Pro Cotto:
Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito fight at Madison Square Garden about settling scores - NYPOST.com:
For one man, it’s about revenge. For the other, it’s about redemption.
The refurbished Garden might have new seats, a fresh coat of paint and a few more concession stands, but tonight it will hearken back to its storied boxing tradition where the bravest men fought the bloodiest battles in an arena that demands excellence.
Cotto is the better boxer. Margarito is the stronger puncher. Though they both met the 153-pound catch weight at yesterday’s weigh-in, Margarito figures to be the bigger man tonight. But he hasn’t looked impressive since the Cotto fight, losing to Mosley and Pacquiao, while Cotto is 4-1 since then. Cotto may have more left than Margarito.
george.willis@nypost.com
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/boxing/cotto_margarito_out_to_settle_feud_Lk571QGKHevrlQVy0a8MNM#ixzz1fWt3ITOz
Pro Margarito:
Cotto-Margarito: Revenge or Repeat?
By Graham Houston
Revenge and redemption are the themes when Miguel Cotto defends his junior middleweight title against Antonio Margarito at a sold-out Madison Square Garden tonight (HBO PPV).
Cotto won his last two fights by stoppage, over Yuri Foreman and Ricardo Mayorga, whereas Margarito has been inactive since Pacquiao beat him up a year ago. Although Margarito gamely lasted the distance against Pacquiao he suffered a fractured right eye socket, and since then he has had a cataract removed from his eye.
While Margarito took a terrible pasting from Pacquiao he has had a year in which to recover, and it should be remembered that Cotto lost to Pacquiao on a 12th-round stoppage two years ago, suffering two knockdowns before being worn down by an accumulation of punishment.
Rematch between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito opens old wounds
The pummelling Miguel Cotto took from Antonio Margarito in 2008 and the subsequent controversy over the latter's hand wraps against Shane Mosley make for a charged confrontation
If you've ever wondered why it is that you love boxing - and whether you should - you probably have time before the main set of bouts start to read this piece by Eric Raskin: "Cotto-Margarito II: How Much Punishment Is Enough?":
Villainous behavior sells in most sports, and nowhere is it more bankable than in boxing, where fans crave retribution against the athletes they hate. The defeated fighter feels pain — not just the pain of a loss, but actual pain — and people will pay specifically to watch it be inflicted. So a man like Margarito, who attempted to cheat (and is suspected to have successfully sneaked the plaster-like inserts into his wraps on at least one prior occasion), can reap financial reward as the black hat opposite a hero like Pacquiao. Margarito earned $6 million for the Pacquiao fight. Another seven-figure payday awaits after his rematch with Cotto.
That fight was supposed to happen in July, but with Margarito struggling to recover from two separate surgeries on his right eye, it was bumped back to September and then December. This month, the New York State Athletic Commission threatened to scuttle the fight, or at least force it to relocate to another state, because of Margarito's continuing optical issues. The complications caused by the Pacquiao fight — Margarito's worst beating in a 46-fight career not exactly constructed on a foundation of slickness and defensive savvy — continue to pile up.
Margarito will receive little sympathy. We're talking about an attempted cheater whose entire career has giant "were his gloves loaded in that fight?" asterisks attached to each result. He committed boxing's gravest offense. He paid for it. Then he paid some more. And he might continue to pay for the rest of his life.
When will he have paid enough? And what does it say about boxing fans that Margarito's brutal punishment was precisely the outcome many of us were rooting for?
Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito fight at Madison Square Garden about settling scores - NYPOST.com:
For one man, it’s about revenge. For the other, it’s about redemption.
The refurbished Garden might have new seats, a fresh coat of paint and a few more concession stands, but tonight it will hearken back to its storied boxing tradition where the bravest men fought the bloodiest battles in an arena that demands excellence.
How much does each fighter have left...
