Invasion of the Body Snatchers: Miguel Cotto Defeats Alfonso Gomez

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Invasion of the Bodysnatchers: Miguel Cotto Defeats Alfonso Gomez

Miguel Cotto (32-0, 26 KOs) systematically dismantled Alfonso Gomez (18-4-2, 8 Kos), of Contender fame, tonight at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City tonight.

Round By Round

Cotto established his jab and body attack in the first round and never looked back. Cotto consistently beat Gomez to the punch and truly outclassed the popular Mexican fighter. At the end of round one, Cotto staggered Gomez with a jab to the body, then confidently stared him down as he returned to his corner.

Round two, Cotto continued to dominate Gomez with the jab and began to pick him apart. Gomez fell from being off balance and out boxed and the referee ruled it a knockdown.

Round three, Cotto came out extremely confident, and he seemed like he was treating the fight like a sparring session. At the end of the round, Cotto became the Bodysnatcher and dropped Gomez with a left to the solar plexus. Gomez showed heart in getting up.

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Round four, Cotto rips Gomez with every punch in the Book. Cotto looking very calm. By the end of the round the punches landed on Gomez totaled 60. Gomez’s face showed it.

Round five, more of the same. Cotto then dropped Gomez with a hard jab to the mug.

The ringside physican was kind enough to stop the massacre between rounds.

For Cotto, it was a very impressive performance. He really showed versatility with his jab being the main weapon in the fight. Cotto landed an impressive 188 of 369 punches (51 percent) while Gomez landed 63 of 316 (20 percent).

In the other fight in the Doubleheader, The Tijuana Tornado, Antonio Margarito (36-5, 26 KOs) dusted off Kermit Cnitron (29-2, 27 KOs) with a body shot in the sixth round to take one of the title belts three years after he first knocked Cintron out.

Margarito used a pressure, pressure, pressure approach on Cintron and was able to take the KO artists best shots.

Margarito used an uppercut, left, straight right, left hook to the body combo. The body shot put Cintron on ice.

Margarito landed 207 power punches to 89 for Cintron, and also landed 257 of 611 total punches (42 percent) to 30 percent for Cintron.

What does this all mean?

Well, it means that Cotto VS Margarito will probably happen in summertime.

Cotto might be better suited to try to set up a fight with Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather, because Margarito is so big.

But Miguel Cotto VS Antonio Margarito will be a huge fight. The winner will have some real leverage to get Mayweather in the ring at the end of the year or early ’09.

All of it is good for boxing.

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The Rest is Up to You…

Michael Porfirio Mason
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