Does Cotto lack that concentration to be great?

[Violent Demise]

He never hurt Abduallaev, the fight was stopped because Abdullaev couldn't see out of his right eye after awhile.

And he hurt Ndou once in the first round, but after that Ndou took everything Cotto landed pretty easily.

None of those guys put the pressure on him like Margarito. Not only that it was obvious they couldn't hurt him. It was obvious Margarito could hurt him in the 2nd round.

Watch those fights again, They were right there all the time, and Abdullaev could have hurt Cotto, but he used better defense then he did against Margarito. He was countering against Abduallaev and Ndou like he did early on against Tony, with combinations, and the led to him being able to go to the body, it led to him fighitng the way he wanted to.

It's different when you have an elite fighter (Margarito) pressuring you instead of two B level fighters. Not mention the fact that Margarito was bigger and stronger. His pressure and punches take more out of you than Abduallaev and Ndou.

[Taeth]

Strength only matters if there is a lot of physical contact like in the Hatton-Mayweather fight or the Holyfield-Tyson fight. Cotto hardly ever clinches which means strength is almost never a factor. If a guy can take a punch and is right in front of him it doesn't matter who it is, it is still the same pressure. As for the punches I give Margarito one thing, and that is that he throws more punches. Everyone I've ever talked to says Abduallaev punches harder than Cotto who hit harder than Margarito, you do the math. Also except for the fact that Margarito can walk through any fistic bombardment known to man, and he can throw more punches than any other man alive in 12 rounds he isn't anything more than C- fighter, both Ndou and Abdullaev(an olympian) have far better technique than Margarito, they are way faster, and Cotto was weight drained at 140.

[CountryBoy]

I rooted for Margarito to knock out Cotto and it happen. But I think Cotto does not lack anything, He showed he had a beard and can box......It just was not his night

[Violent Demise]

Strength only matters if there is a lot of physical contact like in the Hatton-Mayweather fight or the Holyfield-Tyson fight. Cotto hardly ever clinches which means strength is almost never a factor. If a guy can take a punch and is right in front of him it doesn't matter who it is, it is still the same pressure. As for the punches I give Margarito one thing, and that is that he throws more punches. Everyone I've ever talked to says Abduallaev punches harder than Cotto who hit harder than Margarito, you do the math. Also except for the fact that Margarito can walk through any fistic bombardment known to man, and he can throw more punches than any other man alive in 12 rounds he isn't anything more than C- fighter, both Ndou and Abdullaev(an olympian) have far better technique than Margarito, they are way faster, and Cotto was weight drained at 140.

Cotto doesn't hit harder than Margarito.

[Taeth]

Are you fucking kidding me? DId you see the fight? Margarito's power is the most overrated thing being talked about. He isn't ridiculously strong, and he doesn't hit htat hard, He was hitting that hard against Cintron, and he wasn't hitting that hard against Cotto, but when you land enough punches that doesn't matter.

[Memphis]

I'd go along with Cotto being the bigger hitter, maybe even Cintron hits harder than Margo. Its mute point though isnt it? Doesnt matter how hard you hit if the other guy just laughs.

[Violent Demise]

Are you fucking kidding me? DId you see the fight? Margarito's power is the most overrated thing being talked about. He isn't ridiculously strong, and he doesn't hit htat hard, He was hitting that hard against Cintron, and he wasn't hitting that hard against Cotto, but when you land enough punches that doesn't matter.

Doesn't matter if Margarito's power is overrated or not. Bottom line is he hits than Cotto. That's pretty obvious.