Cotto vs Chavez @147

(Cotto pre Margarito)Who wins?
P4P i think chavez was the better fighter but at welterweight i personally think cotto is too strong as he is a more natural Welterweight. Chavez had the better chin even at 147. I would give the speed and power advantage to Cotto at welterweight in my opinion Cotto is a underrated boxer(pure boxing skills) and he would be able to outbox chavez however chavez was relentless coming foward and has a strong chance of wearing down cotto and stopping him late like margarito did.

Cotto comes out putting on pressure and stalks his opponent but he often back peddles if he cant hurt them for e.g. Margarito and there are some others also. I feel this fight would be like margarito fight(although i think margarito cheated in that fight) but chavez doesnt have the size advantage that margarito had-4 inches in height- although he is similar size to cotto on paper, he would be at a size disadvantage as cotto is the naturally bigger guy.
On Paper
Cotto- height:5'7" / 170cm reach: 67" / 170cm
Chavez height:5'7.5"/ 171cm reach: 68" / 173cm

Chavez was also about 30 years old and past his best when he moved upto Welterweight where as Cotto was at his prime at Welterweight.

I presonally think Cotto outboxes him early to open up a good lead then Chavez comes on strong late(RD7-10) but Cotto regains control in the last couple of rounds to get the UD-112-116.

Who do you think would win and how?

 

Chavez at 147 wasnt quicker than cotto, he didnt hit harder and wasnt as physically strong as cotto either at 147, only thing he had going for him in my opinion was his toughness, he was able to take a far better punch and also didnt cut like cotto either. Margarito cheated in my opinion, you just cant do that to someones face with the amount of time margarito was hit him, pacquiao hit him more often and more cleanly and has more power than margarito and still didnt manage to damage cotto's face like margarito did. I had the mosley fight 115-113 in favour of Cotto (and gave one close round which could have gone either way to mosley) and mosley even admited after the fight he thought cotto had the slight edge in the fight and deserved the win.

 

At 140, chavez wears cotto down and wins via TKO alate in my opinion but at 147 cotto was a improved fighter with a better chin and stronger and chavez was that little bit older aswell at 147 compared with 140. P4P chavez anyday, but @147 cotto 8 out of 10 times for me.