Boxing is done:THESE Welterweight ain't ALL THAT

Cotto destroys Tito :rasta

 

So your argument in saying todays welterweights suck is saying Cotto loses to the absolute best of the past 75 years

 

who gives a **** its a cracking fight between 2 of the best in a talented division, if only this happened more.

 

Great point! :good

Cotto could eventually find himself in the top 10 of welters over the last 50 years.

That is not too shabby.

 

:rofl :rofl :rofl

Are you talking about the same Cotto who was nearly oiut against the very limited feather fisted Corley?

Cotto into labor with Tito's child after Tito gets done with him.

 

the problem with boxing today is not the welterweight division...quite frankly I believe that between the welterweights and the middleweights they are saving boxing! what has always anchored the sport was the heavy weights and they have been lacking since the departure of Lennox Lewis(who I am not too fond of):deal

 

Cotto owns Tito and DLH.

 

Where were the posters who are picking Cotto over Tito when i opened up a thread about it??

 

the only thing i can somewhat agree with here is your claim that they are charging for this fight....in the state of boxing these days, they REALLY shouldnt charge for any fight. Infact, they should be looking at a different deal with someone who can actually promote the sport better.
The sad part is, its the money hungry fighters and promoters ruining the sport...not the other way around

 

It's unfair to judge a current fighter against a great of the past. No matter what happens, unless you are biased or ignorant, you are going to pick the ATG if the two fighters are of the same standard. Why? Because one is totally proven and the other probably isn't. You can't effectively judge Cotto against De La Hoya because one may not have reached his prime while the other has one fight left. How can anyone compare Cotto vs. Napoles at this stage? You can't. Mantequilla should win every time, unless, like, I said, yuo are biased or ignorant.

I don't like any of the 'current vs. past' threads as it's the same thing. It's always the same bunch who pick one guy and another who pick the other. Unless it's in the classic forum, anyway.

And aside from that, I geuinely don't think the welterweights are that bad today. Comparing them to a hand picked crop of the greatest welterweights of all-time doesn't prove this. Instead, go back to another era of welterweights and you will find that this era is not the worst.

 

One thing I really hate about looking back on past greats is how they over time become more and more and more inflated. Almost to the point where they cannot be touched.

They were human just like anyone else. And don't forget if you are looking really far back the camera does lie. Most sporting events which were filmed in the golden era of television were heavily edited and sped up because producers felt it wasn't entertaining at it's regular speed.

 

so far we have mayweahter (dont know if he is serious about retirement), cotto, williams, margarito, mosley as your top 5 welters and quintana berto cintron clottey to fill in the rest. I'm fairly satisfied with this crop of welterweights i just wish the top would fight each other more matchups like say

mayweather-cotto
cotto-williams
margarito-mosley
mosley-mayweather

hopefully these matchups take place.