Margarito Wins The War In 11!!!!

In what was a great fight full of action, Antonio Margarito stopped Miguel Cotto in the 11th to claim the WBA Welterweight Title. The fight started off real well for Cotto as he landed the harder cleaner shots and kept moving. Cotto was moving from side to side and ducking many of Margarito's punches. The problem was, Cotto never hurt Margarito enough to make him stop coming forward. Cotto landed with some good straight lefts and uppercuts, and blocked many of Margarito's punches. However as you watched you questioned if Cotto could keep that pace up for 12 full rounds. Margarito is used to coming forward for 12 full rounds, but Cotto was not used to moving and boxing 12 full rounds. Around the 7th you could tell Cotto was starting to slow down. He still was landing hard punches, but his movement was not the same. Margarito was landing at a more consistent rate too. Cotto did not use enough of his hard body shots to slow Margarito down. Cotto mainly kept going for the head. At the end of the 10th, Margarito stunned and hurt Cotto badly. Cotto was already bleeding from his mouth, nose, and cut over his left eye. Evangelista Cotto told Miguel he needed to win the last two rounds. However you could tell that Cotto was a beaten fighter and may not last much longer. So in the 11th Margarito came out and jumped on Cotto. He hit Cotto with a left uppercut that caused Cotto to retreat. Cotto's hands dropped and Margarito chased him. He hit Cotto a few more times and Cotto took a knee. When Cotto dropped to his knee, Margarito hit him again. As Cotto stood up, he was bloody all over his face and looked done. His legs were gone and the fight in him was gone. Moments later as Margarito came at Cotto, he fell to a knee on the otherside of the ring without a punch landing. As Kenny Bayless started to count again, Evangelista Cotto got on the apron with the towel. The fight was officially stopped at 2:05 of the 11th round. After the fight, Cotto congratulated Margarito and went straight to his locker room without an interview. Margarito welcomed a fight between him and Oscar De La Hoya saying it would be a great fight for Mexicans. Cotto more than likely will not fight again this year. Although he outlanded Margarito, Cotto took a brutal beating. Between the movement in the ring and the hard shots he took from the harder hitting Margarito, Cotto was brutally beaten. His face was swollen and bloody. This fight was a war and well worth the wait. Hopefully all who watched enjoyed.