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Quote Originally Posted by hackey100
Those same hardcore fans who gave Calzaghe respect after he dismantled Lacy?
Not having a dig, but people are fickle and it's hard to tell what they'll say after the event.

All I know is this; Hatton is excellent and Cotto is excellent. Anybody who beats either of them will get bucketloads of respect regardless of how they win. Would either of these two improve Mayweather's legacy? Undoubtedly yes. If Baldomir and Judah are good wins for Mayweather, explain how either of these two fights are not worth him taking if he already believes he can win them?
Floyd believes that he can beat Cory Spinks...so does that mean he has to fight him?
Hatton and Cotto are excellent??Just watch their last 3 fights
What about Cotto's last 3 fights was there not to like?

Made his exit from 140. Beat undefeated Paulie Malignaggi who no one else was able to hit in the past.
Cotto broke this boy up in 4 and in the process broke his left hand in the 5th.
Still won and Malignaggi looked like he had been in a car accident when the fight was over.

No one had ever touched this kid up.

Moved up to 147 and destroyed undefeated Carlos Quintana in 5.

Beat Urkal from pole to pole and suffered a cut in the process.
Endured the cut and the head butts and the Urkal Corner threw in the towel in 11th.
Was sick going into this fight and spent 10 days in the hospital.

You can say what you want about Hatton but don't talk about Cotto's performances because then you are just talking out the side of your neck and you are sounding kinda dumb in the process.