i defended Joe for the manfredo fight and still do, i still believe it was the right choice then to get into the american picture, look how it ended up a massive interest in the kessler fight form all over the world and now hopkins

BUT

You can understand why he got slack for and why Gomez was considered a decent test for cotto. I doubt there were many if any who realy thought Gomez would win, but he was a big lad, down from middle done a number on a (shot) gatti... it was a decent pick for cotto since most other names were busy.