[quote=Taeth;531483]I love Cotto, but people are way over hyping him. I definitely see him as one of the best fighters, in the world, but he isn't in Mayweather's league and people are retarded for thinking that. When Oscar fights Cotto I think it will a way tougher fight for Cotto than he would have expected. When Oscar first fought Mosley, Mosley was the better boxer, as time went on however Oscar has progressed a lot more than MOsley, and in their second fight Oscar deserved the win, and was the better fighter, by now for me its pretty obvious that Oscar is a better fighter than MOsley, a Mosley that gave Cotto a very tough fight. If you want my reaons for believing Oscar right now is a step above Mosley just look at Mayorga and Vargas, Oscar destroyed Mayorga, and Mosley destroyed Vargas, but when Mayorga fought Vargas, Mayorga was clearly the superior fighter, and I felt Oscar beat him more convincingly than Mosley beat Vargas. I believe Mosley's win over Collazo was clearly overrated. I think Collazo, had he not broken his hand would have given Mosley a very difficult fight, I mean at the begining he landed a few left hands on Mosley, and won the first round or two, but after he broke his hand the biggest reason he lost the rest of the rounds was that he hardly threw any punches, and he commited to even less of them.

All this leads me to believe Oscar would be at least even to me in his chances of beating Cotto if not more.

As for Burto, sure he is lacking defensive skills right now, but he is so fast, and he hits so hard that Cotto will have a lot of difficulties with him. Berto is a tough kid and if COtto can't take him out easily then I think Berto using deadly uppercuts and combinations would be a nightmare for Cotto two years down the road.[/quote]

1. Starting off with such a distasteful statement really doesn't bode well for your post.

2. Oscar may have progressed more than Mosely in terms of PPV numbers and exposure, but in truth Mosely at this stage of their careers is still the superior boxer. At 147 Mosely is still mixing it with the best an looking for ways to the top. At 154 DLH is seeking fights from fighters as low as 140 and 135.
Your'e arguement about Mayorga>Vargas therefore DLH>Mosely is ridiculous. Did Vargas not draw DLH into a bloody fight and wobble him early? Don't base a theory on past prime/shot fighters.

3. Your description of Berto essentially is a description of Cotto, without his calculating boxing brain and scientific approach to fighting.