Who do you root for... win or lose... rain or shine... no matter what?

my bad then, it seemed to me you were implying you dont know why someone would list cotto, so they must think hes 'hawt'.... i guess you were just being, i dont even know. Anyways, ive listed who and why, so ive said my piece.

sorry for jumping the gun

 

ah, i see what your saying :good, and was wondering where the underlying hostility towards cotto (hope not another baseless implication on my part) was coming from.

But i cant agree because i am one of them that put Cotto.

Cotto is my favorite not because hes the best, not because hes the most exciting, and not because hes done anything that is out of this world in terms of accomplishments, hes my favorite for all the little things that a fighter becomes a favorite for. Im not going to sit here and say someone shouldnt be fans of the ATG's that are around like mayweather, but to me its more then just 'how good is this guy' and however good he is, well thats how much im going to like him.... it doesnt work like that for me.

Cotto was one of the first fighters i actually saw come up through the ranks, watching him fight bazan as a prospect, then moving up in class, fight after fight people thought he would lose against certain fighters (judah, quintana, mosley), i remember yelling like crazy during the torres fight, and when cotto fought his way through that, how happy i was... i remember when on ESPN when judah was talking all the trash in the world and how it didnt faze cotto one bit, and how different that was from me and all my other favorite fighters who cant remain cool to save their life sometimes lol (vargs, mayorga) he remained the silent killer he was at the time and then proceeded to administer a surgical beating on judah within the ring.

There are hundreds of little things throughout a fighters career that eather steer you towards that fighter as your favorite, or not... and although im dissapointed with the margarito, clottey and pac fights, im not going to just put in a fighter whos on a winning streak right now, or more exciting (matter of opinion anyway), or one that is levels above cotto in terms of ability.... because to me, its not about that (one look down my top 10 favorite fighters could tell somebody that)

and so since i know why i chose cotto, i cant blame others for doing so.... i dont think there is a rule to follow or a standard that needs to be met for a fighter to be ones favorite, or a level that needs to be reached. Hence why i like Vargas more then Hoya, Miranda more then Pavlik, Cotto more then Margarito, Ward more then Judah, Morales more then Pac, Hagler more then SRL, Frazier more then Foreman, ect,ect.... even though each one of those the other fighter showed to be the better. Because to me its not about any of that, its about how youve come to like that fighter for various reasons that for me include how youve seen them come up, how they are as people and if i relate, how their style is in the ring, and if i relate and like how they fight, ect, ect.

just imo.... but i suppose i can understand how someone without the fan connection to that certain fighter can ponder why and maybe get fustrated with how one can pick fighter a over fighter b... but i can only speak for myself. Your implication as to why someone would put them as being that its a 'fanboy' pick is an attempt to seperate it from other picks as if they are 'not' fanboy picks... when in reality, almost everyone who would root for one fighter over all others is doing it, the only thing that change are the reasons, and i for one am not going to sit and judge and critic why ones persons reasons for liking a fighter doesnt measure up to anothers. (to a certain extent at least)