Lol cool. To be honest, it's been almost two years since I watched that Cotto fight. Probably don't remember it as well as I should.
I watched it just recently, more recently than the other two. May be swaying my opinion :conf Oh well, got to go out :good
I voted Khan thinking for some reason the poll was for the most dominant win. I think the best Paulie win is the Hatton one because they were both considered some of the best at 140 lbs. But I think Cotto beat the better Paulie out of the three. It was after the Cotto fight Paulie gave us his best career performance, by the time he fought Hatton he had already started looking like a lesser fighter. With Khan I just think it was bad style match up. Amir has a similar style but is longer, faster and stronger.
I really think that the Paulie that fought Cotto would have beaten Hatton and Khan. He was faster and slicker then. He'd have boxed circles around hatton as he wouldnt have been 'mcgirt'ed ' yet. He would have IMO been the faster in the Khan and him match and could outjab ANYBODY at that time in his career. Cotto has gone on and been basically undefeated since then. I discount the Pac fight because losing to Pac really isn't a strike against you and margo cheated. It really would have been interesting to see what would have happened had his hands stayed fresh and had he had more bite to his punches.
The Malignaggi fight was one of Khan's best performances to date. He retained his composure throughout, and picked his shots beautifully, keeping his work rate and power at a consistent level up until the stoppage.
Hatton and it isn't even close. Cotto may have beat paulie at his very best, however it was an incredibly close fight, and the fact he fractured his jaw and couldn't stop him lessens the extent of his victory again. Hatton dominated from the second round and paulie couldn't do **** all. Also consider Hatton wasn't at his best for this fight and Cotto was pretty much prime
Hatton shouldn't be on the poll. Hatton was on his way to shot (look at the **** performance against a DEFINITELY shot Lazcano...) but Malignaggi was completely ruined by McGirt. He had a voice in the corner he didn't like or trust and had undergone a complete cluster**** transformation of his style, that just didn't work at all. That win barely even counts.
Oh dear:roll: Your name says it all. Hatton also beat Paulie at his own game, in his own back yard in a way nobody thought he could, when he was on the slide. Hatton DOMINATED him from round 2.