Margarito the hardest opponent for cotto?

Question

i mean margarito is a great brawler ,dont get me wrong and has a great chin, but are people overrating him? i think so , they say he will whoop on cotto , i dont beleive that. in my opinion mosley was the most challenging fight for cotto, mosely got skill and legend experience, what does margo got , chin? hard punches? cotto will tear this guy one by one in my opinion..who has Margo beat as a big name? He has 5 or 6 loses right? c'mon now this guy sucks compared to cotto , whats your opinions?

Answer 1

Margo overrated?  Maybe slightly, but he has earned his stripes.  He's had more fights and fought stiffer competition.

Cotto has been in trouble in a couple of his fights, but he has pulled himself off the mat, and come back to win.

Both fighters are fun to watch, and despite both being heavy fisted, I expect this to go the distance.... Cotto by UD 7 rds to 4 with 1 rd even

Answer 2

I think he will be his toughest to date not because he is a skilled as Sugar or physically athletic as Zab, but because his style is very similar to Cotto's - so Miguel will have more trouble imposing his will and pressuring a guy who intends to do the same thing.  What does Cotto do best?  Apply intelligent pressure and punish the body.....what does Margarito do best - exactly the same thing.  Dealing with faster guys, or better boxers, Cotto knew that he would be the superior pressure fighter, who was stronger, and would apply his skill set against a different one; in this case its really unknown who is going to be able to wear down the other more effectivley.

You know how when fighters say 'the only person that can beat me, is me' - they usually mean mentally...here its like fighting a pretty spitting image.

Margarito is physically bigger, with one of the best chins I've ever seen at 147, and has bigger one-punch power.  Cotto is more skillful in his approach, better at avoiding punches, using angles....anyway you look at it, this is as can't miss a great fight as you could think of.

Answer 3

Margarito is a brawler but Cotto is to smart.

Margarito leaves him self to open which will create a problem for him with a body puncher like Cotto.

Margarito has loss to guys who boxed him Santos and Williams.

The one round Cintron won vs Margo was the 1st when he boxed him.

Answer 4

this will be cottos thoughest just wait.. i dont think margarito is overated he fought tough welters like clottey, cintron adn williams who i think is probably the best welter right now.  

cotto is favored to win because he has better skills, speed, defense, ring smart but margarito is a big welter and comes foward for 12 rounds. if cotto cant handle tonys punching power then tony has a good shot

Answer 5

Yeah i totally agree, margarito has proved to be a good boxer and deserves all the credit he is getting after that performance against clintron.

But cotto is unbeaten and margarito has been beaten, so i gotta give advantage to cotto.

Cotto's toughest opponent so far was mosely and also ' magic man' malignaggi.

But you never know margarito just maybe his toughest opponent yet, we will have to see.

But I do think that cotto should beat him.

Answer 6

Margarito is the real deal Mexican warrior who's been kept in a dungeon without food for several days and is now going to be set free to have some Cotto tortillas. Unlike Mosley, this guy is in his prime and ready. He is probably the most aggressive fighter today - even more aggressive than Pacman.

His losses are not blemishes, but a badge of honor. Most of them came early in his career. Unlike Cotto, he wasn't groomed with selected competition to help manage his boxing career. This guy came from the school of hard knocks and fought to survive. Fighting Cotto is this guy's long awaited chance for fame and glory.

Margarito is a major step up for Cotto. Cotto's body shots will not be enough because they need time to take effect and Margarito is such a violent attacker. I don't expect this fight to go beyond the third round.

Answer 7

this should be a great fight...cotto by decision or late stoppage.

Answer 8

anybody who is fast and accurate, like mayweather, will give cotto problems.  margarito does not stand a chance toe to toe

Answer 9

This fight is written!...Cotto will knock his *** out!!...Let me tell you why.

Margarito is a much taller boxer than Cotto. So Margarito's body is gonna be a big Target 4 Cotto's uppercut because he is a body boxer. He's gonna use that left uppercut more than ever. Margo might get sum punches because Cotto has a bad chin. But Cotto got this fight .

Answer 10

Shane is a good fighter but not skilled. Shane has experience but doesnt' have defense and a jab. I dont know about skill but Cotto has shown a effective jab. Alot of people are ready to say Cotto can box because he boxed Gomez/Pretender. Cotto doesn't have good defense and cant box going backwards. Cotto camps is woking on adding boxing to what he already has. They are trying to make him box. To beat a good brawler and have to be a good boxer. Lest look into history. Sweat Pea, PBF, Ali, RJJ, Camacho and others. Margrito is like a Chavez but without his skills. Margarito can take a punch, brawl for 12rounds, hight work rate and good chin. This is a up in the air fight. Cotto would have to box and stay away for 12 rounds. He has never had to do that in his career. If Cotto had PBF skills with what he has, he will win with out a dout. Can Cotto stick to the plan? Margo has the disadvantage but dont know how to use them.  5/11 hight 74 reach.  Cotto is 5/7 hight 68 to 69 reach.

Answer 11

no way cotto will be all over him, he is just to smart for him,his body punches always seem to be the trick