Going into Saturday night’s junior middleweight clash at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto is a slight favorite over ‘The Tijuana Tornado’ Antonio Margarito of Mexico.
Boxing gamblers have moved the betting line to -250 for a Cotto victory, meaning to win $100 dollars betting on Cotto to win, must wager $250 dollars.
Antonio Margarito sits at +190 for a victory, meaning that for every $100 dollars played gamblers get a return of $190 dollars.
The lines will surely move as we get closer to the fight and more money pours into online sportsbooks, and casinos across the globe.
This Cotto-Margarito 2 fight is something that the fight fans love to witness as this could be the last big fight for the year 2011. Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito are all set for a bloody and explosive 2nd encounter and this time this could be a classic one. Both fighters promises a knockout win and with their statement it is a sign of something a nonstop action.
No one blinks because this could be a stoppage and believe me you will enjoy watching it.
For fight fans everywhere, there is a very good reason to want to see the rematch this weekend between Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto and Mexico’s Antonio Margarito. That reason is a sense that justice was somehow skirted by Margarito following the loss of his license in California due to illegal hand wrap inserts, containing elements of Plaster of Paris his trainer, Javier Capetillo, inserted prior to Margarito’s 2009 match with Shane Mosley.
The inserts were detected by Mosley’s trainer, Naazim Richardson, prior to the bout but removed and Margarito was stopped by Mosley in the ninth round. From that moment on, Margarito has been cast in a shadow of doubt, his career suspected of being as tainted as the wraps his trainer attempted to embed within his wraps.
For most boxers, that would be the end of the story. A subsequent revocation of his and Capetillo’s licenses by the California State Athletic Commission, a year of solitude in Mexico and the scorn and doubt of fight fans everywhere made it seem as if Antonio Margarito would never fight again.
This Cotto-Margarito 2nd fight would be as exciting as ever before as both fighters promises more action and war. Miguel Cotto all focus for this fight and he wanted to shut off all of his critics by knocking Antonio Margarito out. Cotto believes that he has the power and maturity to take Margarito out.
Antonio Margarito on his part is more decisive as what on his mind is that he can do it again in a more brutal way than their first fight. Margarito believes that with his size and power, he will retire Miguel Cotto at any given moment.Antonio Margarito will be a force and too much for Miguel Cotto come fight night and this will go down in the history as one of the most bloody and brutal fight in boxing.
The night was July 26th 2008 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas when Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito the two great warriors squared off in what turned out to be an instant classic that would not only warrant a rematch, but have more gasoline added to the fire with a “Plaster of Paris” like substance found in Margarito’s hand wraps some 6 months later.
The fight not only lived up to the style match up of the Mexican vs. Puerto Rican rivalry buzz, but it also turned out to be one of the best fights in the last 5 years. Three and half years later we have the same style match up that should be at least a solid action fight if not a full out brawl again. We know Miguel Cotto will use his jab and Antonio Margarito will be coming straight at Cotto.
The question will be does Miguel Cotto have the patience to stick to a game plan using his jab, going to the body, and throwing more combinations? Will he use more subtle movement or at least pivot and reset instead of getting into exchanges?
This could be a guarantee that all fight fans will have their expectations that this fight is a war of the two fighters that only thing in mind is winning. Cotto-Margarito 2 on December 3, 2011.
Cotto-Margarito 2 is another epic fight in the making and it’s going to be a war. The two great warriors Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico and Antonio Margarito of Mexico will collide for the second time in 4 years. Both fighters known to be a brawler and will never back down from any challenges. Indeed, this fight Cotto-Margarito 2 would be classic and brutal one.
The rematch between the two great warriors Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito is headed to HBO Pay Per View on December 3, 2011 with no exact venue yet. This could be a defining moment for both fighters and regain their dominance in the ring. Both fighters suffered humiliating loss to Manny Pacquiao the 8 time division title who recently loss to Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico but marred with controversies again.
Miguel Cotto known for his relentless attack and never back down attitude is eager to get one from Antonio Margarito and avenged his loss and reclaims his position as one of the best fighter in today. Miguel has a very good camp and with his kind of preparation, the Cotto camp is very confident that Cotto will defeat Margarito the second time around. Cotto is cool and have patient to take his time but fight fans were expect that this man from Puerto Rico is all focus to defeat the man who defeated him in a brutal fashion.
Miguel Cotto on his sight to avenge his loss to Antonio Margarito and this fight will give him the redemption to put himself in the list as one of the top pound-for-pound boxer of today. Cotto will certainly will attack Antonio Margarito from beginning until the end. Cotto knows that Margarito is a fighter that loves to fight toe-to-toe but with his preparation and great camp he is very confident that it will Antonio Margarito time to go down on his knees.
Antonio Margarito of Mexico, is a fighter known for his warrior skill and always on the attack mode. Even he is hurt he never back down and always throwing some powerful punches to his opponent. Margarito will prove to the world that he is truly the winner when they fought Cotto way back 2008 and this time around on December 3, 2011 it will be the end of Miguel Cotto and he will send the man to retirement.
Antonio Margarito would always be an exciting fighter and he believes that if Cotto will fight the same fight, the results will then be same. Margarito will carry a load to his fist and will definitely give Miguel Cotto something will he regret. As a fighter, Margarito prove to himself and to the fans that every time he fight, he always bring non boring action pack fight against anyone, against the best of the world.
Cotto-Margarito 2 will offer a great show combined with explosiveness and nonstop action. If the Pacquiao-Marquez 3 ended in a controversial decision, this Cotto-Margarito 2 will be an opposite show as this will the making of the greatest and brutal fight of the year.
As for both fighters, this fight is very significant on their respective careers. This will bring them back to the top and reclaim their lost glory. Cotto and Margarito will save for last and they will bring it on to give the fight fans a real deal. But definitely, at the end of the day and when the bells ring there could be only one remain standing and a winner. Not to mention, both fighters losses to Manny Pacquiao brutally but always believed that they can fight the pound-for-pound king through this fight. So it is a must that they have to fight like there’s no tomorrow just to have another chance to redeem themselves to have a rematch with Manny Pacquiao.
Cotto-Margarito 2 on December 2, 2011! Lets’ Get It On!
Juan Manuel Marquez’s camp has upped the ante for the Mexican to accept a fourth fight with Filipino boxing superstar rival and the current pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao.
After Juan Manuel Marquez declared that he preferred Mexico to be the venue of a possible May 2012 meeting with Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines, here comes his trainer Ignacio ‘Nacho’ Beristain demanding a sky-rocketing purse for the best Mexican technical fighter today.
“25$ million on the table,” said Beristain from his famous Romanza Boxing gym in Mexico City.
Top Rank’s Bob Arum, who promotes both Pacquiao and Marquez, signified his intention on his plan to stage a fourth and possibly the final fight between the two great boxing rivals Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez in the wake of the Filipino’s controversial majority decision win over the Mexican last week at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA in their WBO Welterweight Championship.
Beristain pointed out that the mere fact a fourth fight is being proposed about meant that Juan Manuel Marquez could have been overlooked as the likely winner the last time.
