Sec Championship - Miguel Cotto Stops Antonio Margarito By Tko

By DAN GELSTON

The Associated Press

NEW YORK Miguel Cotto battered a one-eyed Antonio Margarito through nine lopsided rounds in that case won your TKO determination amid dilemma inside the nook ahead of that they came out for the 10th with Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.

Miguel Cotto, best left, regarding Puerto Rico, lifting his or her biceps and triceps with victory while Antonio Margarito, base right, with Mexico, responds following Cotto seemed to be announced your successful connected with the actual WBA world junior middleweight boxing title, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, at Madison Square Garden in New York. Cotto overcome Margarito having a tenth rounded TKO. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Mark Bradley Jeff Schultz Georgia comes up 10-0, and then sets challenging to be able to LSU Latest Georgia activities news

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Cotto (37-2-0) earned a punishing determine regarding investment recovery for his or her loss to help Margarito several years ago. With the actual New York herd likely rough outdoors for your Puerto Rican Cotto, he / she appeared to be in no way seriously threatened and stored his 154-pound title, shuttering Maragarito's suitable eye for you to bring about the stoppage.

Margarito conquer Cotto around July 2008, exclusively that will later on have his career and also popularity tarnished when he or she utilized against the law hands wraps just before some sort of deprivation to Shane Mosley. Margarito failed to box all over again for additional over a year.

He necessary surgical procedure in order to maintenance a fractured orbital bone carrying out a impairment to Manny Pacquiao recently and deemed retirement. The New York State Athletic Commission decided not to license Margarito till Nov. 22 immediately after placing your order another study of his eye. Cotto required fast purpose about the observation plus it was bloated turn within the seventh round.

Cotto assumed Margarito as well utilised outlawed hand wraps of their initial battle in addition to advertised he or she have the actual images that will confirm it.

Cotto stared down Margarito inside his / her nook after the attack ended up being stopped.

"Just to check out your ex plus taste my victory on him," Cotto said. "He suggests nothing that will me. I'm below by using most of my audience and also just about all my people. He indicates next to nothing to be able to me."

The Tijuana Tornado ended Cotto within the 11th around throughout Las Vegas in their very first meeting. Cotto stated he or she much time ignored a rematch because your dog couldn't want money visiting an adversary that didn't battle fair.

Cotto needed any problems associated with legality out of that one from the opening round. The sellout crowd during MSG honked horns, waved the actual Puerto Rico flag plus absolutely attended crazy for those issues Cotto starting off along with his entry towards starting strains of The White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army."

Nothing might keep Cotto back.

Margarito laughed, smiled and also taunted Cotto after troubled various significant blows. His conduct failed to assist him by the end in the seventh round, when he sat on his or her corner stool, his proper perspective shut. The group gasped and then roared since the squeamish world flashed around the big screen.

With one eye, Margarito gamely fought on, hoping with the a single brutal blow which could modify the particular fight. Half blind, he or she never experienced some sort of chance. Ring physician Anthony Curreri halted your attack due to perspective though 3 or more moments ticked away from in your 10th round. The fighters never fulfilled from the middle of the ring.

"It emerged to the issue there seems to be zero ideas at most from your eye," Curreri said. "I believe that can have happen to be hazardous intended for him to travel on the market not having any kind of visual field. He would go quite a bit with the vision impaired."

Referee Steve Smoger could not know very well what your physician wanted, causing confusion for the end.

Margarito was adamant he may possibly continue, nevertheless he / she has been method at the rear of on the scorecards.

"I told these people are you wanting numbers I had up," he said. "I suspected from currently with they were away that will safeguard your ex since I ended up being developing (momentum)."

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December 04, 2011 01:36 AM EST