Compare and Contrast: De La Hoya and Cotto

:rofl U pwned his ass

 

You can clearly see you're NEW to boxing. :yep

Did you ever watch a Oscar at Pre 154????

Oscar completely outboxed the hardest punching, most accurate, biggest WW of his era in Trinidad by using movement....

...Cotto couldn't even outbox the plodding, robotic, slow Margarito FFS

As far as HEART..OSCAR TOOK on everyone and NEVER QUIT in his prime, or near his prime...:deal UNLIKE COTTO.

Tell me when Cotto has over 20 title defenses, has become a 5 or 6 time division champion, has become a 10 time world champion, has beat atleast 5 hall of famers, and has beat 20 champions or former champions. :good

 

True Comparison (Prime for Prime):

Height-Oscar
Reach-Oscar
Jab-Oscar
Hook-Oscar
Hook to body-Equal--edge to Cotto
Power-Oscar
Speed-Oscar
Movement(footwork)-Oscar
Skill-Oscar
Experience-Oscar
Heart-OscarAlso, Oscar fought in an era when the talent pool was way DEEPER

as an example: Oba Carr was a world class fighter during Oscar's reign, but never became champion...because everytime he earned the right at a title shot he had to face either Trinidad, De La Hoya, Quartey, or Whitaker. Imagine if he was fighting today, to become a champ he'd had to face Berto, Clottey, Cotto, Margarito. He could have easily become a champ today.

Accomplishments:

Cotto:
Successful title fights: 15
Champions or former or future champions beat: 10
HOF or ATG champs beat: 1
Divisions: 3
4 time world champion

De La Hoya:
Successful title fights: 25
Champions or former or future champions beat: 20
HOF or ATG champs beat: Atleast 5, maybe even 8
Divisions: 6
10 time world champion

 

You're right. Oba and Ike would probably be kings of welter right now, besides Floyd. But Ike would be a serious threat for Floyd based on his style and his fierce and famous jab. Food for thought, if prime Ike beat Floyd in this scenerio would he be the greatest of all time by ESB standards today:think?

 

This post about sums it up. Can't believe the extent that Cotto gets overrated around here.

 

:yep :happy

He probably would, plus he's black, so that's a plus around here.