Quote Originally Posted by Danny_G
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Regardless of what anyone else thinks here the best name on Cottos resume is Paulie Malignaggi who didnt even fight Malignaggis fight because he felt the rinf was too small. Not Cottos fault but it does take abit away from his victory especially since Malignaggi is a featherfisted technitian, not a predatory brawler as he was against Cotto and still troubled him deeply.

Hatton beats Cotto and looks good doing it. Hatton has the style to beat Cotto.
You don't know what you are talking about.
People like yourself make me sick.
You have maybe watched one or two Cotto fights and you attack him and you speak with no solid or concrete foundation.

There are a grip of people on here just like yourself who have only Seen Tony Margarito fight once and are now talking mad trash in that area too.

I know of one person who has only watched one Ricky Hatton fight and today he acts like he knows everything about Ricky Hatton.

The thread reads Ricky vs Cotto @ 147 not @ 140
Unfortunately for Ricky and his fans, Ricky Hatton feels he can not hack it @ 147 and that is why he moved back down to 140.
Since Ricky Hatton feels he himself can not hang at 147 what makes you folks think he can? No logic in any of your arguments.

Cotto was having trouble at 140 and @ 147 He is looking very good.
I guess Cotto could not hack it at 140 anymore but Cotto never lost and has yet to win by any controversial deciosions.

Quote from DOUGIE:
"Cotto crushed Quintana, he beat the fifth undefeated fighter in his 28-fight career. So far he has won two world titles in two weight classes, and he’s defeated five former or future world title holders."

I give an edge to Ricky Hatton @ 140 because Cotto struggled, it's true. But for the most part, he was still beating fools azzes. But this thread is not about Cotto/Hatton @ 140

I give a huge edge to Cotto @ 147 which is what this thread is about becuase Cotto is refreshed and very strong as a Welter. Cotto's chin held up nicely in the brawl, (But I think he got his nose broken) Cotto was a work horse at 147. Ricky got his ass kicked at 147 and could not close the deal. Did you see Ricky's face after he faught Collazo? Uh huh! lol there are many who say Ricky lost and got a gift. No one has ever given anything to Cotto. He has never gotten a gift.
Did you see Paulies face when Cotto kicked his ass @140? Uh huh! There were a few things that save Paulie. Cotto had a boxers fracture and Paulie was only thowing one, two's and then clintching/grabbing and holding on. At the end of the fight what did Paulie say? He said I got my ass kicked. Broken nose, broken jaw, internal bleeding and that was Miguel fighting him with one hand

Now we can even go back and look at some of those fighters that Cotto destroyed.
Here are a couple of fighters that Floyd Mayweather could not destroy.
Victoriano Sosa and DeMarcus Corley. Cotto made these men look like biatches.

In closing, if people thought that Cotto was good @140, then they are going to think he is pure dynomite @147.
Cotto will be on peoples top 10 P4P list in late 2008

Nice,CC in 24...


Quote Originally Posted by Steelie
I didn't say he beats anyone,merely Hatton
Allow me some artistic licence...I'm referring to the tone of the board

Well Hatton didn't look comfortable at the weight and JUST ABOUT got the W,didn't you expect more?
Of course...we all expected Ricky to blast through him.

As for th others:

Maussa - Do me a favour

Sosa - Past it, came up from lightweight

N'dou - Lovemore had Miguel running in the later rounds when Cotto couldn't get him out of there.

Pinto - Ranked number 1 by the WBO but unheard of by anyone else...

Corely - Okay, there's some credibility to Demarcus. But he was hardly in his prime, wears womens underwear and has 200 kids to feed...did somebody say paycheck?

Abdullaev - A tough fight in hindsight but it shouldn't of been...and the ams are a completely different ballgame as you well know...

Torres - Yet another guy that was a tough fight in hindsight. Pre Torres most Cotto fans expected an easy 'W'

Branco - The WBCs version of Kelson Pinto. Never ever beaten anyone of note

Malignaggi - Not exactly Julian Jackson is he? After the scares with the likes of Bailey and Torres Arum clearly thought it might be a good idea to keep Miguel away from the bangers...

Quintana - Stepping stone. Simple as that, lets not pretend he's anything more.

It's not just that they are all decent/good fighters,they have mostly been young,unbeaten,hungry. And it is the manner in which Cotto has beaten them whether it be fighting front foot,back foot,stalking them etc etc showing his versatility.
That's an interesting point. For me, Miguel looks way more ragged now than he did pre Bailey. I recall a time when Miguel was famed for his defence. It's gone out of the window but I think that's perhaps a concious decision to make him more marketable.
You know something,although I totally disagree with your analysis of Cotto's opponents(I could rip Hatton's far easier and who else should Cotto have fought at 140,the 39 yuear olds Hatton was facing? I'll give you a cc for that last point. I certainly would not use the term ragged but Cotto's defence is not as good as it used to be because he takes more risks now and as a result,he is more fan friendlymore offensively dangerous but also slightly more open...Against a BIG strong WW like my other boy Margarito,that could be a problem but other than that,I don't see anyon else outbanging Cotto first and second,I'm sure he knows he would have to be defensively tighter against guys like Margarito....

1 question,who should Cotto have fought then? Is Hatton's resume much better according to you?

(by the way,I'm kind of enjoying this debate!!)