If Tony Beats Cotto...it doesn't mean Cotto can't beat Floyd....

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People gotta understand sometimes and I've been like this myself that because a fighter looses to someone then he's done or that means he can't beat anyonelse.

I definitely understand this. But the point is that there is a big enough gap in talent between Margarito and Floyd, that if Cotto can't beat Margarito, it's reasonable to assume he can't beat Floyd.

It's not like Margarito presents some awkward style that could give Cotto fits. Cotto is superior in every aspect to Margarito. More power, faster hands, better jab, more offensive variety, better defense, etc. Margarito has the type of style that should allow Cotto to show off all his skills. If Cotto can't do that against Margarito, then he's not as good as we thought.

The talent gap between Vilomar and Mancini or Escalera was how far apart?

Duran beat SRL, SRL beat Hearns now that didn't mean that when Duran fought Hearns that he was gonna win did it?

So because Cotto loses to Margarito that doesn't mean he can't beat PBF.

This is different though because this is a case where Margarito isn't your traditional "trap" fight which a lot of those were. Margarito isn't some unknown and the reasons most of the fighters you named were expecting to roll right over their opponents, not evaluating the threats they possessed. This happened with Cotto and Torres, someone he showed no respect for his power and then found out the hard way he could bang. Torres was a low profile guy, good but most expected a Cotto beating to be unleashed.

He knows Tony is a tough guy but he is better, he should know that he will have to be in top form and as a champion, that's what is expected of him.

Cotto needs to do what is expected of him in beating Tony otherwise how could we ever believe he expects to beat Mayweather? And that's a valid point. No matter what Cotto will have the chance to beat Maweather but realistically, he can't lose to Margarito and expect to beat Floyd.