Cotto vs. Margarito 2: Why Epic Rematch Would Be Better Suited for UFC

Saturday night's rematch between junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto and challenger Antonio Margarito was made for the Octagon rather than a four-corner ring.

The July 2008 bout between the two fighters ended in typical UFC fashion, a TKO victory for Margarito who was accused of using hardened hand wraps shortly after. 

Now, boxing gloves aren't exactly pillows, but they pale in comparison to UFC gloves. 

Perhaps Margarito secretly aspires to be an ultimate fighter rather than a boxer, and that's why he dips his fists into concrete before every fight, allegedly.

Personally, this fight would make a better UFC main event rather than a boxing main event.

There are rules in boxing, and there are rules in UFC, but far less. 

Cotto no doubt wants to cause serious physical harm to Margarito after he beat Cotto's face in three years ago, but how can he do that with Sock'em Boppers on his hands?

Margarito is out to prove he won cleanly over Cotto the first time around, but he'll have to bob and weave his way to victory rather than take the Puerto Rican to the ground and submit him.

As UFC quickly swallows up boxing as the world's best fighting spectacle, boxing's best matchups seem overshadowed by an average quality UFC fight. 

What's better than ultimate? 

Nothing because it's ultimate, the best, supreme.

Cotto vs. Margarito Part II is better suited for the Octagon. The two could settle one of the greatest out-of-the-ring rivalries boxing has ever seen, and do so while using every fighting tactic available to man.

Margarito could even bring his plastered hand wraps.