Cotto rematch against Margarito succeeds: ringside doctor stopped the fight in the tenth round

WBA light middleweight champion Miguel Cotto super-weight (37-2, 30 KOs) is the rematch against his arch rival Antonio Margarito managed (38-8, 27 KOs). In an exciting but one-sided fight Cotto retained in contrast to the first meeting and was always in control in the tenth round of a crash by forcing the ringside doctor.

Similar to the first fight Cotto started well today and could rely on its speed and better boxing technique, the results clearer. The Mexican Margarito was already bleeding from the third round from a cut above his right eye, which had taken in the fight against Manny Pacquiao heavy damage.

Cotto, who had already announced before the fight, make Margaritos right eye for goal, to put his promise and produced in addition to bleeding, a swelling that Margaritos restricted field of view and on. Margarito walked as though in the first fight is always forward, but his blows lacked today, but the impact, which supports the theory that the victory might have been a bit lazy Margaritos in summer 2008.

After the eighth round, the ring looks of medical teams have been increasingly concerned, in the ninth round, Cotto was able to push back his opponent for the first time, which was succeeded in the entire first fight ever. After this round, when Margarito had collected numerous clearest results, referee Steve Smogen broke on the advice of ring physician finally stops the fight.

"I've done my job and won the fight," Cotto said, was pleased to note that the clear. Asked about Margarito Cotto said: "It means nothing to me. I'm still standing. I have to thank my training camp. Now I have only raced once a while, then we can talk about the boxing. "

Margarito was not however agree with the demolition. "You have to protect him from me, because I came up slowly," said the 33-year-old Mexican. "Look at his face! He hits like a girl. I did not feel his punches. "

From the perspective of the ring doctor, but the demolition was absolutely necessary: ​​"He had his right eye no longer view. It was safer to stop the fight. He had no spatial vision about what is in a boxing match, of course, very dangerous. "

Cotto looks to the future success of this important right now rosy again, in the space battles against WBC champion Saul Alvarez and the dangerous puncher James Kirkland. For Margarito, it would probably end in terms of his health to the best decision at this point his career.