Will Cotto finish his career with a better resume then Mayweather?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by MSTR, Jul 5, 2007.


  1. igotJUIC3

    igotJUIC3 Boxing Junkie banned

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    before Judah his best fight was Malignaggi...nuff said.
     
  2. igotJUIC3

    igotJUIC3 Boxing Junkie banned

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    why....he fought ODH after Baldy. Made 20 plus millions plus faced a great veteran boxer.
     
  3. kg0208

    kg0208 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No man, that is good comp. Not great comp. Not a single P4P fighter. Not a single time did Cotto beat a champion who had a belt when they fought. Most were good prospects whose best wins were over prospects. He has a GOOD resume so far.....but not great.
     
  4. Amsterdam

    Amsterdam Boris Christoff Full Member

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    Yes, you don't have to jump divisions to have an amazing resume, Floyd's is very good, but a bit dry in comparison to his ATG contemporaries.

    The Hatton win will give him a good plus though.
     
  5. MSTR

    MSTR More Speed Than Roy!!!!! Full Member

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    I agree with your posts. Cotto has fought very good undefeated and dangerous opponents. He is looking to step it up and is a very good chance at surpassing floyd provided he can beat the top guys when the time comes
     
  6. Amsterdam

    Amsterdam Boris Christoff Full Member

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    He'll clean 147 in my opinion, that's a damn fine start.:good

    Mosely is the only one that poses a competitive threat, the rest will get destroyed. I don't expect Floyd to mess with Cotto because it is a hard fight for him.
     
  7. MSTR

    MSTR More Speed Than Roy!!!!! Full Member

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    Floyd is good, but his resume doesn't really excite me either. He chose the path of least resistance in most cases, especially in gatti and Baldomir. He might get credit with the casual fan, but anyone who knows boxing realises that the multiple world titles are fairly meaningless in the big scheme of things, when taken from fairly average fighters.
     
  8. Amsterdam

    Amsterdam Boris Christoff Full Member

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    Well, I regard the Baldomir win equal to a win over Margarito, because both are B level.

    But after 135, he did become a comfort zone ****, even though it's still pretty decent. Fighting Hatton is a good name for him and I give him respect for that, but I can't see anyway for Hatton to win.
     
  9. Lance_Uppercut

    Lance_Uppercut ESKIMO Full Member

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    Cotto CAN finish with a better resume if he gets the right fights. Doesn't matter that Floyd won more belts.
     
  10. igotJUIC3

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    i think people are downgrading fighters to prove a point.
     
  11. KO Boxing

    KO Boxing Boxing Addict Full Member

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    But apart from Gatti, he didn't take the titles from average fighters. Hernandez, Castillo and Dela Hoya for 3 titles in 3 weight classes, and Baldormir for the welterweight title, the lineal undisupted no. 1.
     
  12. MSTR

    MSTR More Speed Than Roy!!!!! Full Member

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    But Bladomir is average. And I didn't say he took it off all easy fighters. The point is at the tail end of his career he has chosen the path of least resistance to some degree, whilst gaining those belts. Even against Oscar, he is not a natural 154 pounder and was largely inactive. Still a very tough opponent, but the p4p no.1 in the world should have been more impressive then he was. If Floyd fights hatton he will get a lot of credit though in my book, as Hatton is a tough opponent. Floyd still has a chance to really cement his legacy also, provided he pushes the retirement talk aside which I believe he will.
     
  13. kg0208

    kg0208 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Corrales was ranked #5 p4p when PBF fought him. He held the IBF title and was a champion.

    Castillo was not ranked p4p and but was a champion and won his belt off of a p4p fighter.

    That is not the same as Quintana who has never held a belt and whose best win is over another prospect, or Malignaggi who's best win is probably Lovemore Ndou. Or Maussa, who actually beat a champion AFTER he lost to Cotto, only to lose his next fight.

    Remember, in the same amount of time, PBF had beaten Chavez and both Hernandez's as well.

    Also, remember Cotto's best win is someone PBF beat already, and is not PBF's best win. Cotto STILL has not won a belt from a champion. Not taking shots at Cotto, just pointing out the perspective.

    He has not reached PBF's level yet. And by the by, PBF's resume isn't considered GREAT to me either. A word overused on this site all too often. So if Cotto's is not as good as PBF's and PBF's is not great...well.
     
  14. MSTR

    MSTR More Speed Than Roy!!!!! Full Member

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    Yeah right. Cotto will chop that lanky body down and leave him a quivering mess.
     
  15. Amsterdam

    Amsterdam Boris Christoff Full Member

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    Damn right, and Requiem will owe me 50$.:yep

    Of course, I was so confident in Cotto that I offered him a 500$ bet.