Cotto-Margarito: Tale of the Tape
Posted by Ramon Aranda on 07.24.2008
A look at how they stack up on paper.
We're only days away from the highly anticipated matchup between WBA welterweight champ Miguel Cotto and former two-time champ Antonio Margarito as they clash on Saturday night in Las Vegas. You often here about how guys stack up against each other "on paper" and usually it's by going over their record, stats and physical attributes. When you see a fight on HBO, you get to see such numbers and today, we present you with those stats.
From the numbers, you can see that Margarito holds an edge in physical attributes but as we've all come to understand, that doesn't necessarily mean a lick when two fighters step into the ring. Still it's a fight that all fans and writers alike have been dissecting for weeks and weeks and we'll finally get to see who the better 147-pounder is when two worlds collide on July 26th.
Remaining tickets to "The Battle!" -- the four-fight pay-per-view headlined by the Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito world welterweight championship -- priced at $700, $500, $300, $200 and $100, can be purchased at the MGM Grand Garden Arena box office and at all Las Vegas Ticketmaster locations (select Smith's Food and Drug Centers, Macy's West at the Fashion Show Mall, and Ritmo Latino.) Ticket sales are limited to eight (8) per person. To charge by phone with a major credit card, call Ticketmaster at (702) 474-4000 or MGM Grand at (800) 929-1111. Tickets are also available for purchase at www.mgmgrand.com or www.ticketmaster.com.
The Cotto vs. Margarito pay-per-view telecast, beginning at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT, has a suggested retail price of $49.95, will be produced and distributed by HBO Pay-Per-View.
