Miguel Cotto battered Antonio Margarito over nine lopsided rounds then won a TKO on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.
Cotto earned a punishing measure of payback for his loss to Margarito three years ago. With the New York crowd going wild for the Puerto Rican Cotto, he retained his 154-pound title.
He needed surgery to repair a fractured orbital bone following a loss to Manny Pacquiao last year and considered retirement. The New York State Athletic Commission didn't license Margarito until Nov. 22 after ordering another examination of his eye. Cotto took quick aim on the eye and it was swollen shut in the seventh round.
The sellout crowd at MSG honked horns, waved the Puerto Rico flag and absolutely went wild for all things Cotto - starting with his entrance...
Nothing could hold Cotto back.
With one eye, Margarito gamely fought on, hoping for that one brutal blow that could change the fight. Half blind, he never had a chance.
Ring doctor Anthony Curreri stopped the fight because of the eye.
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