You can't not duck a man when there is 30 minutes of televised, documented ducking. For whatever reason he ducked Margarito and yes I know, Floyd is gangsta, but that was not a gangsta move. He ducked him... Don't matter why, whether or not he would win, if he was ascared or whatever, he ducked him. I thought I would just get that point across... Do I think Margarito would beat Floyd? I think Floyd is in good enough condition, relaxed enough in the ring, and most importantly has the skillset to win a UD against Margarito. However, Floyd does lack power... But honestly, from what I saw of Cotto who was still making some fundamental, amateur mistakes, Mayweather would pick him apart and probably win by late TKO, and PAC would blast him out of there with a quickness. Cotto doesn't have the chin, defense, handspeed, and finense to deal with either one of these guys who are on a completely different level. And not only that, but Cotto's power is overrated. Margarito said it first, and Clottey confirmed it. Basically, from what I can see, there aren't any devestating punchers at welterweight, but Pac is definitely the most explosive, and the most likely to put you on your ass. Mayweather and Pac beat Cotto.
Cotto streamrolls Pac. Don't belive the hype. Pac beat two extremely washed-up fighters. Talk about cherry-picking.
He would have beat both Margaritos and Cottos asses. The 2 biggest hype jobs in boxing in a long time. Im pissed he didnt dust these clowns off.
The thread title is correct, Ive never seen it any other way, pre or post Margarito. He just isnt good enough IMO.
You are severly overrating Cotto. He can't deal with Pac's speed. Cotto looks slow in comparison and honestly, Pac looks like he's the harder puncher.
If its the same Cotto as Saturday night, then yes i think he has a very good chance of countering all night to a UD
He couldn't knock out a drained motionless DLH... OMG HE KO'd Hatton!!!!! now he's the greatest puncher of all time...all hail Pacquiao. atsch
please, hes power is overrated because he fought two elite huge welters?? and to add to that, in one of them he had blood poring into hes eye for most of the fight...and in the other he was possibly fighting someone with loaded gloves.........
It's pathetic what haters say...Mosley had only been knocked down ONCE in his career. Margarito had never been KD neither had Clottey...Tough men to crack and Cotto beat 2 out of 3...The loss to AM is a bit shady but a loss is a loss.
Cotto's stopped 3 opponents that went the distance with Floyd. Floyd's track record at 147 - against genuine top welters - is almost non-existent. He lost at 135 to a good body puncher (Castillo). He loses again against a bigger and better one at 147 - Cotto. PBF also doesn't have the power to hurt Cotto, who's survived much harder punchers. And don't underestimate Cotto's hand speed. There's a good reason Floyd's not fought these guys! I don't think he's even confident about facing blown-up super-feather Marquez. I think it would be best if the boxing world just forgot about Floyd. It's been doing very nicely without him.