Hatton vs. Cotto - Resume

other then spectacularly KTFO out of an unknown contender what has urango ever done, torres won a world title and defended it thats the major difference

 

Thats not fair they both fought a young version of the fighter - Hatton just dealt with him a hell of a lot better then a weight struggling Cotto.

 

I knew out of all that I wrote someone would pick that last comment up.

Yea, I'd place Torres above the Urango win too - but I really don't think Torres has done enough for a victory over him to be held with real high esteem. I think the fact that he can punch, and is exiting - clouds a lot of peoples judgement of him.

Anyway, as I said originally I'd place a Torres win over one over Urango - so I agree with you.

 

Cotto has a better resume and is a better fighter. There's not much in it at 140 but I do give the edge to Cotto there as he beat better comp, and above 140 there's no comparison. OK, Cotto lost to Margarito, but Cotto would brutalize Collazo far easier than Hatton beat him, and at 147 Margarito annihilates Hatton easier than he did Cotto.

Hatton's win over Tszyu beats anything on Cotto's res, but that's the only thing I find in his favour in this comparison.

 

malanaggi looked bad when he fought Herman Ngoudjo a fight he should have lost and he also looked terrible against ndou in the rematch he didint perform this bad before cotto fought him, as 1 sided as hattons victory was i think cottos win against malanaggi is much stronger then hattons,

 

Who did Cotto beat at 140 that came close to the Tszue win? Pauli was widely seen as Cottos best win there, and Hatton did a more convincing job on him (I know styles make fights etc).

Hatton definitely has the better resume at 140, imo, but I'd give it to Cotto overall.

 

why are people making such an issue out of cotto getting hurt by corley the guy had PBF badly stunned

 

even though he was past it i think tyszu would have beat every 1 in the top 10 back then may be even now, he still was a solid fighter

 

Personally I just think that Pauli may not have been that good in the first place. Those fights you talk about, where he looked bad, are the only sucessful title defences he has ever made.

The guy had just turned 28 when he met Hatton, and has had no real injuries (except for had issues which he has had all his career). I really don't think its fair to say the version Cotto faced just 2 years earlier was amazingly better. He may have performed better on the night, but that's something different.

 

:bart

imo, the hatton stoppage was pre mature & paulie took much more punishment in the cotto fight. the post visuals speak for itself...

and immediately after the hatton fight paulie said, "i took more waay more punishment and was more hurt in the fight with cotto........."
-paulie malignaggi

its one thing to compare and make assumptions based on what we see and another when it comes out of the fighters mouth.

***cotto softened paulie up for everyone that fought him afterwards.***

 

Tszyu is only one fight Jon. Looking at their whole resumes, for me Cotto's is clearly stronger.

For instance, had Hatton fought Margarito that night, Margo would've crushed him in a couple of rounds IMO. If Hatton had fought Mosley that night, I think Mosley would've comfortably beaten Hatton.

Would Cotto have beaten Tszyu that night?? I think he would.

Cotto has had better comp in his career and is a better fighter.

IMO.

 

You can't just look at wins.

Hatton's only loss was to the P4P#1, best of his generation.

Cotto lost to a more limited version of Hatton who has multiple losses and is nowhere near the best of his era.

That worsens Cotto's resume in comparison to Hatton's.

 

I agree overall, Cotto has the stronger resume, but at 140 alone it's Hatton for me - in fact pretty clearly.

 

What would have happened if it was Margarito v Hatton that night instead of Margarito v Cotto?? Margarito may not be the p4p match of Mayweather, but for a guy the size of Cotto or Hatton to fight him at 147 is a brutal challenge. Your point is worthless IMO.

 

Has to be done on a P4P basis.

Cotto's a natural 147 fighter. He got beat on by a natural 147 fighter who isn't great by any means.

If Hatton fought a 140 version of Margo, I'd fancy his chances.