarito did it by punching, but thats one of those thigns thats just the luck of the draw. If his nose isn't broken, he can breathe everything is fine because Cotto is in better shape than what last night showed, and it obviously has to be the nose and the mouth bleeding.