Money May: I will dethrone the 154 lb. king

No, quit being a douche. It's a matter of resume'. If Marg didn't count as a 154 guy when Pac fought him, why is he that good of a win for Cotto? Is it revenging a 147 loss a weight class up? Foreman, Mayorga, and Marg are not the kind of resume' to be the best in that weight class and there is no consensus best. I'd put Lara and Alvarez above Cotto to win. Be it skill, size, talent, they are in his division and I think he would lose to them.

 

Cotto aint the king of ****. Hasnt beaten one JMW that is currently in the top 10. This a money play by Mayweather.

 

Uh oh. Better be careful, you're going to be labeled a blind, Biased Pac/May fan for being subjectiveatsch

 

Still Lara or Alvarez. Are you serious?

 

Same reasoning. Mayweather can't announce he's moving up and get number 1 in that division based on what he might do. He's fought Oscar at 154, 5 years ago. He's going to be fighting Cotto (who once again hasn't fought anyone ranked at 154). If he says he's going to stay at 154, I highly doubt he would be left at number 1 just for beating Cotto. Most rankers would stick him at 2 or 3 until he beats someone ranked.

 

Alvarez has had close to 40 fights and is likely facing his best opponent (a past it Mosley) in May

as for Lara, he's pretty solid guy, and hopefully he can keep stepping up (looked great vs P-Will)

What Cotto did at WW shouldn't factor into his run @ Super Welter .. completely different division

Cotto might have been carefully matched taking on lighting hitting Yuri Foreman and a past it Mayorga + Margarito

but he's at least looked good doing it .. and if Miguel Cotto isn't clear Cut #1 at Super Welter, he's at least top 3

the way Kirkland got outclassed his last fight vs Molina, even in a win I don't think he has a better claim to anything

sure he has the Angulo win, but Molina exposed Kirkland for the limited slugger he is

as for P-Will his "best" win @ 154 was an undeserved decision over Lara where he looked pretty horrible ... and then there's the guy he beat, Lara who at 15-1-1 doesn't have the resume just yet

so while Kirkland & P-Will might have more fights @ Super Welter when compared to Cotto, I don't see how they have "better claims" than Cotto

Molina's best win was over Cintron, coming off a DQ loss to Kirkland which he for the most part controlled

Kirkland's best wins are a DQ over Molina and a TKO over Angulo, but aside from that he's crushed a bunch of cans

and Lara, P-Will went over above

 

you're creating more questions. Floyd wouldn't be king at 154 because Cotto isn't King at that weight. Point ****ing blank.

 

The original discussion is whether or not Floyd would in fact be dethroning the 154 lb king. You named the thread that. Cotto is not 154 lb king, hence Floyd will not be doing that. You muddled it up yourself. I gave my reasons for my train of thought. What I don't agree with above all else is declaring someone to be something they haven't proven to be yet but they have the chance to. If Floyd made a permanent move to 154, it'd be to fight whoever will make him the most money, not to beat the best. I understand how you're trying to reason it out and I'm not shitting on your opinion but let's be serious. The best aren't looking to fight each other in that division.