Quote Originally Posted by DaxxKahn View Post
Quote Originally Posted by sanchez786 View Post
I don't understand why in the article, it states Cotto made a big mistake by circuling and hitting?

"Cotto was circling almost from the beginning of the fight and rarely stopped, a move that has been roundly criticized. Cotto wouldn’t accept criticism of his strategy, though he realized he opened himself to it by losing."

I thought this was the BEST strategy for Cotto and it was working out great for him up until he began to slow down as he came to the realization:

-that he was not prepared to circle and hit for a full 12 rounds
and
-Margarito's chin was made of Adamanteum (Wolverine bone structure) thus, could not be hurt.

For Cotto to win a rematch, he must go in with the exact same strategy with two minor modications. He must have it set in his mind that he will NOT be able to stop/hurt Margarito and most importantly, he must build his stamina to the point where would be able to do what he did for the first 6-7 rounds all the way through the full 12 rounds.

If so, I think Cotto wins an easy UD.


I don't think the strategy of circling was a mistake either....Be it Cotto or anyone else you can not stand in front of Margarito and trade shots...You have to outbox him....

Cotto did the right thing.....Just was not his night...he will bounce back
Maybe not but Cotto couldn't get full power into his shots, on the backfoot. At times he should have stayed in close and really planted his feet into his shots.

Cotto landed some good shots but it reminded me of Miranda vs Pavlik, although Cotto is a better fighter on the backfoot than Miranda is.

Its similar because Cotto although landing good shots like Miranda, Cotto never really landed his best punches. Because he was constantly on the backfoot. And never really planted his feet into his shots.

Plus Cotto was laying on the ropes too much, and he wasn't spinning Margarito around to get off the ropes. Or trying to circle out of there, and its not like Margarito was cutting off the ring to great effect either.

He was just following Cotto around but Cotto made a mistake, of laying on the ropes too much. Which allowed Margarito to hit Cotto on arms/head/body/shoulders. Making Cotto uncomfortable at all times.