UFC fans can understand the idea of revenge, which plays into a lot of fights in the octagon, and they should be able to appreciate its role in boxing when Miguel Cotto takes on Antonio Margarito at Madison Square Garden in December. Not only will Cotto try to retain his WBA light middleweight super championship, he’ll look to avenge one of his two professional losses.
Cotto Margarito Odds – Saturday, December 3rd, 10:00 PM ET
Cotto (36-2, 29 KOs) has belts in three weight classes and he is a fan among price per head sports fans because of his all-action style, but he lost to Margarito in 2008 under controversial circumstances: Margarito was found to have wrapped his hands in plaster in his next fight, a loss to Shane Mosley, and many suspect they were wrapped for the Cotto fight. Cotto has bounced back, but he hasn’t looked the same since that 11th-round TKO.
Margarito (38-7, 27 KOs, 1 NC) shares one thing with Cotto: he also received a beating from pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao that forced him to recuperate and move up a weight class. Margarito’s reputation has been hit by the plaster controversy, which takes away from his past, when he was a champion at the welterweight division.
Cotto comes into this fight as a -205 favorite over Margarito, who is a dangerous +165, and Cotto would love nothing more than to prove he is the better man. He never gave up in the first fight, it was his corner that threw in the towel. You have to factor in location: Cotto, who is Puerto Rican, gets a lot of support in New York and he is 8-0 in New York, including 6-0 at MSG. Take Miguel Cotto in your sport betting picks.
