Hypothetical h2h: Cotto on his best night@140 v Hatton at his 140 best?

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  1. roly

    roly Boxing Addict Full Member

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    he wasn't rocked by urango? he took 1 hard body shot that is all. and anyway urango probably has more 1 punch power than cotto. even at the stage hatton fought koysta he was top 3 p4p, and a level above cotto at 140 or at the very least on the same level. however cotto never fought anyone at hattons level at 140.

    and to suggest cotto, zab and bradley would kill hatton in the ring shows what a moron who knows nothing you are.
     
  2. Monstar

    Monstar The Future.. Full Member

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    Hattons too fast for Cotto?

    stupidest **** i've heard all day?
     
  3. D-MAC

    D-MAC Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    If you had bothered to read the next sentence in the quote you would find out why:deal
     
  4. hopkins54

    hopkins54 Active Member Full Member

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    no bradley beating hattons the stupidest **** i heard:good
     
  5. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    Question.........

    Which was Cotto's best night at 140?
     
  6. EL-MATADOR

    EL-MATADOR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  7. Cobbler

    Cobbler Shoemaker To The Stars Full Member

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    What I don't remember is anyone calling Tzsyu 'faded' before the fight. Actually, I remember him being consensus P4P top three after his destruction of Mitchell seven months previously and widely expected to demolish Hatton.

    The real point should be that Cotto has never fought anyone up to the level of Hatton's best win.
     
  8. David_TheMan

    David_TheMan ESB Sage Full Member

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    Funny I remember before the fight a Tzsyu who hadn't fought in over a year, before taking a tune up against an equally faded Mitchell. A Tzsyu who had nothing but negative news in his training camp for the fight. To say Koysta was in his prime when Hatton fought him is a ****ing joke.

    Hatton beat him though, so that can not be argued, but to say Cotto never fought anyone the caliber of Koysta seems like a sick joke to me, Sugar Shane is a nobody now?
     
  9. thewoo

    thewoo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Cotto was very impressive in most of his bouts at 140. Towards the end he was having trouble making the weight but this thread asks about each guy on their best night not a Struggling Cotto vs an in shape Hatton. That being said one would have to assume that Cotto had a very good training camp and made weight with no problem. That being the case I don't think that Hatton would stand a chance.
     
  10. roly

    roly Boxing Addict Full Member

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    mosely as good as he was at that point wasn't in the p4p top 10, koysta was top 3, and cotto's fight with moseley was very close with moseley starting to get on top towards the end, the descision could have gone either way and it wouldn't have been a robbery, hatton made kostya quit.
     
  11. catasyou

    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    I think Hatton could stop him late.
     
  12. thewoo

    thewoo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    2 different kinds of power. Kostya had the 1 punch KO power and his power was on the end of his punches. Hatton was able to negate that by fighting really close on the inside and staying insise of Tzyu's danger zone. Cotto's power is much better on the inside and he is not a 1 punch guy. Much like Hatton he wears guys down. Really I don't think that either guy has a good enough defense to avoid the other guys shots for the whole fight. A lot of leather would be landed and I would favor the bigger, stronger, harder punching Cotto in a late stoppage
     
  13. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    Not sure about that at 140 :bart

    Harder punching and perhaps bigger, but not stronger :-(
     
  14. thewoo

    thewoo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Keep in mind we are talking about both guys on their best night so one would have to assume that Cotto had no problems making weight. He was still very very strong at 140. He was still breaking guys down vicisously. He gets under rated as a 140 pound fighters because of 2 fights in which he was rocked even though he won both of those fights by KO
     
  15. David_TheMan

    David_TheMan ESB Sage Full Member

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    What makes you think Hatton is soo strong? I've never seen his supposed massive strength against quality guys.