What if the Cotto-Margarito went the Distance

[Otley]

it is all about opinion and how you read a fight.....there are no clear process on what is right and what is wrong when judging a fight.......my opinion was though Cotto was dancing about and rattling off arm punches that Margarito was the one coming forward and landing the more effective punches....98-94 was my score.....if thats wrong I can't see how??


Job Biscuit (Some rounds were close and could have gone either way....I liked what Margarito was doing so I scored for him ...in my opinion)!!!


eh eh!!

[hitmanhatton]

cotto was landing flurries flushly, it was margarito who at first was landing shots just on the arms and the gloves,

i had it 96-94 cotto going into the 11th but the tide had turned by that point and margarito would have won the 12th if cotto had carried on and ultimatley the fight,

you must have had a few even rounds to get 98-94 as there dont seem that many points to go round at that stage of the fight

[Otley]

Yes I had 2 rnds even....couldn't separate them......I don't like given even rnds but that was my opinion at the time.....I can't take back what I judged at the time.....judging fights is what you Interpreting at that moment.....3 judges could be reading 3 totally different scores...it dosn't make it right but that is what happens....usually the judges do get it right but on Saturday I think if the fight had gone the distance Cotto would have won a close decision and there could have been an up roar regarding the scores....!!!

Job Biscuit (98-94 was a fair reflection of the fight...i think)!!!


eh eh!!

[hitmanhatton]

well two had margo up by 2 points so i cant really see how cotto could win the decision, i think alot of people including the judges focused too much on margaritos aggresion early on when to me it seemed all flash and no real substance, suppose it doesnt matter now with how it turned out.

[Otley]

when I said Cotto was throwing arm puniches that was ment to indicate Cotto wasn't punching with any pop

Job Biscuit (Margarito was throwing with more pop and more conviction)!!!!


eh eh!!

[Markusdarkus]

For the record I scored the fight 98-94 for Margarito before the 11th round smash feast.

But I reckon if it had gone the distance Cotto would have won a unanimous decision. This would have been a terrible thing to happen......I was wondering if anyone knows how the judges scored it and if you had scored the fight what your score card read


Job biscuit (Great fight which will go down has a classic)!!!!


eh eh!!

98-94 before the 11th

I had it pretty even maybe Margarito a point up but there was only one winner from rd7 you could see nothing Cotto did would hurt Tony and that Cotto himself wasnt going to last.