Match scheduled:
Date:03-12-2011
Time:9:00pm (ET)
Margarito vs Cotto Live
Date:03-12-2011
Time:9:00pm (ET)
Margarito vs Cotto Live
Boxing
WBA (Super) Light Middleweight
WBA (Super) Light Middleweight
Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico will search for to avenge his 2008 loss to Antonio Margarito of Mexico for Cotto’s WBA Super Welterweight title at Madison Sq. Garden in Ny. The Backyard is often a sell-out, which can be uncommon for your non-heavyweight fight. It exhibits the eager amount of curiosity in what might be one among the most exciting, action-packed bouts of 2011.
Puerto Rican followers will be squarely driving their native son, that is trying to find justice following his bloody beating 3 years back by Margarito, causing an 11th spherical TKO. Cotto and his lovers believe that Margarito’s win was aided by the usage of illegal hand wraps.
Margarito’s eye grew to become a problem of issue with the Ny State Athletic Commission on this combat. The Commission withheld Margarito’s license right up until he cleared a further eye exam 10 days back in New york.
Cotto features a loss to Manny Pacquiao in common with Margarito due to the fact they previous fulfilled. His November 2009 battle with Pacquiao was similar in that each Cotto and Margarito ended up each taken out handily by Pacquiao, while Cotto lasted another spherical and acquired in certain good punishment in opposition to Pac-Man.
There hasn’t been such a heated rivalry in boxing for years. The unwell will is a few years inside the making and time has not healed any of Cotto’s wounds. Cotto and Margarito’s strong dislike of each other will be the real offer. Cotto firmly believes Margarito can be a cheater and played together with his lifestyle. Margarito claims it is all trash speak and he’ll prove it. Points are so acrimonious the 2 fighters weren’t permitted to pose for the common face-to-face pre-fight publicity pictures. Promoter Bob Arum stood involving them.
