I credit a fighter for the fighter they fight on the day. Marquez plodded around the ring and was not at his best for the Mayweather fight. He's still Marquez, so it's still a good win, but I rank the win over Cotto higher. Cotto was on top of his game against Mayweather, and still got totally outclassed.
So the win vs Marquez was very good but his when he retires I'll look back at a few different fights as his absolute signature wins: vs Cotto, vs Hatton (again, Hatton performed pretty well in the early rounds of that fight but Mayweather's work was outstanding), and vs Corrales (one of the best performances I've ever seen). He was also punch-perfect against Mosley after about halfway through round three, and awesome in the second half of the fight vs Oscar, and also great against Corley and Gatti.
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