just barely missed this, forgot it was today, shame on me
Urgh if I was here earlier I would have posted you the stream link for the fight.
I don’t know why but I really wanted Cotto to win, I can’t help but feel the utmost respect for Margarito, he took, took and beasted. Cotto should have been a little more aggressive at times rather than backing off but as Tyson said ‘‘Everyone has a plan until they get punched’’.
12 weeks of training, the fruits of all that hard work is decided 36 minutes. It’s a rough harsh sport.
I can’t even look at Cotto as a loser because he was fighting an incredible fight. He responded in almost every exchange with accurate and well timed hard hitting combinations. The speed of his 1-2 was probably up there with Pac; and it was certainly more controlled.
**NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
I can’t believe I missed Cotto’s first loss. I was sure he’d win and the fact that he didn’t and they fought hard all the way to the 11th makes me even more pissed off that I missed it like Robert Horry does every shot except the last one in a NBA game. Dammit…**
ROUND 1
Crowd is resoundingly favoring the challenger, Antonio Margarito, as fight begins. Kenny Bayless is the referee. The judges are Glen Hamada, Jerry Roth and Dave Moretti, all veterans. Cotto opens with a bunch of jabs. Cotto misses a hook. Margarito is moving forward but not throwing. Double jab by Cotto connects. Good combination to the head by Cotto. Left hook by Margarito. Right hand by Cotto lands. Margarito needs to get busy. Halfway through the round and hes only thrown a handful of shots. Another hard combination lands by Cotto. Right to the body by Cotto. Four-punch combination by Cotto. Margarito lands a hook that backs Cotto to the corner. Straight right by Margarito. Left hook by Cotto to chin. Chopping right by Margarito. Left hook by Cotto. Cotto is looking good. Cotto warned for a low blow. Double jab by Cotto lands.
Iole scores it 10-9, Cotto
ROUND 2
Right hand by Cotto connects. Cotto flicks a jab. Margarito bouncing on his toes. Jab and then a four-punch combination by Cotto. Margarito misses badly over the top. Right to the head and left to the body by Margarito. Jab-right hand by Cotto. Cotto lands hard off the rope sand then a big uppercut. Margarito smiles. Right by Margarito. Action is fast now. Margarito backs Cotto to a corner with a right. Jab-right by Margarito. Good right counter by Cotto. Cottos nose is bleeding. Combination to the body by Margarito. Bayless warns Margarito about low blows. Big right hand by Cotto. Good round. Left to the body by Margarito. Combination by Cotto. Big left hook from Cotto just before the bell. Close round.
Iole scores it 10-9, Cotto
ROUND 3
Cotto lands two shots to the head as the round starts. Margarito lands a right. Hook inside by Cotto. Four-punch combination to the head by Cotto. Left hook inside by Cotto as Margarito lands a right. Hook to the body by Margarito. Left to the ribs by Cotto. Uppercut by Cotto connects. Cotto is utilizing a lot of movement. Lead right by Cotto. Margarito warned for a low blow again. Counter left by Cotto. Margarito lands on the hip, warned for a third time. Cotto is angry. Left hook by Cotto. Good flurry in the corner.
Iole scores it 10-9, Cotto
ROUND 4
The crowd is really into it. Its been a good action fight so far. They exchange in the center. Chopping right by Margarito lands. Hard right uppercut by Cotto. Counter left by Cotto. Left uppercut by Margarito. Right to the body by Margarito. Cottos nose is bleeding again. Hard jab by Cotto. Three-punch combination to the head by Cotto. Bayless urges them to watch the head butts. Right by Margarito. Left hook by Cotto. Hard left to the body by Margarito. Good counter to fight off the ropes by Cotto.
Iole scores it 10-9, Margarito
ROUND 5
They exchange jabs to open the round. Hard jab by Cotto. Left hook by Margarito and then a straight right hand. Good uppercut by Cotto. Its a good punch for him in this fight. Double jab by Cotto. Right to the body by Margarito. Three-punch combination to the head by Cotto. Double jab by Cotto. Jab by Cotto. Left hook and hard right behind it by Cotto. Another left uppercut by Cotto. They trade rights. Good right by Cotto on the ropes.
