What if they had the ref from the 17th.

[Stanley Steemer]

The referee from the week before should have let Berto do his job. The point should never have been taken away. PERIOD.

Unlike the week before. This referee (Raul Caiz) did a GREAT job. He let the fighters fight. Just as I felt about Berto, Mosely did nothing wrong. He did not hold excessively. He was even on top of his game enough to clinch a bit while being offensive.

Shades of the original "Sugar Ray"

Margo was out gunned. Mosely fought an almost perfect fight. I still would have liked to see him go to the body a bit more.

This Mosely is one of the greats of "modern time" and I believe he could have held up well in any era (prior to the twelve round championship days). He fights well with everyone they put him in with.

Boxing is a great sport and styles do make fights. I still think that Mosely fought the wrong fight against Cotto and could have won that night. And as much as many of you will think I'm off my rocker... I really think that had Cotto fought a bit more and boxed a bit less he would have had a better chance of winning against the "Tijuana Tortilla"

But.. Things did not go that way and now we have what we have. MORE EXCITEMENT

This handwrap situation can do wonders for Cotto's confidence going forward and especially if there is a second go with Tony.

I bet Cotto was wondering why he felt so beaten up the day after the Margo fight. He was asking himself why he had bruises on area's of his body that he did not even know he had! This is because he was probably being hit with what some people will tell you was as hard as concrete. I remember years ago when Panama Lewis was cought playing with the padding on Louis Resto's gloves in the Garden on the undercard of a big night of boxing. Resto (a light hitting opponent type fighter) beat this poor up and comer (Billy Ray Collins) to a pulp. The controversy raged and I saw Alexis Arguello give an interview giving his thoughts on the situation. The all time great and equally as classy Arguello had lost two times via brutal knockout to Aaron Pryor (another Panama Lewis trained fighter). In his interview Alexis would not point any fingers or offer any excuses nor try to take away anything from Aaron Pryors two amazing nights of Glory but he did say that for days after those two losses he was so beaten up and had knots and bruises on his head and body that he had never felt in all of his years as a fighter. He just said to himself "wow that guy has rocks for fists"

This thing with Margo's hand wrap may be nothing but it will sell lots of tickets going forward!!!