Why is Mosley ranked higher than Cotto at welterweight?

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ESPN has Mosley number one at welterweight and Cotto at number two. But, Cotto has beat more top ten welterweights than Mosley - Clottey, Quintana, Mosely, Judah, and Malignaggi (top ten at 140). Mosley has beat Margarito and Collazo and lost to Cotto. Cotto's only loss came at the hands - uhm bricks - of Margarito; that loss has to be at least partially tainted.

Maybe Mosley should be number one, but shouldn't it be more of a close-call than it is made out to be?

Plaster aside, the welterweight division is really tough to properly rank.

The equation

Margarito > Cotto = Cotto > Mosley = Mosley > Margarito

shows inbalance in it's nature.

Ranking number 1 between Mosley and Cotto could spark an endless debate with valid statements on both sides. I personally think Mosley took the number one spot when he beat Margarito who had just taken the number one spot from Cotto. Cotto has not reclaimed that spot yet although he's one elk hair away from it.