Do you give Miguel Cotto credit for winning these fights?.....

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Florez, Oct 23, 2014.


  1. Florez

    Florez Boxing Junkie Full Member

    13,134
    0
    Sep 7, 2011
    Before they fought Miguel Cotto-

    Sergio Martinez (champion): knee surgery
    Antonio Margarito II: broken orbital bone
    Yuri Foreman (champion): knee surgery
     
    Florez, Oct 23, 2014
    Florez, Oct 23, 2014
    #1
  2. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

    53,088
    6,685
    Sep 8, 2010
    Margarito was unranked and nowhere close to it. So that's kind of irrelevant beyond the feel good story of it...

    On the other hand Sergio and Foreman held belts, one being the lineal #1 MW and the other being an obvious top 10 JMW. He beat both of them decisively.
     
    Nonito Smoak, Oct 23, 2014
    Nonito Smoak, Oct 23, 2014
    #2
  3. jim jim

    jim jim Boxing Junkie Full Member

    8,708
    4
    Jun 2, 2014
    I give him a lot of credit for taking on the Sergio fight Floyd wouldn't do it and it was a massive step up everyone picked against t him and even though he turned out not to be the same cotto still beat him as a big underdog
     
    jim jim, Oct 23, 2014
    jim jim, Oct 23, 2014
    #3
  4. Gneus7

    Gneus7 Boxing Junkie Full Member

    12,277
    495
    Mar 29, 2007
    Yes. Fighting Martinez and Margarito took a lot of guts (many people thought he would lose both of those fights). Foreman isn't a great win or anything but it's not Cotto's fault if Foreman wasn't 100% plus he would have beat the best version of Foreman anyway
     
    Gneus7, Oct 23, 2014
    Gneus7, Oct 23, 2014
    #4