Iole scores it 10-9, Cotto
ROUND 6
Jab by Cotto. Left hook by Cotto and a right by Margarito. Margarito has swelling around his left eye. Hard shots to the body by Margarito. Right inside by Margarito. Right hand by Cotto. Four-punch combination to the head by Cotto. Theyre trading on the ropes. Right to the head and left to the body by Cotto. Right and then an uppercut by Cotto. Cotto lands another hard uppercut. Two lefts inside by Margarito. Left-right by Cotto. Double shot to the body and then a shot to the head. Margarito lands a right in the corner.
Iole scores it 10-9, Cotto
ROUND 7
Margarito lands a jab and then a right. Cotto lands a combination. Margarito throws a lot of punches on the ropes, but Cotto blocks most. Left uppercut by Margarito. Hard lead right by Cotto. Double uppercut by Margarito. Cotto holds on. He may be hurt. Cotto fires a left and Margarito lands three shots. Right inside by Margarito. Left and then a right by Margarito. Cotto is hanging on. Cotto moves to the center and Margarito lands a left. Right and then a jab by Cotto. Short left hook inside by Cotto. Margarito lands a good left in the corner. Cottos face is bloody, mostly from his nose. Left to the body and right to the head by Margarito. Jab-right hand by Cotto. Left and and then a right by Margarito. Big round for Margarito.
Iole scores it 10-9, Margarito
ROUND 8
Both fighters faces are showing the wear of a hard fight. Hard jab by Cotto, who is circling. Margarito doing a good job of cutting off his exit. They trade on the ropes. Uppercut by Cotto. Left hook by Cotto. Theyre warned for using their heads. Jab by Cotto. Right hand by Cotto. Right by Margarito. Left hand by Cotto. Margarito keeps coming. Right and then a good left by Margarito. Cotto lands a left, but Margarito lands a combination that pushes Cotto into the ropes. Left inside by Margarito. Left and a right by Cotto and a right by Margarito.
Iole scores it 10-9, Margarito
ROUND 9
Left and a right by Cotto. Margarito slips. Jab by Cotto Good right by Cotto. Combination by Cotto. Left hook and right hand by Cotto. Sharp right by Margarito. Good body work by Margarito on the ropes. Two lefts and a right by Margarito. Cotto appears weary. Right hand by Cotto. Cotto is spitting blood. Combination by Margarito as Cotto backs to the ropes. Three-punch combination to the head by Cotto, but nothing seems to bother Margarito.
Iole scores it 10-9, Margarito
ROUND 10
Hard jab by Cotto to open the round. They trade ineffective punches in the corner. Jab and right hand by Cotto. Left-right by Cotto. Two rights and then a left by Cotto. Left hook inside by Cotto. Shots inside by Cotto. Margarito lands a right. Three-punch combination to the head by Cotto. Double hook to the body and then right to the head by Cotto. Left by Cotto. Two shots to the body by Margarito. Left and then a right by Margarito wobble Cotto. Margarito lands a left and Cotto comes back with a right. Margaritos rally makes this a very difficult round to score.
Iole scores it 10-9, Cotto
ROUND 11
Left hook by Cotto. Margarito lets fly a combination. Margarito lands a right. Good counter right-left by Cotto. Left hook by Margarito. Margarito lands a left. Cotto seems to be hurt. Right uppercut and Cotto takes a knee. Cotto is cut by the left eye. Cotto is in big, big trouble. Theres a minute left. Cotto is down again from a combination. Cottos corner stops it at 2:05.
Margarito is the new WBA welterweight champion.
Cotto’s speed was definately better than many of his previous fights. He was throwing good combinations on the defense and hitting margarito with some hard shots. His footwork and defense were also good when being on the ropes. Margaritos constant pressure must have tired him out and seeing that margarito was just walking through all the shots to the face must have made him panic.
Margaritos left hook was too good in this fight, he landed it almost everytime when cotto was against the ropes.
Great fight.
marg v mayweather has to happen now. floyd will come out of retirement to test marg i gaurantee.
Yeah, I feel if Cotto had a better corner he could have won. They should have told him things like he was ahead on points and such, as he actually was I think. Going into the 11th round you could see that he thought he had lost it and that the only way he could win is to go for a knock out but he was leading on points I think.
At times he should have dug his heels and given Margarito one bitch lick to make to stop him in his tracks. A lot of what happened is fear, Margarito took his shots and carried on walking it defeated him psychologically if Margarito backed away once Cotto would know his punches were effective and it wouldn’t have destroyed his confidence.
