Is it true that Cotto got the belt back becaue Margarito tested positive for drugs?

Question

Is it true that Cotto got the belt back becaue Margarito tested positive for drugs?

Answer 1

idk but i cant believe cottos corner threw in the towwel ik he was tired and done i just never saw this coming, cotto was hammering him and bam margaritto put it too him. i look forward to a rematch this could be a good rivalry in boxing.

Answer 2

Most certainly untrue.

Ruddiger seems like another Cotto apologist. My, how quickly people forget. Cotto weighed in unofficially at 157 lbs for his junior-welterweight fight against DeMarcus Corley. That's 17 pounds above the contracted weight. Cotto was fighting in the 140-pound division as a middleweight! And Corley still rocked him and almost had him out in the 3rd.

By your rationale, Ruddiger, Corley is a better fighter than Cotto. If Cotto had weighed closer to the contracted weight, Corley could have finished him when he had him hurt, and Cotto wouldn't have been able to hurt Corley as badly as he did a few rounds later.

Answer 3

Margarito was just too tough for cotto.

Answer 4

RUDDIGER.. PLEASE IN BOXING DOESNT MATTER ABOUT HEIGHT OR WHO LOOKS BIGGER.. THEY WHERE BOTH WELTERWEIGHTS RIGHT? THEY BOTH WEIGH THE SAME B4 THE FIGHT RIGHT? SO DONT PUT THIS WHO LOOKS BIGGER c**p.. COTTO IF ANYTHING COTTO WAS SWOLLER THAN MARGARITO WITH THE MORE MUSCLE MARGARITO LOOKED SKINNY.. YOU CANT FACE THE FACT MARGARITO IS THE KING OF ALL WELTERWEIGHTS RIGHT NOW.. LOOK AT WINKY LOOK AT HOPKINS THEY ALL FOUGHT IN WELTERWEIGHT DIVISIONS.. AND THEY ALL ARE BIG WELTERWEIGHTS.. RUDDIGER FACE THE FACT MARAGRITO IS THE BETTER FIGHTER, THE STRONGEST PUNCHER WITH A STEEL CHIN WHAT MORE DO U WANT FROM A WELTERWEIGHT.. COTTO NEVER MADE AN EXCUSE ABOUT HIM BEIGN TO BIG.. STOP MAKING UP EXCUSES LIKE A LIL GIRL ABOUT WHY COTTO LOST.. HE LOST BECAUSE HE WASNT NOT GOING TO THE BODY.. AND KEPT GOING BACK TOB THE ROPES POINT BLANK.. SO RUUDIGGER IF U CANT FACE THE FACT THAT COTTO GOT HIS AASS STOMP BY THE BEST WELTERWEIGHT OUT RIGHT NOW U DONT KNOW SHHT BOUT BOXING.. ONE OTHER THING MARGARITO HAS NEVER FOUGHT AS AN MIDDLEWEIGHT,, IF HE HAD B4 I WOULD AGREE WITH U AND SAY THAT HE WAS THE BIGGER FIGHTER AND CANT FIGHT IN THAT DIVISION.. SO WITH THAT SAID RUDDIGER STOP HATING ON KING MARGARITO HIS ON TOP OF HIS GAME RIGHT NOW.. NO QUESTIONS ASKED.. AND HE NEVER TESTED POSITIVE FOR STEROIDS AND NEVER WILL CUZ HE HAS HEART AND A STEEL CHIN

Answer 5

Not true. It seems like people are just trying to make every excuse for Cotto. Face it folks, he just got beat by the better man that night. Margarito tested negative for drugs and steroids after the fight.

Answer 6

test came out last friday they both came out clean

Answer 7

The rumors about Margarito started soon after the fight.

It is a case of fans who can not accept the fact their person got beat.

Answer 8

Cotto did not get beat by the better man, he got beat by a bigger man who technically was closer to a super middleweight that night then a welterweight.

But that has been Margarito's advantage in most of his fights is that he is just such a big Welterweight it is hard for the little 147 pounders to hurt him.

It is why Mayweather and Mosley both chose not to fight him because he is just too big. Which is why he does not weigh in on the unofficial scales of HBO the night of the fight because if people seen how much weight he added on since the weigh in he would not get the credit he is getting.

Cotto for the most part made Margarito look amateurish, but no matter how good you are when your hitting a guy 20 lbs and 4 inches taller then you it is going to wear you down, and once you realize that you cant hurt him and he is too strong it breaks your will as well. Thats what happened to Cotto, he was just in against a bigger,stronger guy.

That is not making excuses, that is just stating facts. The weight game Margarito plays is within the rules so theres nothing much you can say or do.

Ive had big issue with this Dehydrating, Re Hydrating issue for years, after Arturo Gatti came into his fight with Joey Gamache weighing 20 lbs over the weight limit by fight night he severely hurt Gamache putting him in a coma and ending his career.

It came to light again when Castillo fought Corrales and Castillo showed up 15 lbs over weight and destroyed Corrales.

It is not fair to the actual welterweights and as a fan I feel I am getting ripped off, like in then case of Castillo-Corrales, the first was a great all time slug fest, and I couldn't weight for the rematch but when Castillo weighed in over the weight limit he was fined and the fight continued, when he stepped on the unofficial scales he was 15 lbs heavier then the weight limit and hey knocked out Corrales in the 4th round, I felt gipped by this because I expected a war again. Any true boxing fan should feel ripped off as well and should be speaking out about this trend that is becoming to common and dangerous

Allot of fighters are using this hole in the rules to gain a big and dangerous advantage over their opponents. There have been numerous petitions going around to switch the weight in to the afternoon of the fight instead of the day before.

It is just a shame that Cotto was so much better then Margarito but lost because Margarito was just too big that night. Margarito in his defense though is not a good boxer, he does not move well and he is easy to hit so he cannot compete at his natural weight class with guys that can punch and are bigger then him.

Watch when he fights Paul Williams again who is a huge welterweight as well, he does not fair as well when up against guys that are bigger then he is.

He has lost to Daniel Santos who was his height and Rodney Jones who was over 6 feet, and of course Paul Williams who is about 6'1, when he is faced with guys who are bigger then him he loses. Thats why he cheats the weight and basically takes on guys who are much smaller then he is.  He will lose again to Paul Williams. Williams is another one who weight cheats, not as much as Margarito but enough to nullify the weight gain by Margarito.

Both Williams and Margarito should man up and move up to their natural weight class and let the true welterweights fight each other.

And by the way, I enjoy watching Margarito fight hes very exciting and takes allot of shots, always enjoyable, but at the same time Id like to see him step up and take on other middleweights.

And yea I know all fighters usually come in heavy on fight night, even Cotto, but its usually 3 or 4 lbs not 20.

Yea I guess you guys are right  Height and Weight have no effect on he outcome of a fight and the dehydrating thing is just in my imagination. lol, for Christ sakes boys grab a clue would ya.

Answer 9

Some radio station in Puerto Rico started that rumor a day after the fight and the Ricans ran with it like it was written in stone ...but how would anyone know if he tested postive a day after the fight is beyond me and shows everyone was looking for excuses why Cotto ran the entire fight from Tony and got still got whupped ... Tony even went to Puerto Rico when the tests were coming out to show up the Radio Station... But all in all Cotto was a very overrated puncher with good Boxing Skills and just met someone better