The best fighter you'd pick Cotto to beat?

Yeah, I was perplexed by the inexplicable impact that Margarito’s punches had on Cotto as the fight wore on. Didn’t make any sense to me until he was caught cheating again right before the Mosley fight. He definitely had the plaster in their first fight too. A damn shame.

 

Brown is very hard to rate but I think Cotto has enough to outbox him.

Palomino I honestly couldn't decide.

 

They watched his hands get wrapped against Cotto so I don't see how he'd have got away with it.

 

Brown has great power and solid wins over Vaca, Blocker and Norris but he's there to be picked apart imo and Cotto is crisp with his short punches. Anything can happen in a fight but for me Brown has more of a punchers chance against Cotto than the status of a solid favourite.

Palomino has a raft of late knockouts and gun to my head I'd give him the edge over Cotto to score a come from behind KO. In his prime he only really lost to Benitez and Duran. Although he arguably should have lost the Lewis fight and was seen as an easy touch when Stracey signed to defend against him. His resume is a bit lacking for me which is why I don't make him an outright favourite over Miguel.

I think in terms of power and stamina Palomino has a better argument than Brown for me.

I think Cuevas has a more than decent chance as well tbh.

 

Claud Noel and Billy Costello weren't as good as Miguel Cotto, either. Neither was Kevin Rooney.

I think Cotto-Arguello at 140 would be a good fight. I'd pick the younger, fresher Cotto to win. But it would be close.

 

The 2007 version of Shane Mosley that he beat. That's about the highest level of fighter he could beat as he barely edged Mosley about 7-5. I consider that version of Mosley a notch below truly great.

Guys like Cuevas, Palomino, Brown, etc. would beat the hell out of Cotto. Forrest, Quartey, De La Hoya, and Trinidad would beat him quite convincingly also. I'd be interested to see peak Cotto against Jose Luis Lopez - I could see that turning out very bad for Cotto.

 

TBH, I really don't know if I'd favor Miguel over ANY legitimately great fighters at the peak of their powers. Love Miguel - he represented the sport well for a very long time - but he was an obvious step below the great ones. Too many defensive holes, not physically imposing enough, lacked elite durability, and didn't excel at any particular skill. I guess you could say he had a great body attack/left hook to the ribcage, but that was only when he was confronted with sub-elites he could impose his will on.

Cotto, to me, is like a seven of all trades, master of none.

 

Maybe I am overrating Cotto, maybe you're over rating Brown, it's hard to be certain in cases like this.

I was convinced Sergio would smash Cotto to bits and I was convinced Cotto would smash Trout to bits. If I called every fight how it went I'd be a very rich man now haha.

What do you reckon the betting line would be for Cotto - Brown?

 

In addition to Cotto, I'd take the 2007 version of Shane Mosley over Cuevas, Palomino and Brown. Who'd they beat at 147 who was better than Shane Mosley?

Randy Shields? (LOL) Dave "Boy" Green? (LOL) Maurice Blocker? (LOL)

You're underselling Cotto. (And Mosley, for that matter.)