Before Oscar fought Trinidad, who did Oscar "box"? No one that I can remember. Oscar was a KO specialist, except he changed his style for Tito. You've got to be stupid to think you've won a fight after 9 rounds, especially against a Don King fighter. And Oscar's "boxing" wasn't even that impressive. Pitty-patting all night and flurrying in the last ten seconds of each round. Big deal. I have seen better boxing displays, like when Hopkins outboxed and then took out Tito or when Leonard outboxed AND landed MANY power shots on Hagler. The only thing Oscar did well that night was avoid Tito's power shots. He did not finish the job.
And from what I remember, Trinidad wanted the rematch, but at 154, and Oscar started playing that catch-weight shit, wanting to fight Tito at 151. I also remember Tito wanted a bigger percentage of the money than he got for the first fight and you know Oscar ain't having that. So I don't know where you are getting your "facts" about Trinidad. Even in recent years, Oscar wanted Tito to come down to 154 and fight as opposed to meet him at a higher weight. Sounds pretty scared to me. Trinidad never ran from anybody, you should know that. Not even Hopkins. Tito took his beating from the bigger man like a man. The same can't be said about Oscar. The first sign of serious trouble, he either runs (Tito), fakes a hard/debilitating liver shot (Hopkins), or quits (Manny). But let me not digress too much.
I agree that the Oscar of THEN would defeat Cotto and Margarito, maybe KO Cotto, but not KO Margarito. I think that Oscar would start "boxing" after 8 or 9 rounds against Margarito, but still get the victory.
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