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Pacquiao vs Cotto or Mayweather vs Gatti????

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PaoloMirani said: ↑

Pac would've hattone'd the best version of Gatti.
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have you seen Gatti's chin

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COLD-HARD-TRUTH said: ↑

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BrooklynMumin said: ↑

Which fight is more impressive? Personally to me Mayweather destroyed Gatti and that to me was Seriously impressive. What does the forum think?
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Are you serious? Gatti lost to every elite fighter he had faced prior to Mayweather and he wasn't even the real champion at 140. Yeah Floyd looked impressive but the differnece is, Manny was facing an elite opponent in Cotto. Not Gatti with all of those losses and who had been in countless wars.
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I cant dignify this stupidity with an intelligent response.
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I doubt you're capable of an intelligent response.
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:nod

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bballchump11 said: ↑

have you seen Gatti's chin
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Ok my fault, Pac would've margaritoed the best version of Gatti.

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COLD-HARD-TRUTH said: ↑

In my opinion, you have to consider the level of competition and relavancy of the fight when you rate the performance. In terms of hitting and not getting hit, yes Floyd's performance far surpassed Manny's against Cotto. But when you consider the fact that Cotto was competitive with Pacquiao the first have of the fight, was ranked in the the top 10 P4P when they fought and was the bigger fighter... I rate Pacquiao's performance as being more impressive. Impressive the beating he gave Cotto, and also the punishment he absorbed. What leaves me unimpressed about Floyd is that he retired instead of facing Cotto a few years ago. To me its all about the level of competition...thats what you have to use to gauge the fight. What Floyd did to Corrales...now that was impressive....and I believe that would have been a better comparison to Manny vs. Cotto because that fight had relevancy and Floyd was facing an elite P4P opponent at the time.
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I agree from a legacy standpoint Cotto at the time was the better win.

Regarding Floyd-Cotto, Team Cotto turned down PBF twice at 140 b/c they felt it wasn't a good time to have that fight. PBF must have felt the same way.

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PaoloMirani said: ↑

Ok my fault, Pac would've margaritoed the best version of Gatti.
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Ok that's better. Gatti has one of the best chins I ever saw and his heart is atg

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BrooklynMumin said: ↑

yory boy was on the downside of his career. I did see that fight.
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Andf how impressive was it to you? Was it masterful? :huh

BTW... so was Gatti.

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Ring Master said: ↑

I agree from a legacy standpoint Cotto at the time was the better win.

Regarding Floyd-Cotto, Team Cotto turned down PBF twice at 140 b/c they felt it wasn't a good time to have that fight. PBF must have felt the same way.
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true, also this is a good article about that. http://www.boxingnews24.com/2010/12/mayweather-didnt-duck-margarito-or-cotto/

I know boxing news can be biased, but he back every thing he says with facts and sources:deal

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I'm late on this one. My vote is Mayweather/Gatti. That was maybe the best performance I've ever personally seen. People on here saying that Gatti was a punching bag must have forgot that his boxing and defensive skills were sharpen tremendous by Buddy Mcgirt.

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I guess I'll be "that guy" and be the first one to say I was FAR more impressed with Pacquiao vs. Cotto than Mayweather vs. Gatti. The reason, for me, is where the fighters were at during their careers when the fights happened. To say Gatti was on the downslide when Floyd fought him would be a dramatic understatement, not to mention Gatti didn't have a lot of boxing skills (he just had ten times more heart than most fighters that stepped into the ring with him). Gatti was tailor-made for Floyd - a guy that couldn't adjust in the ring or slip punches. He didn't have the pedigree that Floyd had.

Cotto, on the other hand, was very much still in his prime (only one loss to Margarito, which in itself was questionable after the hand wrap incident came out). Additionally, Cotto had a superb amateur pedigree. Cotto was quick, strong, smart and determined. He had both the skills AND the heart to be a very dangerous opponent. Manny, however, solved Cotto and eventually had to look at the ref (Kenny Bayless) several times pleading with him to stop the fight. To me, Pacquiao's win over Cotto is head and shoulders above Floyd's win over Gatti.

To me, Floyd's win over Corrales was just as dominant as his win over Gatti. The difference is that Corrales was undefeated and at the height of his career (arguably) when they fought, not to mention that he had some of the boxing tools Gatti didn't. Floyd vs. Corrales was FAR more impressive a master class from Floyd than Gatti was, given the opponent.
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Very well said...

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bballchump11 said: ↑

true, also this is a good article about that. http://www.boxingnews24.com/2010/12/mayweather-didnt-duck-margarito-or-cotto/

I know boxing news can be biased, but he back every thing he says with facts and sources:deal
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Thanks

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Gatti vs Mayweather. Floyd completely dominated him. Gatti never had a moment in that fight.

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Cotto Pacquiao was a great fight
But mayweather gatti was a masterpiece, it was a special night for floyd, and a great fight to watch

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I remember rooting against Mayweather in that fight... I was just in awe and shock at how easy it was.

The performance vs Gatti was better but the victory vs Cotto meant more.

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I love how Pac vs. Margarito was a fight vs. someone he was tailor made for, said by most Floyd fanatics as a way to lessen the fight, yet Floyd vs. Gatti is a ****in masterpiece!! And people wonder why Floyd fanatics are seen as ****...

Lance_Uppercut, Dec 7, 2010

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gatti according to floyd was a c class club fighter. So there you have it.

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