This needs bringing up: HBO and its grosse bias!

[El Kabong]

I felt sick watching Cotto/Margarito after every round they only showed Cottos good work they chose to speak over Tonys good work then break off when Cotto scrored a pitter patter left hook it was sick!

Then the worst comment of them all after the sixth a round in which Tony clearly dominated we had this:

Max Kellerman: Cotto is clearly dominating this round and the fight

WTF.

I had Miguel winning all 6 of the first 6 rounds.

Cotto lands nothing that is "pitter patter" Toni just has a hell of a chin

[Markusdarkus]

I felt sick watching Cotto/Margarito after every round they only showed Cottos good work they chose to speak over Tonys good work then break off when Cotto scrored a pitter patter left hook it was sick!

Then the worst comment of them all after the sixth a round in which Tony clearly dominated we had this:

Max Kellerman: Cotto is clearly dominating this round and the fight

WTF.

I had Miguel winning all 6 of the first 6 rounds.

Cotto lands nothing that is "pitter patter" Toni just has a hell of a chin

Not sure how anyone could score the 2nd or 6th round to Cotto but everyone sees fights different i suppose. I also think at the elite level Cottos is not a murderous puncher it took him 11rds to beat Zab and didnt once hurt Mosley or Margarito the two best fighters he has faced.

[El Kabong]

Zab Judah fought a good fight vs Cotto...and considering the only other guy to KO Zab is Kostya Tszyu that should tell you how hard Cotto punches.

Shane Mosley has NEVER been stopped and only once been down to my knowledge and that was vs a healthy Vernon Forrest who was a very good puncher until he got hurt. And if you watch the fight you can see Shane didn't enjoy being hit like that.

Margarito's chin is amazing...everyone who wants to KO him is fighting at a HUGE disadvantage.

[Markusdarkus]

Tony does have an amazing chin but i dont think Cotto is a huge puncher at the elite level. All the top guys he has stopped have been stopped before or since.

He hits hard 4real but he is a break you down kind of power puncher and to do that he needs to get close and in doing so leaves that chin open.

I just wonder weather Cotto chose to fight against the ropes or that Tony cut the ring down that well he couldnt find the centre ring.

[El Kabong]

...he would have done better to catch Tony coming in while Cotto's back was on the ropes and circling out to trap Tony on the ropes throwing a combination tying up and moving waaaaaay across the ring off the break.


But all that moving and punching, nobody could have kept that up along with getting hit in return. The kid has a ton of heart

[HattonTheHammer]

A good friend of mine who doesnt get to watch half the fights i do asked this very question last night to which i simply could only answer "boxing politics"

How often have we seen this kind of crap going on with HBO. lederman thankfully called the fight very well last night apart from giving 9 to marg and 10 to cotto to which i disagreed.

But this happens all to often, lederman scoring a fight marquez clearly won for barrera, almost flipping in judgement of morales-barrera the very fight barrera became a HBO man and morales dared to criticise.

Foreman blowing james toneys dick at every single moment of his 2 fights with montell griffin claiming shut outs in both fights despite the obvious fact montell won both.

Most self respecting boxing fans dont get lead by the blind and take HBOs telecast as nothing more than a couple of ring commentators calling it as they see!!

[BoomBoom]

Max Kellerman was horrible and I actually missed Larry Merchant. Cotto won some of the early rounds, but did not "dominate" any round. The fight was close going into the 11th, but Magaritos relentless pressure and ability to walk through Cottos punches in addition to his body punches and punch output, wore down Cotto physically and mentally. Both men fought as best as they could, but Margarito was the better man last night. Great night for boxing and it shows you dont need to trash talk before a fight to have a classic fight for the fans. Cotto is a warrior and will be back on top, and Margarito finally gets the respect he deserves...Great undercard too.

[The Boxer]

I also had Cotto winning the first 6 rounds. HBO with the exception of Manny was bias as normal. Margarito was landing some good shots even in the first 6 rounds and they kind of went un notice.

[JSwift]

Truth be told, while Cotto was a vicious knockout artist at junior welter, i agree with many of the posters that he is more of a volume puncher at welterweight, especially when faced with an immaculate chin to the likes of tony margarito. But at times he looked the way jermain taylor did against winky wright. in the rare event of a clinch, bayless would separate them and he would walk backwards right into the ropes. I believe he thought that standing in the center of the ring and trading with tony would be suicide, which isnt too far from the truth. But margarito hit paydirt with those uppercuts, and manny steward has said in many telecasts that cotto is susceptible to uppercuts. the way he holds his hands leaves him open up the center. if you saw the judah-cotto fight, zab realized that was his best shot at stoppin cotto. In round two he landed the first good one and you saw him keep tryin it the rest of the night. ricardo torres back and junior welter caught cotto with uppercuts. cotto, defensively has some mechanical issues. and judging from his emotional postfight interviews on espn, the loss did more damage psychologically.