Miguel Cotto vs Carlos Palomino

Carlos Palomino wins this fight by a TKO 12. Miguel Cotto can take a very good punch and is very aggressive but Carlos has neaten tougher opposition in John H. Stracey, Armando Muniz, and Davey Boy Green. He does have very damaging body punching, and a very deadly left hook. Cotto realizing that he cannot hurt Carlos begins to backpedal as Palomino moves in on him.

 

Would you favor each of them over Cotto too?

 

Yes. Miguel Cotto did not have the speed of Sugar Ray Leonard, and Cuevas could kit but he could not just walk into a ring and kayo Leonard, wishful thinking but tales do not come true. Cotto would get kayoed by Cuevas.

 

Cotto

 

The more durable, better infighter, with more stamina.

Palomino.

 

Palomino takes it imo.

A more intriguing fighter from this era is Andy "The uncrowned unified champion" Price.

 

Very true, does he not own victories over Cuevas and Palomino?

 

Yep. And neither fought him whilst Champion.

 

I agree, I think that Mr. Cuevas and Mr. Palomino never forgot that boxing lesson that Mr. Price taught the both of them.

 

It's why I struggle to take then both seriously as greats. They never fought each other, nor did they fight the contender who beat them.

But in this case Cotto doesn't have enough for either of them imo.

 

I agree, but you have to put blame on the WBA and the WBC for not allowing that unification to happen as well as the available promoters back then.

 

Not really. Leonard and Hearns were able to unify. Duran was able to unify. Foster was able to unify.

 

But with all due respect, there was not a great demand for those two to meet, not enough star power for that fight to happen, Jose Suaiman of the WBC said he had no desire for that fight to happen in o many words based on his actions, they kept putting roadblocks in the way like mandatory challengers or else face getting stripped. Benitez was mandatory for Carlos Palomino. I am sure his father Gregorio would have raised a stink about his son having to wait. It also would have stalled negotiations for a fight with rising star, Sugar Ray Leonard, who many thought would just walk all over Cuevas.

 

Man, I know, but there was such a huge window for them to face each other.