Cotto's defining moment?

As sad as it is to say, the three biggest defining moments of his career (in terms of specific fights) are his three losses.

In due time, I think Cotto vs. Margarito I will be his most talked about, Cotto vs. Mayweather will be his most re-watched, and Cotto vs. Pacquiao will be a lesser combination of both.

 

If anything, the losses make Cotto even more endearing and admirable, IMO. Cotto handles himself like a true professional fighter. He has taken all of the challenges put in front of him. When you do that, inevitably you will likely lose a fight or two.

Pac and May won't fight each other, but Cotto fought both. And the highly avoided (likely plastered up) Margarito.

Edit: I know Margo wasn't undefeated.

 

Cotto is a great fighter, but the fight that sticks out to me was when he beat Judah. due to styles making fights, I thought Cotto could be in for real trouble and Judah did cause problems, but the way Cotto fought back and won was breath taking

 

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Undefeated Margarito?

What about Paul Williams?

Didn't Santos get in on that well before Cotto, too?

 

I can't believe I typed "undefeated". I know much better than that.

Should have typed "highly avoided."

Thanks for catching that.

 

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Quitting vs prime marg

 

Getting that ass taxed against Margarito.

 

Quintana did not have a belt, they fought for a vacant title.

 

The Margarito revenge fight was his moment. The Judah fight was a solid encounter but the Mosley fight was too close to be a great victory. A rematch of that fight was in order at the time.

 

Margarito II

 

When he walked over to Margarito's corner after the second fight and stared him down. That was a great moment, and something I'll remember about Cotto for a long time. I haven't been that happy to see a boxer win a fight in a long time. That revenge was very well-deserved and a long time coming.