"Fighter of the Decade" Rankings

[ArawakWarria]

[quote=Bilbo;622688][quote=ArawakWarria;622663]

For the record guys like Cotto, Vazquez, Margarito, whilst being very good fighters don't make the top 10 either.

Please recognize that Cotto is definitely one of the best of this decade.
Margarito
Mosley
Zab
Quintana
Malignaggi
Branco
N'Dou
Corley
Bailey
Moussa
Cesar Bazan
Justin Juuko
and one loss among this entire group?

These were all fought this decade... and only the last two were NOT Championship fights. Give the man some credit.

[Kev]

[quote=ArawakWarria;622698][quote=Bilbo;622688]

Please recognize that Cotto is definitely one of the best of this decade.
Margarito
Mosley
Zab
Quintana
Malignaggi
Branco
N'Dou
Corley
Bailey
Moussa
Cesar Bazan
Justin Juuko
and one loss among this entire group?

These were all fought this decade... and only the last two were NOT Championship fights. Give the man some credit.

I do credit him mate it's just he's not a top 10 fighter. He's never even been the number one fighter in his division. At 140 he was rated behind Hatton and at 147 he's behind Floyd, Margarito and Williams.

If you put him in the top 10 of the last decade you have to take somebody out, and who would of the following would you drop to make way for him?


Mayweather
Jones Jr
Hopkins
Pacquaio
Barrera
Morales
Calzaghe
Lennox Lewis
Winky
Trinidad
Mosely
De La Hoya
Toney

I wouldn't put Cotto above any of them. Maybe if we are counting a decade as being this decade, i,e starting at 2000 rather than a ten year decade, i.e 1998 you could put him above a couple but certainly for me he doesn't make the top 10.

He never unified a division, he never became THE man in any division, he lost his most important fight by a devastating KO.

He doesn't rate above the others mentioned, not even close imo.