Jul 26

Written by: johnniewalker
7/26/2008 9:48 PM

This wasn't a celebrity event, there wasn't an Angelina, or Gavin, or Sylvester...this fight was for boxing fans. Good undercard fights, Mike Alvarado dominated El Paso's Cesar Bazan for a 4th round knockout...and Cesar Canchila came back from a second round knockdown to outfight Giovani Segura to a unanimous decision.

This led to the event we were all waiting for...Cotto v Margarito.

The fight started out looking completely one-sided, as Cotto seemed faster and able to outwork the machine that is Margarito. But in round 6, Margarito began to keep Cotto against the ropes and really work his power punches. Cotto couldn't seem to slow him down, and Margarito kept coming forward the whole fight, finally dropping Cotto in round 11. Cotto took more punishment, until he took a knee and his corner threw in the towel.

Everyone got the fight that was promised, and if you didn't see it, tune in next week to HBO for the replay.

Final punchstat numbers:
Cotto: 655/280/43%
Margarito: 987/267/27%

This is where it gets good:
Power punches:
Cotto: 395/179/45%
Margarito: 647/237/37%
Margarito 134-70 edge in power connects over last 5 rounds

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