Antonio Margarito will comfortably at the 153-pound catchweight forced by Miguel Cotto for the December 3 rematch and also says he has no fear that Margarito will have trouble with the weight. The Cotto vs Margarito rematch will held on Madison Garden in New York. They wanted to get Antonio Margarito down to 150. They also required having a 160-pound limit on the day of the fight. That Margarito couldn’t increase more than 10 pounds before he steps in the ring. You know, I kind of laugh at at even referring to this as a catchweight. I mean, it’s smart if you’re amused by Miguel Cotto taking any seeming benefit he could get, but at the end of the day I think it looks weak of him to try so hard to gain those advantages. My feelings about Antonio Margarito don’t enter this for me, it’s just about Cotto seeming like he didn’t really want this fight, which he could have just said from the get-go.
Top Rank would have set up him another fight without much trouble, and would have found something for Margarito, too. But instead we have Cotto pressing for a non-advantage “catchweight” which is a full pound under the normal weight limit, after trying and failing to get 150. You may disagree, but that’s just how I’m seeing it. Now, I’m not saying I think it’s, like, fear from Cotto.
Maybe the ghost of Margarito pummeling him down in 2008 still haunts him, maybe it doesn’t. Maybe he feels Margarito had loaded wraps that night, but maybe he doesn’t. He said a good while back that Margarito would “never make another dime” fighting Miguel Cotto, which was an understandable and perfectly legit stance to take, but later amended that to say a deal could be made.
Now one has been made, despite all the troubles getting it all together. So we’ll see if Cotto has any remaining mental scars from the first fight. Let’s all see when Margarito will collide with Cotto this coming December 3 fight. I hope this Margarito vs Cotto match will be an exciting one before the year ends.
[...] think that size will make the difference. Anyway the Cotto vs Margarito fight will be in the catchweight of 153 pounds. It`s not the same thing here. Antonio can put quality weight on, without losing speed and stamina. [...]
[...] the whole night. They’ve achieved the number of sparring rounds they wanted. They’re close to 153 catchweight now and that’s as many as they’ve had in the previous fights. Margarito is hoping for a perfect [...]