Cotto may never be the same

[Hunter]

Cotto didnt take a Jeff Lacy style beating in that fight...He won some rounds but chose the wrong strategy and in the end couldnt find an answer. Yeah he took alot of punishment and we will see how he rebounds but I think he will be fine...he was one fighter than needed to take a long break and re group...Margs is kind of a beast in that he can take tremendous shots and keep coming BUT you cant keep taking that kind of punishment without some ill effects...Margs was probably a bit woozy the next day after that fight as well....

Alot of fighters take terrible beatings in fights and come back and fight well, Gatti, Izzy, Marquez, Corrales, to name a few....but it will shorten your career..

I think he has the skills to beat Margs just need to come up with a new strategy and improve cardio.

[:::PSL:::]

Cotto needs redemption big time. He needs to KO back Margo to fulfil it.

[yoitsdan]

I think Cotto got tired, the writing was on the wall really, Margarito's gameplan was perfect, a prime Shane Mosley may have gotten to him too if he had the stamina he used too, in retrospect the loss to Margarito was academic, Cotto never has been known for his stamina, he's faught guys that tired late in his 12 rounders, I think thats a flaw that would be exposed again if he faught Margarito again, maybe Hatton too.

[Macho]

IMO i think that we have to give him the opportunity to start his return after the lose with Margo and then we can determine his performance of if he could be the same or not ...................

Although is true that the kind of lose that Cotto got most of boxers had never be the same , but we have to see first how he comes mentally and physically before making speculation...................

" Happy Merry Christmas "

[Chino]

Cotto needs redemption big time. He needs to KO back Margo to fulfil it.

With a loss that ends up THAT bad, the guy that is asking for the rematch has to come back and knock out the other guy cold or win in a convincing fashion.

[KananKrus]

He should be fine. The loss can only make him stronger, for it gives him experience and reason to step it up more. Without the loss, he will still have it in him, that weak, sense of false superiority. It gives him a much proper perspective and respect to the opposition, with regard to preparation.

I saw an interview where Freddie Roach indicated that, had Cotto included a body attack in his fight plan against Margarito and not relied purely on headhunting, he would have been successful.

Now, if Miguel's will broke in the Tony fight... then that is another story. It will be harder to recover from that. Whatever it is that did not break you can only make you stronger!

[Gandalf]

You never can tell until they get back in the ring, and only the fighters themselves have any real inkling of what it took out of them.

Cotto just got stopped but fighters have come back from being stopped before. Some fighters respond differently than others. I like to think he can bounce back, but you never know until they jump through those ropes.

[kingfrnk]

im not so sure how Cotto will be either. i just rewatched the margarito fight but instead of watching Cotto i watched tony. i watched every punch Tony threw body shots head shots, and there was a right hand that hit Cotto so hard that Cottos blood got on the camera . he took major punishment from Margs im not sure if Cotto can win the rematch but im hoping he does since hes still one of my favorite fighters currently. we will find out in the rematch with Margarito im sure he will get through Jennings.

[Onix]

All great replies to my original post and question. I know being a fan of a specific boxer than seeing him lose is hard to swallow and we all want to believe he can make it back.

I see this fight to be a throwback to the Chavez/Taylor fight literally the same thing was happening, Taylor putting on the clinic and Chavez kept on driving forward till he caught his man and although Chavez got a gift after that fight Taylor was never the same, both in the ring and outside. He took too much punishment and now has speech problems and speaks alot slower.

I am not saying that Margo put on that kind of punishment, but It didnt look like Chavez did either at the time. Time will tell.

[Stanley Steemer]

Time will tell how the Margorito loss has affected his mental state. We will know a bit more in a few month's. I personally would like to see the kid comeback strong. I would reccomend he come down to 140 and stay there. There is a ton of money south of 147

[Kel]

Time will tell how the Margorito loss has affected his mental state. We will know a bit more in a few month's. I personally would like to see the kid comeback strong. I would reccomend he come down to 140 and stay there. There is a ton of money south of 147

I think there is no chance he would ever try and get back to 140, he moved up because he struggled making the weight.

[levi#1BoxingFan]

I dont think Cotto has a stamina problem at all. He was swinginging the whole fight landing flush shots. Its just that he doesnt have the best chin in the world, you cant change that. He also should have changed up his game plan once he realized he wasnt hurting Margarito. Other than that he fought an awsome fight! FOY!

[TitoFan]

Time will tell how the Margorito loss has affected his mental state. We will know a bit more in a few month's. I personally would like to see the kid comeback strong. I would reccomend he come down to 140 and stay there. There is a ton of money south of 147

I think there is no chance he would ever try and get back to 140, he moved up because he struggled making the weight.

You're 100% correct. Cotto will never go back down to 140. He was killing himself making the weight. Welterweight is his weight. And as much money as there may be south of 147, there's probably even more at 147.

[Stanley Steemer]

Here we go again. Cotto is NO welterweight. Never was. Half the guys in the division are small and should practice their trade at the lower weights. Cotto is nothing more than a Big Light Weight that should be able to dominate most of the guys at 140 and make a fortune doing so. Let the little guys come up to him i.e. Marvin Hagler and Bernard Hopkins. However, we still need to see if the Margarito beating left him "damaged"

[OumaFan]

The problem is Cotto is not a very big welter but he couldn't really make 140, seeing him at some of the weighins, especially later on like the Malignaggi one he was as gaunt and sickly looking as anybody I've ever seen.

I wouldn't say he's a small welter though, but he's not a big one by any means.