Ike Quartey vs Miguel Cotto

Yey but Espana was a helluva a good fighter. Remember how easily he beat up a still good(although faded) Meldrick Taylor? Espana was a very good fighter many people just forgot about that since Espana retired after Quartey.
Comparing Vargas and Margarito is like Apples and Oranges. Margartio had a better chin but no where near the same skills as Fernando. Bad comparison Cotto had a big advantage in speed against Margarito, he wouldnt have that advantage over a prime Fernando, in fact a prime Fernando was probably a little faster.
Im not one either to think fighters from the past are necesarilly better, but i call it how i see it and lot of those 90s and early00s guys were better than many of the guys today.
Oh and i can definitely see Ike beating the version of Moseley that lost to Cotto, even if he couldnt you should know by now that styles make fights.

I think Espana probably would have beaten Cotto, im not saying hes greater cause Espana went away kind of quick and Cotto has some impressive wins. However in a HTH matchup i might lean towards Espana.

 

Quartey would dominate Cotto IMO.

Quartey by 8th rd TKO.

 

Cotto is getting WAY too much credit for the Mosley fight, Sorry but BARELY beating a shopworn fighter in decline is not something to brag about, and while Mosley was clearly past it against Mayweather as well, Money was dominant, Cotto wasn't.

 

First, you almost lost me at the Vargas=Margarito comparison.

Second, Mosley/Cotto was a very close fight!

 

cotto by knockout. no way quartey would be able to hang with him in the later rounds.

 

Espana"s biggest victories? A shot and overweight Taylor and Canadian Boucher.He was a technically good fighter but won't be remembered having a victory over aother elite fighter just like Quartey.
I remember their battle as 2 good fighters having an even fight,without any significant victory for either of them afterwards.
Cotto would beat Fernando,he is a better technical boxer (see the Mosley fight) and they are both having the same handspeed.
Margarito would beat fernado to,better chin and Vragas isn't technically good enough to outmanoeuvre Antonio and outfight him.Margarito would make a dog fight of it and Vargas would get stopped in the later rounds just like against Oscar and Tito because of lesser stamina.
I also call it like i see it and rate the current crop of fighters a litle bit higher than those of the 90's and 2000.
Styles definitely makes fights,but Ike is too limited,one dimensional and lacks the stamina to perform superb in the later rounds so IMO he will never have a victory over a top fighter and certainly not over an ATG like Mosley whose speed and and power would stop Ike in the later rounds.

 

Ike barely survived against Jose Luis Lopez in the later rounds after been knocked down twice and Oscar nearly took him out in round 12.
Quartey has some stamina issues in the championship rounds,more so than Cotto.
The draw against Lopez however was bull****,Ike won that fight.

 

Better than ODLH, Trinidad, Forrest, Quartey, prime Mosley? :think :nono

Ike has never been stopped. Ike is tough as nails. Ike has a great jab. I would favor him over a prime Mosley (not the 36 year old version Cotto barely beat)

 

Much respect for Cotto but he has never KO'd a solid welter and Quartey was as solid as they get.

 

Ike by KO.

Cotto has problems with Ike's superior jab and right hand...

 

Okay I might get flamed for this but I always felt the best version of Cotto would have a chance against Quartey by a razor thin decision. People talk about Cotto's lack of a right hand punch but Quartey has no and I mean no right hand of a punch at all and I know this because I have every Quartey fight on DVD. And on top of that Quartey biggest weapon is obviously the jab and Cotto has always blocked jabs and left hooks very well, its the uppercut and overhand right that has always given Cotto trouble throughout his career and those are not two punches that Quartey has in his arsenal. So again I would put my money on a Quartey win but its not out of the realm of possibility that Cotto can pull off a close decision win.

 

i miss IQ

 

im pretty high on cotto and not too high on quartey due to the de la hoya fight. i thought he shoulda won that won(i dont rate de la hoya very high). but to each his own.

 

Quartey by KO.