Is Miguel Cotto A Legit Opponent for Floyd Mayweather in May?

Bradley and Peterson are junior welterweights.

Granted, Tim showed he could hang against Abregu and Lamont probably can eventually move up with some success as well - but for now they're perfect fits at 140, and we know PBF isn't going to meet them that low.

I have no interest in seeing them against Mayweather at 147...not because they aren't great fighters (they both are) - they're just badly outsized and even if they weren't at a size disadvantage they'd still come up short against May. They're great, he's greater. And bigger to boot. It wouldn't be quite as bad as Mayweather-Marquez, but in the same category. Good little man vs. better bigger man.

Agree about Cotto being the best JMW. It's weird that there is even any dissent about that. It seems like it should be unanimous at this point. Once you get past the top few (Cotto, Lara, Molina) the division is weak as hell and has been for a while. It isn't like it's bursting with all this talent that you could argue putting ahead of Cotto.

It's also the biggest $ match-up to be made at the weight, or second biggest after Canelo (if you include all the Mexican pesos in the pot)

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No explanation should be required when the number 1 ww faces the number 1 lmw.

 

C'mon bro you are making too much sense business wise this is boxing here...
(They will just stack the undercard with us brown people as part of the package)

IF you make it, They will buy the PPV... :|

But the answer is: YES, Cotto is an absolute legit opponent. (#1 @154lbs)
(Rather this than Vs. Pac II)

 

Yeah, I don't get this either... Everyone knows we can just forget about Martinez. It's not happening. Cotto is exponentially more viable at 154 than nearly any other pick, including Canelo. Who the hell has Canelo beaten to this point that would make that fight legitimate?

 

Don't get me wrong, the name cotto will look better than the name bradley or peterson.

I just think moving up is a better contextual move than moving down.

Bradley has enough skill to hang at the weight and peterson is big enough to hang there.

Cotto throughout his career has began to show vulnerability whenever he's due a move up in weight (torres, clottey, pac)

Moving down in weight will almost guarantee a knockout loss for miguel.

 

Cottos the 2nd most overrated fighter on esb. I don't want to see mayweather school a hype job who's last 3 wins have been against shot injured fighter. I don't think mayweathers gonna fight cotto. Cotto already lost to PAC and would be seen as fighting pacs leftovers

 

Wait a minute I thought Cotto is shot like a lot of floyd fans claim?

 

:roll: A lot, huh?

 

If PBF fights on at light middleweight, who's better?

 

Yes a lot! Umm go look at old threads. I was always the one defending cotto and most floyd would claim he is shot even after just the margarito beatdown.

 

Did they really? :roll:

People said he was shot? "A lot" of people did?

You sure maybe they weren't saying that the plaster wraps (once Brother Naz exposed them) and before that just the beating itself from Margarito had "ruined" Cotto, both in terms of his punch resistance and confidence.

Because I remember "a lot" of people making those type of comments.

I don't remember "a lot" of people claiming that the man then in his late twenties at the time he lost to Pacquiao was "shot".