Why all the hate for Cotto?

[thatdudespits]

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Originally Posted by thatdudespits

Hatton was the lineal champ because he beat Kosta tzsyu... hatton has only faced 9 world champions in his entire career.... his record in title fights is only 7-2... who did he beat at 140? maussa after cotto took is 0.... pendleton?... keep it real... like i said.... compare the resumes at 140... boxrec doesnt lie.


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They sure don't..Tzsyu is the best fighter on either fighters resume at 140lb..Hatton wins..Hatton also had Tackie,and a few other solid wins on his resume..But the Tzsyu win kills anything you can bring up for Cotto in more then one way..

again your playing the name game... "the Tzsyu win kills anything" ...that just sounds ignorant... look at the records of the fighters they faced... looked at how many former champs they beat at 140... you didnt anything remotely intruiging to say so "Tzsyu kills all" is what you come up with... lame


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[thatdudespits]

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Originally Posted by thatdudespits

for those who say Cotto was never elite.... well then what was he?

a very good fighter. a level below the elite. nobody's saying this to disturb you or ruin your day. the proof is in the pudding, so to speak. Cotto failed and failed again when the time came to prove he belonged in that next distinct class above. people can make excuses time and again for him, but that's all they are, excuses.

like it, leave it, whatever. it's the cold, hard truth. he fell short of the expectations that many had for him, proved himself a lesser quality of fighter than was supposed by those people (you among them, clearly).


Martinez isn't elite, either. he's another very good fighter who possesses a lesser body of work than Cotto but arguably (< operative word here) the better individual wins. he's been presiding over a historically weak 160lb division and isn't exactly cleaning it out.

if everyone went by your definition of elite.... there wouldnt be any elite fighters....

martinez biggest win is paul williams...and kelly pavlik.... thats as good as his resume gets ...its not that good at all...


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[$coinblatt$]

if everyone went by your definition of elite.... there wouldnt be any elite fighters....

martinez biggest win is paul williams...and kelly pavlik.... thats as good as his resume gets ...its not that good at all...


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Kelly Pavlik Ring Magazine lineal middleweight champ
Paul Williams top #5 p4p at the time

your trying to tell me bum ass one legged jew Yuri Foreman and an old ass Mosley is better then this?

Cotto has never beaten any one ranked as p4p #1 in their divisions. FACTS

[S. Saddler 1310]

i wasnt even going to go here but you forced my hand....

cotto has faced and beaten more world champions then felix trinidad...

they are both 3 division world champs

trinidads biggest win is a fight that everyone saw him lose to de la hoya...

whats his other biggest win? vargas? lol... Joppy? lol...campas?... mayorga?

cotto has a far better resume... compare them yourself.


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you can't assess purely by numbers/on paper, it's too deceptive. how many of Cotto's "world champions" were really anything more than paper titlists? Trinidad is clearly Greater, showed himself more capable at a higher level than Cotto and was clearly a better fighter. i favour his body of work, qualitatively. poll it and see how many disagree with that sentiment.

Cotto's best is Mosley. if you're trying to claim that a close one with a faded Mosley is better than a conclusive stoppage of a young hotshot Vargas who had shown himself precocious enough and not too green to get down with the like of Quartey and Wright, you're stretching it.

as for Trinidad-DLH, you can make a case for either principle in that fight. the verdict delivered that night has become one of the most overstated gift/robbery theories ever, in no small part perpetuated by the Legendary Nights series (like many other myths), and one that is generally not bought into by more discerning, long-time fight observers, who could/can see that the fight was generally very close and competitive and that De La Hoya only dazzled and looked a cut above in flashes.

anyway, when Cotto got in with fighters of the class of a 1999 De La Hoya, he got wrecked.

you are better off enjoying Cotto for what he is/was than wasting futile effort trying to prove he's something he's not. you'll get more pleasure out of him that way.

[Jack Napier]

don't hate Cotto, he's alright, been in some exciting fights
just wish his fans would STFU about Tony "cheating" against him
he lost fair and square, it's old, get over it

[S. Saddler 1310]

if everyone went by your definition of elite.... there wouldnt be any elite fighters....

what kind of argument is that? the elite should be a small minority. what do you think 'elite' means?

martinez biggest win is paul williams...and kelly pavlik.... thats as good as his resume gets ...its not that good at all...

and Cotto's best are a faded Mosley and (take your pick of any number of B guys Cotto beat and insert here). like i said, it's arguable as to who has the better individual wins. i don't personally care to argue hard for either guy because they're about as good as each other as fighters, qualitatively speaking. neither man is elite.


Cotto never was elite. no amount of furious debating will change that.

[..WaRSpencE..]

Hatton was the underdog and not many was picking him to beat Tyszu, Hatton beats him then suddenly Tyszu retires and is shot.

Miguel Cotto's 140 resume is probably no better than Hattons tbfh and Hatton certainly didn't go life and death with Paulie.

Say what you like but reality is a shot Tyszu is better than any fcuking thing Cotto did at 140.

:rofl1: @ life and death

Neither did Cotto..with an undefeated Paulie at that...

[El Angel]

Miguel Cotto

[S. Saddler 1310]

:rofl1: @ life and death

Neither did Cotto..with an undefeated Paulie at that...

fight was much more competitive than a snapshot of Paulie's face suggests. the official judges had it unduly wide for Cotto in the Garden (surprise, surprise), but it was there for either guy to win on any fair scorecard going into the late rounds.

[..WaRSpencE..]

Another point I find hilarious is..

"I'm tired of his fan saying Margarito cheated"...

Cotto avenged that loss and you all say "Margarito was shot!"

Fact is..for years has anyone hardly brought up the plaster of paris..and the ones who do bring it up seems to mainly be the Margarito supporters/Cotto haters..ooh the irony!