Margarito still targeting Cotto after edging Jones

By Daily Sports on September 4, 2017

A day after former welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (41-8, 27 KOs) won a 7 round technical decision victory over American Carson Jones (40-12-3, 30) last Saturday night, Margarito was still talking about wanting to fight Miguel Cotto (41-5, 33 KOs) in a rubber match.

Margarito had all he could handle beating the journeyman Carson Jones by the controversial scores 68-64, 67-65 and 67-65. The fight was stopped at the end of round 7 because of a cut Margarito had suffered in round 2 over his right eye.

Jones fought well enough to win rounds 4, 5, 6 and 7. However, Jones lost a point in round 5 with him accidentally head-butting Margarito. Jones dominated the action, but the point deduction made it a 9-9 even round. The fight should have been scored a draw instead of a win for Margarito, as he clearly lost rounds 4, 6 and 7.

Jones had Margarito hurt in the 7th round in the last moments of the round. Margarito was backed against the ropes, taking withering fire from Jones as the round ended.

“Jones was very dirty,” said Margarito to fightnews.com. “The whole fight he gave me head butts and from the second round the cut constantly affected me. I was telling the referee to watch for his head butts, but in the end justice was done,” said Margarito.

”I will continue in my goal to seek a fight with Miguel Cotto,” said Margarito.

Margarito will soon need to give up on his dream of fighting Cotto one more time, as the Puerto Rican fighter will be disappearing into retirement after December.

It would be forlorn for Margarito to still be calling out Cotto once the Puerto Rican fighter retires from boxing at the end of December. Margarito would be better off calling out someone like David Lemieux, Errol Spence Jr. or Terence Crawford. At least those guys aren’t retiring in December like Cotto.

•Photo shows Antonio Margarito.

Source Daily Sports

Posted September 4, 2017


 

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