Looking backwards: I think hatton was a harder fight for Floyd then cotto woulda been

not me, I knew Floyd would beat Hatton easy at the time, made money on that fight. Anyone who saw the Collazo fight knew it. Hatton can't manhandle WW's like he does to JrWW's.

What impressed me is that he got the stoppage. I thought Floyd's hands were way too brittle.

 

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i was actually impressed with the collazo fight. the first time at that level hatton was really taken out of his comfort zone. at a higher weight, fighting a tough fighter with a tough style. he took a lot of punishment that night and still came out the other side.

a lot of people picked floyd, same way a lot picked hatton, as i said it wasnt far off even. well played if you made money.

 

Style make fights, but lets remember a Cotto in his past drama free and hunger for boxing was in another level esp. over someone like Hatton. Cotto not only won his fights but physically broke down fighters and disfigure their faces. This would have been a tough match for Floyd at that time. Cotto was known for his pressure style and constant body attack. Little by little that began disappearing and his hunger for boxing as he admitted aside from all the serious problems in his life.

 

cotto was also known as being vulnerable back then. a good few boxers, including paulie had him shaken at one oint or another. hatton was seen as being more solid IMO

 

But what happend after Cotto at 147 was hit with many hard shots and even took many blows before going down. At 140 it was no secret the weight was a problem, but he was still able to destroy. He prove he could survive and adapt, something I hardly seen from Hatton.

 

To OP - no.

Cotto would be 10X harder for PBF. It does not mean Cotto would win - I seriously doubt it. But Cotto would have not ran in to a check hook and check the ring post.

When Cotto is in trouble, he actually backs down and shell up. Hatton will always try to lunge forward and grapple. That is his style. Cotto does get hit, but no where near the level of Hatton. Hatton gets away from getting hit harder because he grapples. It wears his opponent down physically, not technically.

Cotto throws punches behind his jab. Hatton power punches inside once he bullies himself in. Cotto's style has a better chance of hitting PBF.

Cotto loses UD or a small chance of winning SD.
Hatton UD at best, or TKO with PBF 9 out of 10 (always a punchers chance).

 

time did prove that yes, up until margo. but still question marks were there at the time.

im not saying a cotto figt shouldnt have happened, it should have. but not instead of the hatton fight.

 

We will never know, I know it's bad and unfair to compare fights, but if judah who lost composure and was able to make it competitive and even drop Floyd at one point that wasn't rule a knockdown and hurt Floyd in the beginning, Cotto could have make this fight real close and exciting. Floyd has face great fighters and his resume at 147 had ? until his Mosley fight. But there is a lot of what ifs if Floyd ever decides to step more often in the ring with the bigger guys at 147 that put constant pressure, have power, or throw high volume of punches such as a Margarito or Williams.

 

no way!!

Floyd ducks hatton at 140 but Floyd saw the Hatton-Colazo fight at 147 and got the hint he can beat hatton. So the fight was made.

Floyd ducks Cotto at 140, then 147, then he duck & retires, then comeback fight smaller guys, then fights older guys, then duck pac. Floyd will not fight cotto coz the only guys who beat cotto are the 2 who floyd ducks. Stop dreaming.

 

Actually, Floyd wanted Cotto at 140. Of course, Cotto was 23 YO with only 22-24 fights.

 

Of course not because of the money involve, but trust me a lot of the hardcore boxing fans would have def. prefer the Cotto and Floyd fight. It just made more sense at the time for excitement for the fans.

The Margarito fight just show who Cotto really was and great example even with a lost how Cotto is still in another level than Hatton. He show a different Cotto with other abilities that I doubt Hatton could have duplicate or even gone that far with someone like Margarito that has now ***

Some say his chin is suspect, but did you see how many shots he took and even when he was down really didn't seem hurt. But tired and overwhelm as he admitted with the constant blood and cuts he has to endure round by round. Hatton would have def. been more of a one sided fight.

 

You only need about 5 to 10 fights in MMA to be a champ, just playing... Had to throw some humor in here.

 

Less if you're Brock Lesner!

I hear ya...you know me, don't mind taking a dig at Floyd "the King of Queens" Mayweather.

 

Great post. Also people are acting like cotto is some chump. Do we forget that his ONLY 2 losses were against fighters that hit hard, could easily throw 100 punches per round and were at their primes. That alone lets you know that floyd would have to do a whole lot to beat cotto (not saying that it is impossible). I think cotto had the best set of tools to beat floyd in 2007.