Will Cotto ever be the same after tonight?

[amat]

You have to wonder if Margarito will be the same also. It does not matter how good your chin is, but taking shots to the head like that over and over again is going to take something from you.

Antonio took some punches that were downright scary looking. I mean if he wants an enjoyable life past boxing, he should not have many more fights.

He took harder shots against Cintron.

But he took nowhere near the number of clean shots in the Cintron fight and they didn't come in combinations and weren't sustained over 11 rounds.

I would never rule out Cotto in a rematch. Of course he can come back. You can give the example of Taylor-Chavez but then you could also give the example of Leonard-Hearns which was very much like this fight imo as far as momentum shifts go. Lots of really good fighters have been KO'd dramatically and come back to win big fights again.

[Markusdarkus]

You have to wonder if Margarito will be the same also. It does not matter how good your chin is, but taking shots to the head like that over and over again is going to take something from you.

Antonio took some punches that were downright scary looking. I mean if he wants an enjoyable life past boxing, he should not have many more fights.

He took harder shots against Cintron.

But he took nowhere near the number of clean shots in the Cintron fight and they didn't come in combinations and weren't sustained over 11 rounds.

I would never rule out Cotto in a rematch. Of course he can come back. You can give the example of Taylor-Chavez but then you could also give the example of Leonard-Hearns which was very much like this fight imo as far as momentum shifts go. Lots of really good fighters have been KO'd dramatically and come back to win big fights again.

Margarito is the closest ive ever seen to being a soul breaking fighter. When fighting him you know two things that one he will take your best and two he will not stop coming so when entering the final 3rd of a bout already busted up and already hit him with everything a pending doom must come over fighters.

He broke Cintron and he broke Cotto both physically and mentally.

Cotto wont want to fight Tony for a long long time.