(PRIME) Errol Spence vs (PRIME) Miguel Cotto

Another great mythical match up is Spence/Margarito. As far as Cotto/Spence goes, too close to call it. Might come down to stamina. Definite war.

 

Spence has Cotto retreating on his bike by the 2nd half of fight, bangs the body for 11th round tko. Too big, too sound, too busy

 

Just think of Spence as a more skilled Margarito with the loaded gloves. Cotto is toast.

 

Spence hasn't got the chin of Margarito to walkthrough punches, Spence has been visibly shaken up by single punches from fighters who aren't noted as punchers.

 

Dream match up stylistically if it's the later Cotto with active footwork.

I favour Spence in any case but a Flat footed Cotto would have been toast.

 

Accidentally voted Cotto he would quit

 

Saying that Spence doesn't have a stellar chin is just ignoring a fact. Margarito has been stopped, Spence hasn't.

 

Like who? Who has hurt Spence?

 

I can't vote against the cotto

 

Garcia and Ugas ? Did you not see Spence's legs go when they caught him ? He even turned his back vs Garcia when he got hurt.

 

You say that with no context what so ever, Margarito was only stopped legitimately once from Mosley who's a puncher. And he took a beating in that fight taking hellacious shots throughout the fight. The other stoppage against Cotto was the bad eye from Pacquiao fight, and not due to Margarito's chin letting him down.

Spence has never took a beating or been hit round after round by a genuine puncher. And the few times he has been hit clean by fighters who aren't noted as punchers, hes been visibly shaken even turning his back on Garcia one time.

I don't think anyone here believes Spence has a better chin than Margarito.

 

Don't need any context, that's a fact. It stands by itself. Margarito got stopped and Spence hasn't. Just because Margarito takes beatings doesn't mean he has a better chin than a fighter who don't. Spence took some great shots from Brook and Brook can crack. He also took good shots from Swift and Swift can crack. The question is not whether Spence can take a beating but does he have a stellar chin on par with Margarito. I say he does but it will never be confirmed because Spence will never take the beatings that Margarito did.