I think Cotto was MORE overrated than Pavlik. Cotto faced 2 big names that were far from their primes and won a close match against Mosley. Then, he finally faces a champion in his prime and was punished, destroyed, spanked, schooled, annihilated, etc. Whatever you want to call it. As for Pavlik, well, he faced Miranda, and Taylor x 2 in his prime. I see a better resume in Pavlik and it was not like he was going to leave on stretchers when he lost compared to Cotto.
Cotto took the worse physical beating. Cotto showed that he was the more skilled boxer and won many rounds, but he physical abuse took it's toll on him. It was a little similar to Chavez/Taylor.
Nice comparison . Taylor was connecting Chavez here and there but not really inflicting any damage or slowing down Chavez. At the end, Taylor's face was almost unrecognizable.
Cotto/Margarito was very competive and it turned back and forth.
Danny, we meet again, eh?
Not sure if the fight was COMPETITIVE as I always saw Margarito walking forward through Cotto's punches and hitting him with everything he got up to the point of having Cotto backpedal throughout the fight.
Cotto has nothing to be ashamed
I would be ashamed to struggle with lots of guys who were not even in their prime or dominant champions and then when I finally faced a champion in his prime loose the way Cotto did. He was a bit overrated really.
Not sure how many other fighters can take Cotto other than Margarito and Williams.
Let's see how he does against other convicing champions IN THEIR PRIME.