The Battle (Miguel Angel Cotto vs Antonio Margarito II).


The Battle (Miguel Angel Cotto vs Antonio Margarito II)

Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito II was a Boxing Super Welterweight fight for the WBA Super World Super Welterweight championship. The bout was held on December 3, 2011 at the Madison Square Garden, in New York City, United States. When Cotto and Margarito met in 2008, they waged their memorable welterweight title bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Margarito came on strong in the fight's second half to stop Cotto in the 11th round of a bloody battle, a win was later tainted when Margarito was caught trying to enter the ring in his next fight, against Shane Mosley, wearing loaded hand wraps. Many believe he got away with wearing illegal gloves in the fight with Cotto.

The fight took place at the Madison Square Garden in New York City under the promotion of Top Rank. It's contested at 153 pounds, with Cotto defending his WBA light middleweight championship.
The fight was televised on HBO Pay-Per-View, with the cost to watch the fight at $55 in the U.S.
The 17,943rd and final ticket was sold on Thursday, December 1, 2011. It produced a sellout gate in excess of $3 million for the Pay Per View-televised rematch.

Hype
As part of the buildup for the fight, HBO's 24/7 produced an unprecedented three-part prelude. The series, titled Cotto-Margarito 24/7, aired installments on the final two Saturdays of November. Immediately following the back-to-back replay of both episodes of 24/7 COTTO/MARGARITO on Friday, Dec. 2 at 8:00 p.m., the half-hour special “24/7 Overtime: Cotto/Margarito” will be seen at 9:00 p.m.
The series focuses on each fighter's training and preparation for the bout.
HBO aired a brief interview, confrontational-styled show entitled, "Face Off" with Max Kellerman hosting and leading the conversation. Cotto brandishes pictures of Margarito’s hand wraps after the fight. Margarito’s left hand wrap is missing a chunk, creating a hole through which you can see right under the wrap.
During one installment of Cotto/Margarito 24/7, Margarito continuously professes his innocence in both cases. Margarito, as well as former trainer Capatillo, both claim to have no knowledge of the illegal substance discovered prior to the Mosley bout.
Margarito has stated that Cotto is just making excuses, with Capatillo arguing Cotto is just trying to sell the fight.

Bout
Cotto controlled the fight from the outset, landing at a high connect percentage and parrying and dodging the majority of Margarito's shots. Margarito's right eye began to swell after a gazing left jab by Cotto in round 4. In rounds 5 and 6, Margarito managed to land several uppercuts but they were not enough to stop Cotto. Doctors finally stopped the fight during the 10th round because of the worsening condition of Margarito's eye, awarding Cotto a 10th round TKO victory.

Fight Results:
Main Card
§  Super Welterweight Championship bout:  Miguel Cotto (c) vs.  Antonio Margarito
§  Cotto defeats Margarito via TKO at 3:00 of Round 9
§  Lightweight Championship bout:  Brandon Rios (c) vs.  John Murray
§  Rios defeats Murray via TKO at 2:06 of Round 11
§  Light Middleweight bout:  Pawel Wolak vs.  Delvin Rodriguez
§  Rodriguez defeats Wolak via Unanimous Decision. (98-91, 98-92, 100-90)
§  Welterweight bout:  Mike Jones vs.  Sebastian Andres Lujan
§  Jones defeats Lujan via Unanimous Decision. (118-110, 119-109, 119-109)

Preliminary Card
§  Light Heavyweight bout:  Mike Lee vs.  Allen Medina
§  Lee defeats Medina via Technical Knockout at 0:55 of the fourth round.
§  Light Heavyweight bout:  Sean Monaghan vs.  Santos Martinez
§  Monaghan defeats Martinez via Knockout at 2:56 of the second round.
§  Light Middleweight bout:  Glen Tapia vs.  Mike Ruiz
§  Tapia defeats Ruiz via Knockout at 2:27 of the second round.
§  Bantamweight bout:  Hanzel Martinez vs.  Felipe Castaneda
§  Martinez defeats Castaneda via Majority Decision. (39-37, 39-37, 38-38)
§  Welterweight bout:  Samuel Figueroa vs.  Latwon Halsey
§  Figueroa defeats Halsey via Split Decision. (38-37, 37-38, 39-36)
§  Featherweight bout:  Braulio Santos vs.  Tommy Garcia

Reported Fight Earnings
Promoter Bob Arum revealed that Cotto will be paid $5 million plus a larger percentage of the $54.95 pay-per-view sales for fighting Margarito on Dec. 3 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, where Cotto is 6-0 and is anticipated to draw a heavy crowd of supporters. Margarito, said Arum, will be paid $2.5 million plus a smaller pay-per-view percentage than Cotto.
§  Miguel Cotto $5,000,000 vs. Antonio Margarito $2,500,000
§  Brandon Rios $325,000 vs. John Murray $50,000
The fine will stand against Rios, who weighed in at 136.4 pounds and will forfeit $20,000 of his 325,000 purse. The Murray camp asked Rios to try to lose the weight, but failed to make the contracted 135-pound weight limit after three tries on the scale, an infraction that costs Rios his title in accordance with WBA rules. They cut a deal with Murray that he would weigh no greater than 10 pounds.

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