Cotto Is Not The Same Since Margarito??

yeah I have been following his career since 2004. to me, he kept improving up to the mosley fight and he looked his best against mosley. since the margo loss he got an ok ko over a B- level fighter in Jennings and barely edged out a close decision against clottey. he fought a lot smarter vs shane and even margo than he did with clottey. he hasnt shown me anything that would indicate he's 100% back to his old self.

 

No one with a pulse had fought him before Cotto. Every pro boxer deserves respect and it is an impressive feat to win any title however minor, but when you are talking about a context involving a potential HoFer (Cotto) that sort of justification doesn't fly. Any top welter would destroy him, and wins over nobodies who had already been beaten just as/more convincingly by other journeyman right before their fights does not prove anything on the global scene.

It doesn't say a lot.

 

that's what i'm saying. I dont know why it's so controversial.

 

I don't know how people come to such a drastic conclusion based on one fight. He beat Jennings up, so its only the Clottey fight we can be referring to.

Just because he had a close fight with a very very strong guy that is difficult to hit clean nevermind hurt. What's to say he wouldn't have struggled before the Margarito fight when confronted with this opponent? Also there was a big cut...

I wouldn't rule it out because of the nature of the Margarito loss but I also wouldn't say its proven to be the case.

 

Mosley looked good in that fight, Cotto just looked better.

 

well he's definatley returning to the scene of the crime. i remember him saying he doesn't like las vegas even before fought margarito.

 

that post was supose to say shane and margo

could mosley have been made to look like compelete ass because cotto was on top of his game?

 

That might be the case everytime Mosley gets in the ring now, he's unpredictable. I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't look that good against Berto.