Antonio Margarito upsets Miguel Cotto for welterweight title
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| Miguel Cotto, left, battles Antonio Margarito |
Maybe Floyd Mayweather Jr. was on to something? Sugar Shane Mosley too. Both of these future Hall-of-Famers turned down fights against Antonio Margarito.
Give Miguel Cotto credit. He took a fight that many top boxers avoided. But he ended up paying a stiff price, a punishing TKO loss that cost him his WBA welterweight title. Margarito stopped Cotto in the 11th round Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden. He dropped Cotto twice and
the champion's corner stopped the fight with 55 seconds left in the round.
(Click through photos of the Antonio Margarito-Miguel Cotto fight here)
Cotto was 32-0 entering the fight and had been extremely impressive since moving up in weight and capturing the WBA welterweight title in December of 2006. The rise from 140 pounds seemed to invigorate his career.
But at the end of the day, Margarito (37-5) was bigger and stronger. He turned pro at the age of 15 in Mexico and always fought near the welterweight limit (147). In fact, some of his fights came at 154 pounds. In contrast, Cotto turned pro at lightweight (135 pounds). Margarito is the more natural welterweight and that was the difference.
The one fault in Cotto the fighter always appeared to be his chin. And while he withstood some heavy shots, Margarito's power and relentless attack was too much for him to take. Margarito, however, was able to absorb all of Cotto's power.
The win moves Margarito into position to face Oscar De La Hoya in what could be the final fight of Oscar's career. There was speculation that Cotto would be that opponent, now the most obvious choice in Margarito. Oscar has fought nearly every great fighters of his era (aside from Winky Wright), it will be interesting to see if he is a bit more selective when it comes to Margarito. -- CASSIDY
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There was a lot of speculation that a win would mean big things for Antonio Margarito. Now that he has toppled the top ranked welterweight in the world, I'm inclined to agree.
Is Margarito now the "Puerto Rican Killer"? He's taken out two Puerto Rican welterweight champions in a row this year, both of which were regarded as hard hitters. Daniel Santos would probably be inclined to disagree with the nickname, but maybe that would spur a rematch?
Regarding Winky Wright, does he even deserve a fight with De La Hoya? The man recently turned down more than a million bucks to fight against Middleweight Champion Kelly Pavlik and has all but disappeared from pro boxing since he got whupped by Bernard Hopkins.
If it can be done, I'd love to see Margarito take on De La Hoya. Hardcore fans of Mexican boxers have always taken some issue with De La Hoya, and I'd love to see him get the knock out send off a fight with Margarito would most certainly guarantee.
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