Despite being a bit one dimensional Margarito was a tougher prospect than Cotto generally, but Pacquiao was still untested in these waters and proved what a beast he is.
I'd have to say Mosley if based on the feeling pre-fight whereas I had Cotto-Pac a pick'em fight with slight edge to Pacquiao....so Pac is sorta a victim of his own greatness in this poll for me.
Shane fought an unstoppable monster who was expected to devore him. Manny fought a Cotto who didn't look great since the Margarito beatdown( who took something out of him).
Both are great wins but Shane's win over the number one WW Margarito is greater, it saved his career.
Mosley over Margarito and theres no question a bout it.
Margarito was comming off better wins than Cotto, dominating KO's over IBF champ Kermit Cintron and WBA champ Miguel Cotto>>> dominating KO over Michael Jennings for vacant WBO title and Close split decision over Joshua Clottey.
Mosley took less punches than Pacquiao, just dominated didnt loose a round. No catch weight, Mosley was the under dog against the welterweight king that had just destroyed Cotto. And Mosley was 37, id like to see Pacquiao beat a prime welterweight king when he's 37.
Pac over Cotto in the sense of Pacquiao coming from Featherweight the year before and demolishing Cotto (the consensus #1-2 WW in the world).
But considering Margarito's aura post the Cotto win and how bad Mosley dominated him, you can make a case for both really.
I'll probably lean towards Pacquiao over Cotto.
easy....Shane over Marg was way way better!!....Cotto was beatdown by Marg physically and mentally....Clottey beat him up as well....so Cotto was coming off 2 beatdowns and if you REALLY score the Clottey fight like its supposed to, then Cotto lost that fight as well.....Marg on the other hand was Mr. Invisible before Shane beat him down, plus the stakes were higher.....the top spot in the division was on the line and Shane was the underdog......Shane's win was much better and not trying to diss Manny's win but its not even close to that Shane over Marg beatdown!!.....Marg hadn't lost in like 8 years before Shane took it to him!!
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well pacquiao was the big favourite to beat cotto
and if you all remember marg was the big favourite to k.o shane after what people saw in the mayorga fight
and of course the catch weight takes shine off the cotto fight
for me its shane not by a mile but clearly
easy....Shane over Marg was way way better!!....Cotto was beatdown by Marg physically and mentally....Clottey beat him up as well....so Cotto was coming off 2 beatdowns and if you REALLY score the Clottey fight like its supposed to, then Cotto lost that fight as well.....Marg on the other hand was Mr. Invisible before Shane beat him down, plus the stakes were higher.....the top spot in the division was on the line and Shane was the underdog......Shane's win was much better and not trying to diss Manny's win but its not even close to that Shane over Marg beatdown!!.....Marg hadn't lost in like 8 years before Shane took it to him!!
Paul Williams killed that streak, not Sugar, and I think it was closer to 10 years.
Mosley beat Marg when nobody thought he would win. Pac had a shot based on previous performences but it was catchweight.
my pick is Mosley win > Pac win.
margarito-mosley easily.
cotto is a shell of a fighter ever since margarito took his soul. fighters who quit rarely show the same heart in the ring again and cotto clearly hasnt, not to mention hes a fighter who always got hit alot and had to show massive heart to overcome alot of oponents.
in addition to quitting he got a real brutal beatdown which can also ruin a fighter, and again he was clearly ruined after margarito. clottey beat him imo, and even if u think cotto won he didnt really win the fight clottey just gave it away.
in that fight cotto went in to submission mode way faster than he had against margarito, he took more punishment against the likes of judah, torres, corley and arguably bailey aswell without backing of. he didnt take alot of punishment against pac eighter compared to fights pre margarito, and he went into survival mode quick as ****. he just fired his trainer, probably cuz he didnt see cotto wanted to be saved as fast as he got hit square and threw in the towel.
margarito is a an average fighter but atlest he still had it in him unlike cotto.