Well Gomez was a junior middleweight who had had moderate success in the welterweight division and was naturally bigger than Cotto.

Forbes is a super featherweight who is half the size of De La Hoya.

It's a size mismatch.

Cotto did destory Gomez but Gomez was still a reasonable challenge. He went 1-1-1 with Feliciano who equipped himself well against Cintron and has wins over high profile stars in Gatti and Manfredo. He'd also beaten Tackie and Jesse Brinkley so he was an ok stay busy opponent.