I think Antonio Margarito can beat Floyd Mayweather if Floyd come back. Agree or disagree?

Question

These are the three reasons why I think he can do it:

1. Floyd Mayweather heart is not in it anymore, that's why he retired.

2. Antonio Margarito is slow but he is not a headhunter, he throw alot of bodypunches and no matter how fast you are, you can not avoid bodypunches. Cotto was exhausted from all those body punches at the end.

3. Unlike Ricky Hatton, Floyd won't be able to hurt Antonio Margarito. My prediction if Floyd come back today: Antonio by 11th round stoppage, Floyd won't come out for the 12th round.

Answer 1

disagree

Answer 2

Hey guys check these facts. 1. Mayweather had DLH offer on the table when Arum offered him 8 mill, obviously he turned that down for a CHANCE to make 20.  2. More people were calling out for him to face the top WW at the time Baldomir.  3.  Did you notice Margo called out DLH, NOT Williams, same thing PBF was criticized for, lol.  4. Cotto was overrated.  He is prone to Margo's 2 best punches, Straight right, left uppercut.  Slow Margo caught him with 3 in a clip.  5.  Margo is a great fighter, but Mayweather has more tools than anyone he has ever faced.  Imagine Cotto in that fight with better Defense, Stamina, and Speed.  Cotto wins with those extra tools.  Obviously Cotto's power meant nothing.

Answer 3

mayer719 im sorry but at 39 and around 25-30lbs heavier than mayweather, roy jones hand speed is way faster than mayweathers. mayweather has faster foot work only cause hes 31 not going on 40 like jones. i think its a toss up between this dream match of tony vs money. i dont know some times margarito dosent perform like he should. mayweather always is prepared for anything. but its a toss up imo.

Answer 4

Although I respect Elmer I think he is way off.. sure speed does kill but Mayweather is not that much faster than Cotto! Cotto held his own with Mosley, and Judah.. Both have comparable speed to Mayweather... So yeah Cotto was making Margarito mis alot in the beginning but after a while Cotto could not keep off Margarito.

    The fact is that Mayweather had accepted to face Margarito at 8 million dollars which would have been by far his biggest paycheck, but turned it down to face the much easier Baldomir at 6 million... so what does that tell you?

Answer 5

Watch Margo's handspeed carefully, and you'll see a guy that is far too slow to land consistently good licks on a guy as fast and defensively skilled as Floyd.  Something akin to a slow-moving tank with a big gun trying to track down a guy on a motorcycle with tommygun.

Let me repeat something I've said several times over the 2 days regarding Mayweather speculation:  Speed kills.  And Floyd's got it in spades.

Mayweather cruises, landing more than 50% of his punches, while Margo is frustrated, landing 25% of his shots.

Answer 6

Fu**ing A man, Margarito wud knockout some teeth on stupid boys face, hate that guy cant stand him!!

Answer 7

I totally agree. I think he would take Floyd. I think Cotto can take out Floyd. But if you youtube floyd and margarito, margarito did ask to fight Floyd but he turned him down. He said the money wasn't right and he hasn't has skilled fighters. I mean what does Floyd got to say now? The money should be right and Margarito proved himself defeating Cotto. I say he should stop being a pank and come back!!

Answer 8

Agree =).

Answer 9

Floyd avoided Margarito at all costs, that says a lot about what Floyd thinks about Margarito.

Answer 10

first i thaught it would be an even fight floyd vs tony now i think tony would run floyd over in 9

