Floyd, cotto, Margarito

If Margarito beats Cotto will Floyd fight him? And, IF he doesn't what does that say about Floyd and how does it reflect his legacy?

I've been dogging Floyd for months about taking on Oscar instead of a top welter. Then Hatton. And now a rematch with Oscar instead of Cotto who in my eyes is Mayweathers clearest threat. BUT.....if Cotto beats Margs, Im pretty sure Floyd will fight him. He will have to for two reasons. First, Cotto has the fanbase and will provide the type of payday Floyd can't pass on. Second, he would be castrated by casual fans as well as hardcore boxing fans and his popularity would take a big blow.
If Margarito wins though he becomes the biggest threat to Floyd. In this scenerio I don't think Floyd will fight him. He wouldn't take the fight with Antonio a few years back using the excuse he wanted the fight to build and there wasn't enough money in it. Well, if Margarito is any more popular today than a few years back, it isn't with the casual fan. On top of that his following isn't close to that of a Hatton, Cotto or DeLaHoya, so it unlikely Floyd would get much more than the original 8 mil offer. It seems Floyd want Oscar type money every fight now, and no way is that gonna happen here. That said, I don't think he will fight Margs because of it.
If this scenerio does play out, I think his legacy takes a hit. At 130 he took on Hernandez, Manfredy and Corrales as well as other good fighters. He had a great resume' at jr lightweight.
135? He had the two fights with Castillo and two fight against decent but nondescrpt fighters. Many fans thought he lost the first Castillo fight.
140? Corley, Brussles and Gatti. Good fighters, but would you really put them on the A+ list. corley lost everytime he stepped up. Brussles? Nondescript. And Gatti, who I've always been a fan of, but is not an upper echelon fighter.
147? Besides an underacheiving Judah who had lost to the most least skilled caveman I had seen in years, Floyd has not fought a single threat at this weight. Hatto had shown he wasn't elite at this weight. Baldomir, belts or no belts he stunk. And Sharmba Mitchell was but a shell of his former self.
Now, if Cotto does beat Margarito and Floyd fights him it probably isn't going to happen for close to a year from now. This means he hasn't taken on the biggest threat in his division in almost four years. If Margarito wins and he doesn take that fight (which I suspect to be the case) it will be even longer since he's fought the best.
As much as I dislike Mayweather, the kid is a great great fighter. But his resume' has been getting thinner and thinner every year. If he fails to take on the top fighter in his own division soon, I think his historical standing would drop quite a bit. Thoughts?

 

Your reading comprhension skills need a bit of work. I never questioned his comp, merely pointed out that it has steadily fallen off. If you would care to make a case that it hasn't, Im all ears.

 

Im pretty sure Floyd will figh Cotto should he win in July. Margarito isanother story.