How Would Miguel Cotto Have Done Against Elite 90's Welterweights ??

**Macho** · 04-04-2008 01:15 PM

Cmon.....ICB , i don't going stick on you , but i think that you underestimate Cotto too much my friend , look I'm a realist Cottos fan and i know that some of his fight he showed that his chin wasnt good enough , but now is different bro...Cotto before didn't have the good discipline in his training that has now , you mentioned Trinidad , in his beginning he was the same and surpassed that , if you see Cotto now has the skill that can fight outboxing , toe to toe as always like , he getting better his defense and etc......We just have give him his time......

All the guys that mentioned , the skill that Cotto have right now , i think that have to give the benefit of the doubt ICB.......

ICB · 04-04-2008 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by Macho

Cmon.....ICB , i don't going stick on you , but i think that you underestimate Cotto too much my friend , look I'm a realist Cottos fan and i know that some of his fight he showed that his chin wasnt good enough , but now is different bro...Cotto before didn't have the good discipline in his training that has now , you mentioned Trinidad , in his beginning he was the same and surpassed that , if you see Cotto now has the skill that can fight outboxing , toe to toe as always like , he getting better his defense and etc......We just have give him his time......

All the guys that mentioned , the skill that Cotto have right now , i think that have to give the benefit of the doubt ICB.......

I don't underestimate Cotto at all i have seen almost every single fight of his career, i always defend Cotto but im sorry i can't see him beating a stronger, faster, younger Mosley. I can't see him beating ODLH who used to have good footwork good power and excellent speed. I can't see him beating iron chinned Lopez who has dynamite in both hands that would be a bad style match up for Cotto. I can't see him beating Quartey who also had dynamite in both hands and a piston left jab, i for certain can't see him beating one of the best defensive fighters of all time aka Pernell Whitaker, And for certain again i can't see him beating Felix Trinidad in a toe to toe battle no way.

**Macho** · 04-04-2008 02:18 PM

Originally Posted by ICB

Originally Posted by Macho

Cmon.....ICB , i don't going stick on you , but i think that you underestimate Cotto too much my friend , look I'm a realist Cottos fan and i know that some of his fight he showed that his chin wasnt good enough , but now is different bro...Cotto before didn't have the good discipline in his training that has now , you mentioned Trinidad , in his beginning he was the same and surpassed that , if you see Cotto now has the skill that can fight outboxing , toe to toe as always like , he getting better his defense and etc......We just have give him his time......

All the guys that mentioned , the skill that Cotto have right now , i think that have to give the benefit of the doubt ICB.......

I don't underestimate Cotto at all i have seen almost every single fight of his career, i always defend Cotto but im sorry i can't see him beating a stronger, faster, younger Mosley. I can't see him beating ODLH who used to have good footwork good power and excellent speed. I can't see him beating iron chinned Lopez who has dynamite in both hands that would be a bad style match up for Cotto. I can't see him beating Quartey who also had dynamite in both hands and a piston left jab, i for certain can't see him beating one of the best defensive fighters of all time aka Pernell Whitaker, And for certain again i can't see him beating Felix Trinidad in a toe to toe battle no way.

I know that you know what a power punch that Cotto has too , we can forget that , we will summarize all the power and good skill that they would have , but we have to give him a time , he just have 3 fights in WW and now he is the most fear in that Div....

**Tins06** · 04-04-2008 01:47 PM

At this time it's difficult to pick cotto over alot of the fighters mentioned..But that's just because cotto's seems strangly untested to me...Or no not untested..but he hasn't really got that fighter on his record to suggest he could hang with the legends of the division.Give him a few years and i bet you,you would get a completly different response from most people if you asked the same quistion.