Cotto vs Floyd resume @ 140 & 147

The only paper champ that Floyd has fought was Gatti, meanwhile Cotto is a paper champ himself(name one beltholder he beat in the ring). Not only that, but he's talking about taking on another Floyd leftover.

 

Cotto does, but Floyd overall is great too....130 & 135. I think Baldo would of gave Cotto more problems than SSM bcuz he's sturdier and a REAL welter. 4 the smaller welters, Cotto is up there. PBF is fighting Hatton who is VERY dangerous. I thought Cotto would destroy HATTON in a fight, but I seen some weaknesses in Miguel vs SSM that Shane can't exploit, but Ricky could...combination punching. Torres and Zab did it. Styles make fights. Sugar Shane could of won if he fought the way he did vs DLH 1. How many yrs ago was that...he lost a step or two but still a stern test. Much respect to Cotto.

 

Look @ my 1st sentence...

 

Basically, are Mayweather's victories against bruseles, gatti, mitchell, zab, baldomir, de la hoya, hatton

better than Cotto's victories over abdullaev, ndou, paulie, torres, zab, quintana, urkal, mosley?

of course they are. floyd faced 2 active ring champs in baldo and hatton. how many have cotto faced.

 

From 140-147? Cotto

 

Floyd beat @ 140...

Demarcus Corley - who had just lost to Zab
Henry Bruselles - Who he apparantly WAS FORCED TO FIGHT to get to Gatti
Arturo Gatti - A fine titleholder, but clearly past his best and 'won' his title is a more dubious fashion.

Cotto @ 140...
Due to career being at 140, faced more fighters then Mayweather and more contenders.

WINNER @ 140: Cotto due to longevity as well as opponents faced.

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Floyd @ 147...

Sharba Mitchell - Was KTFO of 140 and has looked shot ever since.

Zab Judah - Lost all Undisputed WW crown in previous bout to unheralded journeyman. Aside from WW titles, his own tenuew @ 147 has been spotty at best.

Carlos Baldomir - Won the lineal and Ring WW titles. HOwever, Baldomir was perhaps the weakest WW champ in 20 years. A journeyman who was in right place at right time vs. a headcase. Durable w/ heart, with a nice underdog story, but that's about it.

Cotto @ 147...
Carlos Quintana - Undefeated, but still seen as more prospect then legitimate contender @ WW. Did get impressive win over fellow prospect Joel Julio.

Oktay Urkal - Was better @ 140 then 147. Seen as a potential spoiler, but his 147 tenure so far hasn't been anything a ton others have done.

Zab Judah - Beat Zab who was coming off two losses, but beat him badley at least. Was seen as a better win for Cotto then Floyd's win because Cotto had not the status or acheivments of Floyd. Not a double standard, when you're seen as the best, you are held to a higher standard, and Floyd has always been held higher then Cotto.

Shane Mosley - Won a tough but close decision over Sugar Shane, who was seen as best potential opponent for Mayweather. Shane easily won of the top 2-3 WW's in the world.

WINNER @ 147....

Mayweather, if only by a hair. Cotto's beaten the better single opponent in Mosley and beat Zab like Floyd wished he could, but Mayweather has the WW crown.

 

At 140 Floyd doesn't have that strong a resume, his best win is Gatti/Corley.
Cotto spent his whole carrier at 140 and Torres/Malignaggi are better wins than that.

I think that at 147, Cotto has faced better fighters.
He doesnt have the belts, but their only commen opponent Cotto destroyed and Mayweather beat, quite comfortably. Cotto looked better in the win.
He has also beat Mosley who is a much better fighter than anybody that Mayweather has faced.

Also as for Mayweathers win over Baldomir is not his best win. Judah is. Judah if he was in a better state of mind would have beaten Baldomir.

 

At 140 Cotto's oposition was nothing special. Hell most of the guys that he fought weren't even notable until after fighting him. At 147 he has faced very solid opposition but so has Floyd. Baldomir is at least as good a win if not better than quintana, they both fought Judah, and they both fought an over the hill great (though mayweather did his at 154)

 

its Cotto, not really debatable.

overall better resume is Floyd.