Who is the man at 147???

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Right now Mosley has the right to consider himself the man at 147, although it would help his case to beat Cotto. If Mayweather were to comeback and beat Mosley, then I think he could consider himself the man, since he was the lineal/Ring champ before retiring.

The situation is kind of funny, actually. Mosley's status now comes from beating Margarito; Margarito's status comes from beating Cotto; and Cotto's status came (mainly) from beating Mosley. But Cotto's next best win was Zab Judah, whose defining win was against Corey Spinks, who made his name by beating Ricardo Mayorga, whose built his career by beating Vernon Forrest, whose most impressive win was over, of course, Shane Mosley.

That's quite a long shadow cast by a guy who's only 5'9".