Answer 11

Anybody can beat anybody in boxing, that's what makes it fun.  With that being said fight fans are assuming Floyd would fight Margarito the way Cotto fought him.  That's just stupid.  The man didn't amass a fortune and knock out ratio of 64% by being a p***y and being stupid.  He put an in his prime Chico Corrales on his butt 6 times in their fight and Chico landed less then 9 punches every round, it was a record for the division.  And boxing fans for some odd reason love that guy.  Floyd plays the heel and its brought him so much more money then playing the role of the good guy.  In boxing it is much worse to be unknown then to be hated.  Margarito is very slow with wide punches and Cotto played into his hand by initiating and trying to out pressure him.  You can't do that with a guy with the chin of a light heavyweight.  Floyd would not try to knock him out and he's faced heavy punchers just like Margarito that was a bit faster and taken it to the cards and won convincingly by boxing smart and winning rounds and avoiding punches.  Floyds also gotten older and boxing takes it toll, especially on speed guys.  Floyd would potshot him to a decision.  I like Margarito a lot, but just because you don't like a boxer doesn't diminish his skills.  I for one would not want anything to do with either guys.  And yes you can avoid body punches, its the first thing you learn in boxing when you get hit their hard enough to realize you need to do it.  And you're right, I don't think Floyd's heart is in it anymore.  He's been in the game for a long time, beat everybody in front of him, and made a ton of money.  Why risk your legacy the way Roy Jones did by boxing outside of your prime.  The reason why I love boxers is because of guys like Floyd Mayweather Jr. who show you what a brilliantly technical boxer can do and a guy like Antonio Margarito who lack in that area but makes up for it with pure toughness.  Enjoy boxers for who they are, not who you want them to be.

Fighters need to get paid, this rumor of 8 million to fight Margarito versus 50+ for DLH.  Which one would you take?

Answer 12

DISAGREE, MAYWEATHER IS WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY TO SLICK FOR MARGARITO , HE WOULD COUNTER HIM ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL NIGHT

Answer 13

Mayweather TKO in the 9th.  PBF is the best P4P boxer ever.  He has really never been hurt, why?  Cause his defense is second to none.  His speed makes Sugar Ray Robinson and Roy Jones Jr, look like they are in slow motion.  Margarito has lost 5 fights, regardless of when they were he lost 5, point blank.  He lost to a hack *** Paul Williams who is more of a journeyman than a real boxer.  Margarito fought Cotto, who wasnt even in the same league as PBF.  Floyd didn't  "run" from Margarito, it was just he had no gain in fighting a guy with 4 losses at the time.  The entire $8 million dollar so called contract to fight him was false and a lie.  The speed of PBF always outweighs the power punchers, that is why Paul Williams, Cotto, Margarito, Clottey, etc... is a waste of PBF's time.  They are fighters that simply dominate lesser opponents.  Every fighter Floyd has fought, they were NOT the same afterwards.  That is when everyone else comes through and fights the fighters floyd has fought.  All you have to do it watch PBF and respect what he does, defense, speed, accuracy...all too much anyone can handle.  Gatti said it best "He was just much faster than I thought he would be"  Speed over power, anyday of the week.   That is why your all time greats--Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Leonard, PBF are all speed guys, true boxers, not guys who sit and get hit and land 10-20 punches a round, that will never cut it in boxing.

Answer 14

Mayweather dont want any thing to do with Margarito. The fact is no one does everyone is running scared I give thanks to Cotto for steping up he is a great champ. This fight was great I really didnt want to see this fight because I really enjoy watch both these guy fight I much rather have seen them fight and distroy Mayweather or De La Hoya

Answer 15

umm 1 word to describe mayweather, p***y, he wouldnt fight anyone, he bettered de la hoya by bad judging, and hatton in my mind nearly had floyd , but floyd was a lil bit more aggresive. he wont go near margarito, or even cotto, he would get owned. i agree mayweather would get wrecked by the monster of a boxer margarito

Answer 16

PBF has a much better defense than Cotto, it would be a difficult task for Margarito to land an accumulated amount of punches like he did this past Saturday.

Answer 17

PBF is a great boxer no doubt, but i would bet anything Margarito would whoop his ***. Everybody has made it public that the 8 mil contract is real, PBF answer is just "i am a business man making business decisions". Why not just say I am good  but you might just have my number so i do not want to fight you. So i agree the tornado will rip him apart in 11 rounds.

Answer 18

mayweather wud not fight him as he as loads of money and does not care about the sport no more