Who suffered worse in their defeat, Cotto or Pavlik?

[Spicoli]

Cotto "suffered" more I believe.Cotto put himself into the fire,fought the best he was seemingly able to,and from what I remember,seemed a huge favorite going in.He had the future all layed out with Oscar talk,p4p talk,the focus seemed to miss Tony.Also.....I really have never bought into this "Two fights in one" mantra we here after that fight.Cotto was boxing very well early but was sustaining accumulative damage as early as the first round and it was steadily increasing while at the same time landing the showier punches,with absolutely no effect.He fought his heart out.Also Cotto was exceeding in his skill set greatly,developing ring diversity in top form prior to the match muchmore so than Pavlik.Now he is about to go right back into the fray with the same man.I love Tony but he has 1 1/2 gears compared to a future 1st ballot HOF and one of the best tactical fighters in recent memory,be it 43 or 63.That being said,I see Cotto rebounding,having some big time victorys but just not against Margarito

Pavliks deficiency's were there prior to climbing through the ropes,Straight ahead offensive dynamo,never passed the 9th round but for one time.Fighting out of his weight,his title's remain intact.Hopkins refused to let him get rolling at all,never could mount a sustained attack and I believe Hopkins was content to beat him up while looking flashy.Pav. (and camp) got caught up in the newspaper clip reading,bought his own hype and forgot even 'Faded' old greats fight back when doubted.I believe he will learn quite a bit and still be a factor at middle, still add some tools.I do think that movement will always kill him though.

Back to work here but we honestly will not know until the next fight for both.I do not think they are ruined,far too early to right them off.

[XaduBoxer]

I think Cotto suffered more than Pavlik. Their reactions right after their respective fights showed some hints on how they felt about their embarassing defeats.

Cotto hurriedly leaving the ring and did not gave a post fight interview. Pavlik stayed in there and showed so much class in answering those humiliating questions like a real man.

This doesn't imply that Cotto is less of a warrior, it only showed that he's more embarassed of the damages he suffered...
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