Quote Originally Posted by Lyle
Cotto gets hit a lot when he's not trying to box, most of his trouble at 140 was due to #1 being weight drained and having to fight in spurts and #2 he didn't respect ANYONES power at 140 except for Muhamed Abdullaev whom he boxed more.

Ricky Hatton gets nailed pretty often as well he also gets cut. He hasn't really had trouble with anyone at 140 due to his style, he wrestles and goes to the body

When you check their resumes Cotto and Hatton have some over the hill guys on their records but only Cotto has the rising young guns on his record. Hatton has Tszyu and I think that evens everything out. Sure it's a toss up fight but I tend to side with Cotto. Miguel is younger, bigger, and I think his body attack has a little more power behind it. Also if Cotto has the ability to switch his stance then Ricky would be in even more trouble.

I like Hatton, I would LOVE this fight to happen but I think Cotto would win.

Hatton is still very good though, I make no judgements on his going down to 140...you fight where you are comfortable. I think Collazo was a HORRIBLE choice of opponents to start with though
Have a Lyle, a very fair and carefully measured analysis