Who suffered worse in their defeat, Cotto or Pavlik?

[OumaFan]

Depends on what you mean by suffer. It seems like rantcantrat takes it to mean who took more physical punishment and so he says Cotto, which is not surprising.

If you go by just which loss looks worse as far as getting shutout by an old man then Pavlik.

Something tells me it might be easier for Pavlik to come back. Can go back down, didn't take a physical beating on the same level that Cotto did. As much as I like Cotto, if he comes out and gets put into a real tough physical fight is he willing to put himself through something like that again? Hopefully he's good but we won't know till it happens.

[Trainer Monkey]

As others have said,depends on the angle you look at it from.
Pavlik lost to a legend, who had a very clearly defined game pla to beat him.
Cotto got flat out whupped.
As far as who bounces back better,it really depends on which weight class they ply their trade in,and wether or not the flaws Margarito and Hopkins capitalized on can be made to go away. Because you know every future opponent they'll have is looking at those tapes.
But at 28 and 26, I see no real reason why they couldnt both rebound nicely. You never know how a guy is going to deal with a loss. Mancini was probably better after losing to Arquello,Tyson never looked the same after Douglas

[awdleyfuturehalloffamer]

Cotto looked good in defeat and won over more fans. Pavlik looked terrible in defeat and barely landed a punch and was slower than mollasses with his punches. Cotto gave everything he had against a brick wall. Pavlik couldn't throw a punch or even when he did muster a swing he missed by a mile.

[Rantcatrat]

Cotto looked good in defeat and won over more fans. Pavlik looked terrible in defeat and barely landed a punch and was slower than mollasses with his punches. Cotto gave everything he had against a brick wall. Pavlik couldn't throw a punch or even when he did muster a swing he missed by a mile.

That doesn't answer the question poised.

You really think Cotto looked good in defeat?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJbQXBKggnU

[SweetPea]

Cotto suffered more.

It's a lot easier to come back (both physically and mentally) from a fight where you're technically outclassed than it is from a fight where your will gets broken to the point where you collapse to your knees.

Cotto is a better fighter than Pavlik, but he has a bigger challenge in overcoming his defeat.

[Rantcatrat]

Cotto suffered more.

It's a lot easier to come back (both physically and mentally) from a fight where you're technically outclassed than it is from a fight where your will gets broken to the point where you collapse to your knees.

Cotto is a better fighter than Pavlik, but he has a bigger challenge in overcoming his defeat.

Strong Post. I'm not sure that Cotto is a better fighter than Pavlik can be made until we see how their respective careers pan out. But, Cotto beat Sugar Shane, so fair enough.