Steve Forbes:Cotto in Mexico signing Alvarez fight

**Gandalf** · 12-07-2012 01:59 PM

Cotto isn't even 154 pound fighter really. He went there because of the Pac fight and shouldn't have been there. His first real fight showed him up and he is a bit like Hatton in that he cannot make that extra jump (Hatton to WW obviously). He just isn't big enough. It's all well and good against the likes of Foreman, but maybe a better example is Mosley. Mosley wasn't a 154 pound fighter either.

**Bobthepen** · 12-07-2012 09:47 PM

Originally Posted by Gandalf

Cotto isn't even 154 pound fighter really. He went there because of the Pac fight and shouldn't have been there. His first real fight showed him up and he is a bit like Hatton in that he cannot make that extra jump (Hatton to WW obviously). He just isn't big enough. It's all well and good against the likes of Foreman, but maybe a better example is Mosley. Mosley wasn't a 154 pound fighter either.

Size is a factor, of course, but the truth is Cotto simply isn't good enough and styles make fights. I like Cotto, and he was terrific entertainment, but at none of the three weights he has fought at has he beaten an exceptional fighter save an ageing Mosley.