Who will be fighting the better version of Cotto?

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  1. Baldwin

    Baldwin Boxing Addict banned

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    Im saying pbf will be. Cotto is great at 154. Looks super in his fight with margo.

    Cotto is at his best right now.

    Thoughts??
     
  2. StreetsofRAGE

    StreetsofRAGE Ballin Full Member

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    I think Cotto is at his best right now. Coming off 3 good wins, after avenging one of his only 2 losses, and fighting at a comfortable weight of 154, as opposed to a full 9 pounds lower down at 145. Pac had to weight drain Cotto because he was scared of facing him at full power. Floyd will do no such thing so this will be the better version of Cotto, and possibly the best version we've seen.
     
  3. buckdacious

    buckdacious Sin~City punks!!! Full Member

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    Mayweather will, like he fought all the better versions of common oppenets because hes the best. Cotto looks great at 154 and has had time since the bricks did him in. this makes pac look like a fool once again
     
  4. anthony jr

    anthony jr Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Cotto was at 147 when PAC fought him so it was 2lbs don't twist ****. I don't care which version is better it is all just a bull**** bargaining tool in the pac roid v void negotiations. Both should grow a pair and fight
     
  5. Nopporn

    Nopporn Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Then what? Cotto will get beat up anyway.:lol:
     
  6. VX.Nefarious

    VX.Nefarious Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Pac fought a better version, Cotto has yet to beat the best at 154, beating a one legged "champ" dose not make him #1 at that weight. :rofl



    Mayorga was way past his best
     
  7. m8te

    m8te Oh you ain't know? Full Member

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    the more natural weight coupled with the conquering of his margarito demons will produce a better version of cotto for mayweather
     
  8. Post Box

    Post Box I'm back too, bitches Full Member

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    Before beating a a shell of Margarito he was widely considered past prime on this forum
     
  9. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    Floyd vs. 154 Cotto in 2012 is better than Pac vs. 145 Cotto in 2009.

    Cotto that Floyd will face is further removed from defeat than when he faced Pac.
     
  10. BobDigi5060

    BobDigi5060 East Side MMA Full Member

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    :deal

    Let's not forget that in 2012 Pac wanted Cotto to come down in weight while Mayweather steps up in weight like a man.
     
  11. seansanashee

    seansanashee Boxing Addict Full Member

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    2lbs below welterweight limit, How did Pacquiao win the welterweight title?
     
  12. 1lehudson

    1lehudson Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Anyone that has ever had to cut weight would never say that 2lbs don't matter. Not only does cutting past your comfort zone affect you physically but it throws your whole mindset off.

    If draining fighters wasn't a factor team pac wouldn't have said they wouldn't fight cotto if he weighed in at 147.
     
  13. puertorricane

    puertorricane Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This thread is one of the reasons i stopped coming to ESB boxing forum, damn why does everything has to be a pac vs floyd thing. Every single detail gets scrutinize and compared to either pac or floyd. Front page is filled with threads about floyd or pac and this announcement. There is more to boxing than just floyd and pac.

    Cotto vs floyd is a good fight lets face it cotto is not the same since his first margarito fight but he still is a world class boxer. So this is a good test for floyd to show he still is one of the best p4p. Neither pac nor floyd would be facing the best cotto because he hasnt been his best since margacheato ruined him with his plasters. But having said that he's a good boxer puncher that can still give any fighter problems including floyd and a rematch with pac.

    :hat
     
  14. Vitor Belfort

    Vitor Belfort Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Lmaoooo *****s claimed cotto was never the same after the margarito beating. U tell me 2 brutal beatdown later floyd finally wants cotto
     
  15. 1lehudson

    1lehudson Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Floyd tried to fight cotto before he left top rank and arum wouldn't make the fight.