This is where your corner men are really important, I didn’t see them do anything of that sort, I didn’t hear them mention that his punches were damaging Margarito slowly or telling him that he was ahead on points.
It is quite a thing when a fighter takes a kneel down and pretty much quits. The beating went far past physical.
He actually was behind on points in the 11th iirc. The first knockdown in the 11th also put him out of reach of the possibility of winning without knocking margarito out.
I think it was like 95-95 97-93 96-94 for margarito on the judges cards at that point from what I remember the announcer saying.
This.
I’m really wondering if Cotto can come back the same fighter he was going into Saturday. To take a knee like that just shows how debilitating the fight got to him mentally.
Cotto vs. Margarito fight was fought “all” along the ropes. I never ( or can’t remember) seen the fight in the middle of the ring. Cotto sticked and move, but he couldn’t put a dent in Margo. I don’t see how a second fight would be any different. Cotto hit Margo with everything but the kitchen sink and nothing. Cotto didn’t use his trademark “left hook to the body” because he was hitting the cleaner shots up stairs. Margarito’s chin is insane. Any lesser fighter would be KO’ed. Margarito shooked the boxing world and the sky’s the limit for him.
2008 hasn’t been kind to undefeated prospects and champions whom lost their first fight:
- Andy Lee
- Juan Diaz
- Michael Kitsidis
- Paul Williams
- James Mcgirt Jr.
- Miguel Cotto
Two of those fighters bounced back. And two of these fighters are fighting each other in the fall. Let’s see how Cotto can rebound form this.
Margarito’s next fight is either: Paul Williams (rematch) or the winner of Zab Judah vs. Joshuey Clottey.
Miguel Cotto will probably fight a tune up in his home country in Puerto Rico.
It looks like Manny Pacquiao won the " de la Hoya" sweepsteaks. Oscar won’t fight the likes of a Margarito. Oscar will pick on the smaller fighter in Pacquiao like he did against Julio Cesar Chavez, Hector Camacho and Pernell Withaker. de la Hoya vs. Pacquiao in December.
up and coming big fights:
Kelly Pavlik vs. Bernard Hopkins
Joe Calzaghe vs. Roy Jones jr.
people forget that cintron hits a lot harder that cotto and even he couldnt dent margarito. i didnt pick cotto to win this based on marg v cintron because i knew cotto would go toe to toe with him.
Yeah I feel he would have been better off going for body shots, the head shots wouldn’t put him down but body blows would slow Margarito down, how tough he is wouldn’t matter it would knock the stamina out of him.
Much of what happened is Cotto went into the fight fighting differently to how he normally does, Margarito stuck to his same game plan.
On another note, I seriously think some of these mexican fighters are on drugs or taking something to boost their level of adrenaline or kill their nerves. It’s just unreal how someone can take so many hits to the face without stepping back.
I can;t believe I witnessed that! Margarito instantly becomes one of my fav fighters with that performance. I was going bananas in the 11th
its too bad mayweather retired, he would have gotten a beatdown by margarito, anyways if its him and de la hoya that would be a battle, i would go with de la hoya though. good shit margarito.
I gotta ask is this fight on youtube? I GOTTA see it…I GOTTA!!!Damn work…why must I pay bills…
http://pacquiaovideo.com/2008/07/cotto-vs-margarito-2008-full-fight-hbo.html
all the way in the bottom, kinda choppy but good enough.
thanks good looking out
Yeah its important to see how cotto comesback but remember even when he got hit very bad he never got ko. Him putting the knee down when fuck up and the corner stoping the fight soon avoid possible extra damage.
Plus just because Margarito won does not mean he is alright. When your warm and the adrenalin is rushin, your superman. But, remember this things start to hurt when your bodys gets cold. So watch how margarito respond to this fight, possible brain damage lol.
Margarito have to take advantage now, is his time now. Margarito Time!
Cotto was out on his feet man, I mean the dude quit. Cotto couldn’t get the strength he usually had cause of all the body work Margarito assaulted him with, plus Cotto was on his bike most of that fight so he couldn’t plant bombs. Margarito walked through those punches like nothing, his face was not as busted as past Cotto opponents too, he will be fine for sure.