Cotto is the better boxer. Margarito is the stronger puncher. Though they both met the 153-pound catch weight at yesterday’s weigh-in, Margarito figures to be the bigger man tonight. But he hasn’t looked impressive since the Cotto fight, losing to Mosley and Pacquiao, while Cotto is 4-1 since then. Cotto may have more left than Margarito.
george.willis@nypost.com
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/boxing/cotto_margarito_out_to_settle_feud_Lk571QGKHevrlQVy0a8MNM#ixzz1fWt3ITOz
Pro Margarito:
Cotto-Margarito: Revenge or Repeat?
By Graham Houston
Revenge and redemption are the themes when Miguel Cotto defends his junior middleweight title against Antonio Margarito at a sold-out Madison Square Garden tonight (HBO PPV).
Cotto won his last two fights by stoppage, over Yuri Foreman and Ricardo Mayorga, whereas Margarito has been inactive since Pacquiao beat him up a year ago. Although Margarito gamely lasted the distance against Pacquiao he suffered a fractured right eye socket, and since then he has had a cataract removed from his eye.
While Margarito took a terrible pasting from Pacquiao he has had a year in which to recover, and it should be remembered that Cotto lost to Pacquiao on a 12th-round stoppage two years ago, suffering two knockdowns before being worn down by an accumulation of punishment.
If Margarito loses, it will reinforce the perception that he cheated in the first fight with Cotto.
Cotto has a new trainer for this fight, Cuban Pedro Diaz, surprisingly parting company with Emanuel Steward, who prepared Cotto for the Foreman and Mayorga fights.
Unless Margarito has been severely diminished by the knockout defeat he suffered against Shane Mosley and the drawn-out pounding inflicted by Pacquiao ...
http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/cotto-margarito-revenge-or-repeat-103455#more-103455
Cotto has a new trainer for this fight, Cuban Pedro Diaz, surprisingly parting company with Emanuel Steward, who prepared Cotto for the Foreman and Mayorga fights.
Unless Margarito has been severely diminished by the knockout defeat he suffered against Shane Mosley and the drawn-out pounding inflicted by Pacquiao ...
http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/cotto-margarito-revenge-or-repeat-103455#more-103455
Rematch between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito opens old wounds
The pummelling Miguel Cotto took from Antonio Margarito in 2008 and the subsequent controversy over the latter's hand wraps against Shane Mosley make for a charged confrontation
If you've ever wondered why it is that you love boxing - and whether you should - you probably have time before the main set of bouts start to read this piece by Eric Raskin: "Cotto-Margarito II: How Much Punishment Is Enough?":
Villainous behavior sells in most sports, and nowhere is it more bankable than in boxing, where fans crave retribution against the athletes they hate. The defeated fighter feels pain — not just the pain of a loss, but actual pain — and people will pay specifically to watch it be inflicted. So a man like Margarito, who attempted to cheat (and is suspected to have successfully sneaked the plaster-like inserts into his wraps on at least one prior occasion), can reap financial reward as the black hat opposite a hero like Pacquiao. Margarito earned $6 million for the Pacquiao fight. Another seven-figure payday awaits after his rematch with Cotto.
That fight was supposed to happen in July, but with Margarito struggling to recover from two separate surgeries on his right eye, it was bumped back to September and then December. This month, the New York State Athletic Commission threatened to scuttle the fight, or at least force it to relocate to another state, because of Margarito's continuing optical issues. The complications caused by the Pacquiao fight — Margarito's worst beating in a 46-fight career not exactly constructed on a foundation of slickness and defensive savvy — continue to pile up.
Margarito will receive little sympathy. We're talking about an attempted cheater whose entire career has giant "were his gloves loaded in that fight?" asterisks attached to each result. He committed boxing's gravest offense. He paid for it. Then he paid some more. And he might continue to pay for the rest of his life.
When will he have paid enough? And what does it say about boxing fans that Margarito's brutal punishment was precisely the outcome many of us were rooting for?
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