Hatton v Cotto@147-what do you think?

[OumaFan]

No but at least it is something. Its better than saying he is tougher because he is the guy Miguel is fighting, right?

If the roles were reversed would you be praising Hatton for taking on the tougher challenge? I dont think so.

I would respect Ricky for taking on a tougher challenge, when he takes on Castillo I will give him all the credit in the world. All in all, I'm not really sure what point that you are trying to make. Exactly what is your point?
Cotto is only 26 and very young in his career what other 26 has even the resume of Cotto?

CC KS,well made points all throughout the thread..

Oumafan,you know you're 1 of my fave posters but I don't see how,overall,Hatton's resume is better than Cotto;s? I guess if you prefer 1 big name then fair enough but I think Cotto has fought the higher level of competition

(Knew this would be a good thread!)

Cotto's best wins to me are Quintana, Corley, Torres, Maussa, Malignaggi and N'dou. I don't put much into his Branco or Bailey wins. Pinto could have been a good win, hard to tell though. He hasn't really fought anybody else, and after that fight he lost a technical decision to a 43 year old Vince Phillips, lost when it went to the cards after five. So that's not much. Abdullaev was a solid win.

Hatton's best wins are Tsyzu, Collazo (I had it a draw but he got the win), Maussa, and Tackie. Vince Phillips, right after he had done reasonably well against a Sharmba Mitchell that was looking good at the time, and Eamon Magee are solid wins. Cotto's got a couple more solid to good wins than Hatton, but to me Collazo is maybe a bit better than anybody Cotto's ever fought, and Tsyzu is clearly better than anyone he's fought. So those two make up for Cotto having a few more solid to good wins.

Like I said, I think Cotto's closing the gap. The Branco fight was a dissapointing choice, but the Malignaggi one was pretty good, and Quintana as a first fight at 147 was a very good choice.