Written By SOHH Ballsy
Maaaan, that Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito fight made me fall in love with boxing all over again. These dudes were WARRIORS Saturday night. Somebody please tell me there's going to be a Cotto-Margarito II. MAKE THAT ISH HAPPEN!
Some of ya’ll probably thought I was crazy picking Margarito to win, but did you see Cotto’s face after the ref stopped the fight in the 11th round!?
Like my boy said, “Dude looked like he been through Holy Jihad.”
Margarito left Cotto a bloody mess. HE BROKE DUDE DOWN, knocking Cotto to one knee twice in the 11th, before the ref said it was a wrap. UGLY! Now, tell me your boy doesn’t know boxing!
Cotto came out doubling and even tripling his combinations early on as the quicker puncher, but midway through the fight the fellas and I noticed how Margarito was eating all of Cotto’s punches.
It seemed as though for every three punches Cotto landed square in Margarito’s face early on, Margarito would keep moving forward and retaliate with one hard punch, but that ish was a like a donkey kick, b.
Margarito ain’t the fastest of boxers. Instead the dude telegraphs his joints as if to say, “Here it comes,” and then BOOM … your ass is lumped up.
After the eighth round, Margarito’s punches really got to Cotto. Margarito was the harder puncher, the tougher fighter Saturday night. I know there are a lot of Puerto Ricans tight about it, but it’s true.
At least Cotto didn’t make any excuses about it. Dude got outworked.
Ya’ll surprised Margarito won the way he did? What are your thoughts on the fight!?
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