Cotto may never be the same

[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.

[Chino]

although Chavez got a gift after that fight Taylor

Not sure if you can call a fight a gift if the referee asks the fighter "Are you ok?" only to have him blank stare at the referee with a disfigured face and no answer. The rules of boxing are clear in that situation.
Will Cotto be the same? Not sure about that if he ends up getting another beating at the rematch or even if he gets rocked, bloody face / cuts, etc. Against Jennings just like Cotto has already when facing past journeymen.
He has to tottaly knock out Jennings to look like he's back in track. I wouldn't get all excited for this fight as much as I didn't when he faced Gomez though.

[Onix]

although Chavez got a gift after that fight Taylor

Not sure if you can call a fight a gift if the referee asks the fighter "Are you ok?" only to have him blank stare at the referee with a disfigured face and no answer. The rules of boxing are clear in that situation.
Will Cotto be the same? Not sure about that if he ends up getting another beating at the rematch or even if he gets rocked, bloody face / cuts, etc. Against Jennings just like Cotto has already when facing past journeymen.
He has to tottaly knock out Jennings to look like he's back in track. I wouldn't get all excited for this fight as much as I didn't when he faced Gomez though.

there was like 2 seconds left when the fight was stopped. Its pretty hard not to to say it was a gift, and for the most part taylor was responsive to steele's instructions.