Cotto is not a MW Champ

[holmcall]

Belts don't mean jack shit anymore, it's been so watered down with alphabet soup belts that it means nothing, all it is is another sanctioning fee the fighter has to pay.

Anyone that recognizes Cotto as the #1 MW in the world is dumb as a bag of shit.

To date, he hasn't fought at MW yet!

Just shows how stupid the sport has become, a guy can be the #1 in the world at a division that he's never fought in!

Ya'll can drink the kool aid but not me, GGG is the #1 now.

Then why the hell does Cotto being the MW champ bother you so much?

[Master]

Belts don't mean jack shit anymore, it's been so watered down with alphabet soup belts that it means nothing, all it is is another sanctioning fee the fighter has to pay.

Anyone that recognizes Cotto as the #1 MW in the world is dumb as a bag of shit.

To date, he hasn't fought at MW yet!

Just shows how stupid the sport has become, a guy can be the #1 in the world at a division that he's never fought in!

Ya'll can drink the kool aid but not me, GGG is the #1 now.

Then why the hell does Cotto being the MW champ bother you so much?

I think Cotto could beat Soliman.

[greynotsoold]

Martinez was the lineal champion? Some place, wherever he may be, I bet Ken Overlin is really pissed.

[VG_Addict]

He's not even a MW fighter.

I think the criteria should be crystal clear. To be considered the MW champ, or even a MW fighter, you should have to fight AT LEAST ONCE AT MIDDLEWEIGHT, not some lame catch weight. SRR didn't fight Jake Lamotta at 157 or 159.

Cotto is a great fighter but lets be honest, he saw an old, injury-riddled champ that was at the absolute end of his rope and ripe for the picking. That's Freddie's specialty (as he did with Pac/DLH).

As fans we need to tell these prima-donna sissies (Floyd, Pac, Cotto, ect) that catch weights are for fruits and we'll have none of it.

There are plenty of fighters who moved up to a weight they've never fought at to fight the champion. Stevenson never had a fight at LHW before he fought Dawson.

And like it or not, Cotto is the man who beat the man (Martinez) who beat the man (Pavlik).