I have been under the impression Cotto was overrated, but after seeing true boxing skills of Paul. I am thinking Cotto's destruction of him is that much more impressive. I figured it would ruin Malignaggi the beating he took, but it seems to have made him want to fight better guys now and he is looking good. In retrospect I can now see why most think Cotto is a beast now.
one thing tho is that pualie is punching harder know then in the cotto fight... buddy mcgurt saqd he wasnt closing his fist while he was punching untill the last 2 fights.. and thats why he has had hand troubles in the past
Yeah I could tell he was doing more damage than his early ESPN stuff. Dropping Ndou was impressive the guy has more pop now for sure.
It's kind of hard to take away a fight from somebody when it actually happened... Thats like my friend beating me in basketball and im like well take that win against me off ur resume and you've never beaten me... wtf???
Well then I will contend that on a whole Cotto has had as good if not better competition than Hatton. Cotto has faced young undefeated prospects and fringe contenders while Hatton has faced old ex-champs coming off of loses themselves.
It took Hatton what 40 odd fights to fight a champion and not once did he fight a top prospect or an undefeated prospect.
Hatton even fought Maussa after Cotto had demolished him.
one thing tho is that pualie is punching harder know then in the cotto fight... buddy mcgurt saqd he wasnt closing his fist while he was punching untill the last 2 fights.. and thats why he has had hand troubles in the past
Ive been saaying cotto and malignaggi wer both great for a long time. Glad to see people finally coming around..
Where is my 10K from the briggs fight?
Take away the Tzu fight and Cotto's resume is as good if not better.
It's kind of hard to take away a fight from somebody when it actually happened... Thats like my friend beating me in basketball and im like well take that win against me off ur resume and you've never beaten me... wtf???
I think his resume is not quite up to par with Hatton's (he still hasn't beaten a Hall of Famer like Tszyu and Collazo > Judah) and I don't think you can put him up there with Calzaghe yet simply because of the longevity and Calzaghe's overall dominance, even against not-so-great opposition.
However, his stock is soaring and I'm hoping for a big win over Margarito and then a huge, huge fight vs. DLH next year. That would be fun. Mosley would be a nice fallback option, assuming this Top Rank-GBP feud is indeed near over...
Get the fuck out of here!!!!!! ha hatton resume is garbage minus Collazo and Kosta... Cotto fought top contenders not journeymen
I think his resume is not quite up to par with Hatton's (he still hasn't beaten a Hall of Famer like Tszyu and Collazo > Judah) and I don't think you can put him up there with Calzaghe yet simply because of the longevity and Calzaghe's overall dominance, even against not-so-great opposition.
However, his stock is soaring and I'm hoping for a big win over Margarito and then a huge, huge fight vs. DLH next year. That would be fun. Mosley would be a nice fallback option, assuming this Top Rank-GBP feud is indeed near over...
Take away the Tzu fight and Cotto's resume is as good if not better.
Cotto is definitely a pound for pound fighter. He has a better resume than both Hatton and Calzaghe now.
I think his resume is not quite up to par with Hatton's (he still hasn't beaten a Hall of Famer like Tszyu and Collazo > Judah) and I don't think you can put him up there with Calzaghe yet simply because of the longevity and Calzaghe's overall dominance, even against not-so-great opposition.
However, his stock is soaring and I'm hoping for a big win over Margarito and then a huge, huge fight vs. DLH next year. That would be fun. Mosley would be a nice fallback option, assuming this Top Rank-GBP feud is indeed near over...
Im glad you see the light Buddy. Cotto's stock has gone up big time in the past two weeks. Malignaggi and Torres' recent success in the division is only making Miguel look better.
Cotto is better then I origninally thought and Malinaggi is a helluva lot better then I originally thought.
Cotto vs. Malinaggi may be a heck of a remtach in a couple years.
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