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Theres nothing better than seeing two fighters you don’t like square off against each other. No matter how things turn out you’re going to go to bed happier than you did the night before.

Now that Floyd Mayweather is retired (for the moment), these two gentlemen are the top ranked welterweights on the planet. Each fighter is known for wanting to mix it up and exchange punches, Cotto will gladly take a few shots to the jaw in order to land his own and the same can be said for Margarito. Due to this fact, many in the boxing community are predicting this to be the fight of the year.

With the amount of firepower these guys have, I just can’t see the fight going past 7 rounds. I regard Margarito to be the stronger of the two, and for that reason alone I’m picking him to walk away the winner. Cotto has been wobbled by lesser fighters in the past, and I just can’t overlook that. However, if the fight goes past round 7, the edge goes to Cotto due to his punishing body attacks (but I really don’t think it’ll go that far).

Below is a little “pre-fight hype” promo, and below the video are a few thoughts I have regarding these fighters and Floyd Mayweather..

Bob Arum, the promoter for this pay-per-view bout, insists that both Mr. Cotto and Mr. Margarito would have beaten Mr. Mayweather: “Floyd did not want any part of either of them. But if he hadn’t retired, this fight would have been shrugged off by the public as a mere elimination contest for a chance to meet Mayweather.”

Comments like that KILL me. One of the statements that are thrown around so much lately is “Floyd Mayweather turned down EIGHT MILLION dollars to fight Antonio Margarito!! He must be scared!!”

Hardly.

Floyd Mayweather didn’t fight Antonio Margarito because he had nothing to gain by doing so. In the latter part of his career, Floyd was all about making an impact and doing big name fights, the average person has absolutely no idea who Margarito is. Also.. lets not forget Floyd turned down TWENTY MILLION to rematch with De La Hoya, a man who he has already beaten.

I know it hurts your brain when you do this, but try to use a little logic, turning down 8 miillion doesn’t mean you’re scared of someone if you’ve turned down 20 million for a fight you know you can win. It clearly wasn’t about the money in this case.

Floyd will be back next year, and he’ll mop the floor with one of these guys, mark my words.