Better resume: Cotto or Mayweather(Read before voting)

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  1. mick557

    mick557 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    The question is who has the better resume not who is the better fighter(Mayweather obviously).

    So if you take away there fight against each other who has the better record?
     
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    tliang1000 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    NOT EVEN CLOSE. Please tell me this is a joke....
     
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    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    Cotto fought the better fighters. Floyd had more success.

    Floyd.
     
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    mick557 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Surely thats an argument for Cotto.
     
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    tliang1000 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    name the big names that Floyd fought than Cotto, Then go for there. just the names should give u the answer. Then factor in who is multi division, amatuer pedigree, record. Floyd distances cotto by couple miles.
     
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  6. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    No. On a resume do you put down the jobs you applied for but failed to get?

    resumes highlight accomplishments. If that was the case, my man Oscar would be a top 5 ATG
     
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    Floyd with ease.:lol:
     
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  8. The Mongoose

    The Mongoose I honor my bets banned

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    :think I have to say its pretty close...


    NO, seriously its not. Mayweather.

    Cotto has a very good resume though.
     
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    Floyds 130lb career by itself is more accomplished then Cottos entire career.
     
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    :rofl
     
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    Cotto best wins.

    Clottey (I thought he lost)
    Margo 2nd rematch (Revenge win but Pac ****ed margo's eye up)
    Mosley (His best Win)

    I will even throw in undefeated Quintana as a good win. As Quintana went on to beat the much feared paul williams.

    But that really wraps it up right there.

    Floyd time

    Oscar
    Mosley
    Hatton
    Corrales
    Castillo x 2
    Marquez
    Coralles
    Hernandez
     
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    mick557 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Of course I dont count a loss as an accomplishment. But its better than not facing the person at all.
     
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    Floyd's resume at the lower weights is always overlooked. Cotto is my favorite fighter and has truly taken a tougher road than Floyd at 147 and above, but he also lost a couple of those fights.
     
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    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    Agreed on that, but Floyd's work at 130 and 135 sets him apart from Cotto quite clearly, on top of holding a W over Cotto himself and over and Mosley much clearer than Cotto did.

    Floyd has the better resume and is a higher ATG. Floyd is top 50 for sure and Cotto maybe, MAYBE top 100.
     
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  15. jeffjoiner

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    That is why Cotto gets more universal respect than Floyd.

    Cotto took on Margo, Pac, and a younger better Mosley. Mayweather's only blatant duck was Margo, and he fought an old ass Mosley. His JMM was a farce of a fight and he didn't even try to make weight.

    Cotto will go down as a guy who took on all comers, won a lot and lost a few. Mayweather will always be perceived as a cherry picker; largely by guys who didn't see his lower weight career.
     
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