what can cotto do to be at floyds level without actually beating floyd?

Correct. Right now his level of competition is higher than Cottos

But your were talking about the amount of tin he picked up and i made the case for the way he picked it up. He entered the welter division when it was rather weak. And in truth only fought there 3 times before this weekend and of them only 1 was a welter for any real amount of time. So did he really own or run or rule or dominate the welter division.

Oh and same question applies to 154, and 140?

Again, the real question is level of competition, not wether or not they guys he fought had titles when they fought.