He basically stayed green...7 years ago he was a tremendous prospect with some bad habits. He's gotten older, but basically stayed the same fighter. Honestly, the same fighter beating Ward and Witter beat Spinks, and lost/looked shaky all those times. IDK what that says, but he hasn't grown much.

Still has fans saying "if a focused Zab" which basically mean "if Zab fills his potential", that's basically what you say about prospects. Maybe he can fix some of those habits and he could come back in a big way against Cotto, he's only 29. But if he hasn't stepped it up in the 7 years previous, I see no real reason as to why he steps it up now. And if he loses against Cotto, I think that could be his last big fight. He at least has to be competitive.