Who suffered worse in their defeat, Cotto or Pavlik?

[Wayne]

Gotta say Pavlik. He finished on his feet, yeah, but between him and Cotto Pavlik is the one people are reassessing. I think if anything people are waiting to see Cotto in his next outing to decide if he's no longer the fighter he was whereas people are already saying Pavlik isn't the fighter they thought he was.

Really? There were many, many people who always thought Pavlik was a one-two punch boxer.

Do you think you'll see Cotto in with a puncher anytime soon? Do you think his management wants to test that chin again?

I like Cotto a lot. Don't get me wrong here. But, Pavlik suffered less by far.

I think you are confusing the question. I didn't ask which fighter was more exposed. I asked who suffered worse in their defeat.

It isn't about finishing on your feet. Amir Khan got ktfo, but it was a one punch knock-out. As a fellow poster mentioned, as long as it doesn't turn the fighter punch shy, he can get over it. But, Cotto was brought to his knees. His will was broken. Pavlik, from what I can tell, still has his will intact.

There's suffering and then there's suffering. Cotto's next big fight will be a huge pay day. Pavlik has just turned into a high-risk, low-reward fighter and will have to scrape his way up to where he was before Hopkins, losing out on several decent paydays in the near future. There are things that just aren't supposed to happen to elite fighters and a lot of them were done to Pavlik by a guy old enough to be his father. Cotto got beaten up by a guy we all knew could beat him up if he got the opportunity. Cotto won a good portion of the fight against Margarito, Pavlik could have stood still and gotten the same result (not really, but you know what I mean).