Miguel Cotto vs Antonio Margarito II

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who takes the rematch?


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I refuse to believe that Margarito is not a Mexican drug kingpin. 2nd esp of 24/7 and Cotto's bitch ass is still whinning. Cotto even got his wife to whin for him too. I hope Margarito beats that ass bloody again infront of Cotto's wife and kids.
 

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Man I just watched the first fight again and boy is that one of the best fights over the last 10 years or so! I may have to switch to Margarito but Im not sure yet. Got Em!!
 
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Margarito: This Time, Cotto Gets Taken Out on a Stretcher!

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By Michael Marley

They may be grasping at straws but Mexican veteran Antonio Margarito and members of his camp are putting a lot of emphasis on some words said by Saturday night Madison Square Garden rematch foe Miguel Cotto.

In recording the HBO "Faceoff" one on one interview with the two fighters, Mad Max Kellerman elicited one from both fighters as to what their physical limit is inside the ring.
Ever the dramatic warrior, Margarito said he is willing "to die" trying to win a fight.
The more pragmatic Cotto said he would not put his life on the line to do so.

Margarito trainer and ex-IBF junior lightweight champ Robert Garcia said Monday at the midtown Manhattan Kingsway Gym that the disparate answers are revealing as to the psyche of the two fighters.

"You see the difference," Garcia said. "What fighters do is to risk it all in there, that's why they are in boxing in the first place. Tony said he would risk his life but Cotto says no, it's not worth that price.

"All fighters get hit and get hurt but I can see what Cotto's saying, he's thinking of his family, sure. Before I heard that answer, Cotto was one of my favorite fighters, a warrior and a great fighter. He was one of my favorites for years. But now he's showing a little bit of age and maybe that's part of his answer also."

Margarito was more emphatetic to his foe, the Puerto Rican battler who continues to firmly believe that Tone Loc used illegally loaded handwraps to upset him in their first fight.

"I said I would (be willing to) die in the ring and I meant it," Margarito said. "But we've both got our families so I can understand why he is saying he would not be willing to die in a fight.

"We're different. Maybe Cotto will take a knee and I won't. I just know in this fight that I will beat him by knockout and they will take Cotto out of the ring on a stretcher."

But then the willing to die guy contradicted himself a bit. The Tijuana resident has issues getting his New York boxing license because of concern about an eye injury. He wasn't fully cleared by the state boxing board until last Friday.

If Margarito would risk his life, then risking his eyesight would be a given, right?

"I went to the eye doctor and he said I was 100 percent. If I was told by the doctor that fighting could cause me to lose my eyesight, then I would have retired. I would not be fighting again if that was my situation."

Even fight fans who can't agree on anything else can look at the resumes of Cotto and Margarito and concur that these two have risked more than enough on the job.

That's not liable to change in their rematch, on either side.

When it comes to inherent risk, Cotto and Margarito have always known and understood the code.

You could ask a guy named Manny Pacquiao for verification on that.


I see Margarito wearing his druglord glasses while being interviewed for this. Get'em Tornado
 
Feb 10, 2006
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AND BECAUSE ANTONIO ALWAYS KEEPS PRESSURE ON, HE ALWAYS PRESSES FOWARD AND HAS A HELLUVA CHIN


COTTO IS FIGHTING IN FRONT OF HIS PEOPLE, IS A GREAT BOXER AND USES EVERY PART OF THE RING, NOT TO MENTION GREAT BODY SHOTS...GONA BE EPIC!
 
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I'm rooting for Cotto, but wraps or not, Margarito took his best shots and kept coming. That was physically and mentally exhausting for Cotto. He needs to stay off the ropes!

Steward did a fair job of getting Cotto more upright, but we'll see if he reverts back to his old habits. Those uppercuts were the death of him.


PS Rodriguez-Wolak II: Somebody's gonna get killed.
 
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Margarito: I'm Not Cotto, I Don't Beat Up Family Members!


By Keith Idec

NEW YORK — Antonio Margarito embraced his role as the villain even more Wednesday during a final press conference for his rematch with Miguel Cotto on Saturday night.

“Here comes the criminal,” Margarito said after reaching the microphone in The Theater at Madison Square Garden. “Open the door for the criminal.”
Margarito managed to make their grudge rematch more personal, too, by referencing the infamous fight Cotto had with his uncle and former trainer Evangelista Cotto in April 2009.

Cotto fired his uncle following that incident, during which Evangelista Cotto reportedly threw a cement block at Miguel Cotto. It missed Miguel Cotto, but reportedly broke a window in his Jaguar. Evangelista Cotto suffered minor injuries in the fight, but ended up in the hospital.

“I’ve been called a criminal by this man next to me,” Margarito said regarding Cotto. “I don’t know why he calls me a criminal. I am not a person that beats up on his own family.”

Margarito’s remark drew oohs and aahs from those in attendance, but Cotto remained calm as one of boxing’s most controversial figures spoke a few feet from where Cotto was seated.

“They say that I’m not a great person, that I’m not a gentleman,” Margarito continued. “I don’t know why they say that.”

Margarito then mocked Cotto some more, noting that he isn’t worried about Cotto targeting his surgically repaired right eye in their 12-round fight for Cotto’s WBA super welterweight title.

“He says he’s not going to have no mercy on my eye,” Margarito said. “He can hit my eye as many times as he wants. He hits like a little girl. A super flyweight hits harder. He wants to take it personal. I’ll take it very personal, too. Do whatever you want. He’s not going to beat me at all. Never. Never.”

The grudge rematch between Puerto Rico’s Cotto (36-2, 29 KOs) and Mexico’s Margarito (38-7, 27 KOs, 1 NC) will headline a four-fight HBO Pay-Per-View telecast from what figures to be a sold-out Madison Square Garden.

Keith Idec covers boxing for The Record and Herald News, of Woodland Park, N.J., and BoxingScene.com.


Margarito is a fucking G with his locs on. Fuck Cotto!!