Cotto and Canelo... you mean the last two fighters to be ranked #1 at Junior Middleweight other than Floyd? And there are tons of fighters more deserving than Berto. Nobody is denying that.
You being the r****ed id1iot you are you dont realize that chávez after a really BIG fight as chávez vs camacho and being 81-0, he fought a REAL BUM with 10(1ko) victories 10 defeats 1 draw. And that's fine, nobody complains, that was and is totally fine. But mayweather fights a guy who is 30(23ko)-3, and that's wrong. Edit:every boxer in history has taken a break here and there. Every single one of them, no exceptions.
So Berto is deserving? He's on form? He's a terror? He's in his prime? He is NONE of the afore-mentioned. With the amount of worthy challengers surrounding Floyd, it is TYPICAL of him to take THE SOFTEST TOUCH IMAGINABLE to get to 50-0 unscathed. Dude is a coward.
Oh, the Miguel Cotto that beat a one-legged Yuri Foreman? The Canelo who won the VACANT belt against MATTHEW HATTON and STILL didn't look good doing it? Yeah, those guys.
http://boxrec.com/boxer/9022 Old school to the old school. The man who came out of a 6 year retirement to face Jack Johnson in the first ever "Fight of the Century." Jeffries is criminally forgotten or underrated on lists of the greatest HW's of all time. His resume is a who's who of the era.
Funny. Berto is his second opponent who wasn't a consensus ranked top 5 at a division going all the way back to 2005 (Maidana II being the only other exception)! That's 10 whole years. Think about that for a moment.
JMM - Dragged up two weight classes. RG - Same. Beat who for the belt? Hatton - Was nothing at WW like he was at LWW. Canelo - Catch weight. Took a year off when the WW was smoking hot. You say it as if Floyd beat the very best, no stipulations, during that time. He never.
Yes Cotto and Alvarez; the last two #1 ranked Junior Middleweights other than Floyd himself (I suppose that is Lara now, due to inactivity). If you're going to face boxers in divisions above yours and concede a big size disadvantage, might as well go all out and fight the #1 guys.
You're like the person looking into the camera asking what in the world is going on and someone has to point out that you still have the lens on.
Yeah, the Cotto that won the belt because Foreman had leg problems? The Cotto that got gifted against Trout? The Canelo that is utterly meaningless? Both were poor wins. You know, just as well as I do, Floyd would fight Cotto for the MW tomorrow. But if GGG had it he would;t dare go up there.