Last night... even my own brother-in-law. "Cotto didn't fight the right fight.... he should've gone to the body more (agreed).... he would've won if he'd done this... he would've won if he'd done that... blah, blah, blah.

Sometimes we're too harsh on our own fighters. I thought Cotto did a remarkable job of moving, boxing, counterpunching Margarito, at least in the first 6-7 rounds. But Tony's chin... it's unbreakable. I've never seen anything like it. Sure... Cotto could've gone more to the body. But it's not like Margarito was going to stay still and not fire some lethal uppercuts while Cotto was concentrating on the body. Cotto needed to go to the head as well.

Hey... we lost. What can you say? Here in Puerto Rico we say "you gotta bring both bags... one for the win, and one for the loss." This time we took the loss. But it was a memorable fight, and nothing to be ashamed of. Cotto is still a Puerto Rican boxing hero.