Cotto v Pacquiao - Has there ever been a higher quality 1st 4 rounds in a fight?

Boxing at its highest level

 

Sure, plenty of fights. But that first quarter of the fight was damn good.

For me though Trinidad vs Vargas had a better first 4 rounds imo. Talk about a nailbiter of a fight

 

Canelo-GGG I, Canelo-GGG II, Leonard-Benitez, Moore-Johnson V, Mayweather-Marquez

 

Morales vs Pacquiao, Pacquiao vs Marquez, Barrera vs Morales, Vasquez vs Marquez, Corrales vs Castillo and Canelo vs GGG 2 just to name a few

 

Tbh pop I was really impressed with the first 4 rounds here, Pacman was at his absolute zenith as a fighter.

 

I dont know what was really "impressed " Cotto was getting a beating he never won one round out of the first 4 rounds

 

It's not what was impressed, it's who was impressed, and the answer to that question is me.

 

i liked this fight alot
it was great to watch

 

The absolute pinnacle for Roidquiao.

 

I can't think of another fight that would be more fitting as his pinnacle tbh.

 

Mayweather Marquez... Seriously? I might be recalling it wrong but I remember it as a fairly boring and very one sided

 

Yeah that floyd vs marquez fight was sad it wasnt a good look for either side

 

Higher quality? Sure, Cotto was a really solid technician, but not a great one. As far as excitement, it was great, however. Back-and-forth action, drama, a couple knockdowns by Pacquiao, and hard shots landed by Cotto (which was particularly exciting because we didn't yet know how Pacquiao would respond to a welterweight punch).

 

Against a weight drained low confidence fighter who just had the shid beat out of him previously.

 

Against Miguel Cotto.