Pacquiao Opponents: Cotto vs Marquez (Who Wins)?

Marquez outboxes Cotto. I don't know why people think Cotto beats Marquez. Pacquiao is much faster than Cotto, can fight with both hands, hits harder and has equal boxing skill and he still arguably lost to Marquez. Cotto is NOT bigger than Marquez (if they fought at 145) because he is only 5'7 and has a 67 inch reach, same measurements as Marquez. Cotto also likes to be the aggressor which plays into Marquez's strengths as a counter puncher. You guys put way too much emphasis on size and strength when much more factors come into play. The fact that Cotto is flat footed and is only really effective with his left hand makes this a relatively easy fight for Marquez. I'm sorry but its Marquez by decision. People think highly of Cotto for whatever reason. Fact is he lost his two biggest fights and the Mosley fight was a Draw IMO. He's a GOOD fighter, who beat other GOOD fighters. Cotto is not great, boarderline HOFer. Marquez is a sure HOF'er and an All Time GREAT.

Juan Manuel Marquez would be the best fighter Cotto had faced if that fight happened. Yes, better than Pacquiao. Marquez on the other hand, has already fought a couple of fighters who are better than Cotto: Mayweather and Pacquiao, and he went 48 rounds with them from 126-144, suffering 5 knock-downs in total...no knock outs. Yeah styles make fights, and Mayweather and Pacquiao's styles are superior to Cotto's. Also, Barrera is a better fighter than Cotto. That's already 3 fighters that Marquez has fought that are better than Cotto.

Marquez outboxes Cotto. I don't know why people think Cotto beats Marquez. Pacquiao is much faster than Cotto, can fight with both hands, hits harder and has equal boxing skill and he still arguably lost to Marquez. Cotto is NOT bigger than Marquez (if they fought at 145) because he is only 5'7 and has a 67 inch reach, same measurements as Marquez. Cotto also likes to be the aggressor which plays into Marquez's strengths as a counter puncher. You guys put way too much emphasis on size and strength when much more factors come into play. The fact that Cotto is flat footed and is only really effective with his left hand makes this a relatively easy fight for Marquez. I'm sorry but its Marquez by decision.

The KD was not counted but instead the ref penalized him that round. Competitive fight + KD = MAB win. The Kd wasn't counted because Barrera resorted to hitting Marquez clearly while he was down. That's his fault. The KD wouldn't of made a difference in the end. Marquez was a clear winner. He got the better of Barrera the whole night.

The KD was not counted but instead the ref penalized him that round. Competitive fight + KD = MAB win. Marquez whooped Pacquiao's dog eating ass 3 times. :bottle:

This is an interesting video. You can see a lot of respect and appreciation from both Marquez and the announcer towards Cotto. Wouldn't it be good if most posters in the forum were like that and got rid of ignorant remarks and the ridiculous name-calling? Anyway, this would be a very good fight with a high level of technique. I can also see the promotion being very clean as both guys are very respectful and serious. Yea I have no doubt both Cotto and Marquez respect each other a lot.

Skill-wise, I'd go with Marquez. The problem is that it's also about size and punching power. Odds are, Cotto is good enough with his timing and his ability to take the occasional counter-punch, while managing to dish out more than Marquez is willing to throw. Marquez isn't completely out-classed, but he gets decisioned in relatively convincing fashion.

Here's how it would look some what size wise This is an interesting video. You can see a lot of respect and appreciation from both Marquez and the announcer towards Cotto. Wouldn't it be good if most posters in the forum were like that and got rid of ignorant remarks and the ridiculous name-calling? Anyway, this would be a very good fight with a high level of technique. I can also see the promotion being very clean as both guys are very respectful and serious.

Here's how it would look some what size wise

The Cotto at the Pac fight? The one without a real trainer? I got Marquez by decision.

That's coz he fought mediocre opponents. After Pac/May the next best was Casa/Diaz/Katsidis. BTW he lost to Barrera. No he didn't. It was a competitive fight but Marquez was clear winner.

I think this would be a very competitive, technical fight throughout the first half. I don't think Cotto will ever go to a fight with the mentality that he's stronger because the opponent is going up in weight. That mentality hurt him against Pacquiao. Marquez is one of the best counterpunchers you could find, but Cotto has a quick, well timed jab and, honestly, Cotto has better pure boxing skills than Pacquiao and he would not go at Marquez recklessly throwing from weird angles. Based on those factors, I see Cotto hitting him with the jab like he did to Yuri Foreman. Eventually, Cotto would get to the body and would wear Marquez down. I don't see a one punch KO, but a late TKO is the most likely scenario for me.

Cotto, he's never really lost to a pure boxer, whether it's a counterpuncher or not. Cotto stops Marquez somewhere around round 6. Fact is he's still a lightweight. Pacman is just overrated.

That's coz he fought mediocre opponents. After Pac/May the next best was Casa/Diaz/Katsidis. BTW he lost to Barrera. :rofl::rofl::rofl:

Cotto by Dec

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good ass fight! i really dont know who i would pick. leaning towards cotto by decision. it really depends on whether or not marquez would've had the power to hurt cotto. i could see marquez' uppercut getting in there, but dunno if it would be enough.

Cotto like Marquez are boxers who keep their balance and feet on the ground. Very similar in many ways, but Cotto's size would be too much for the countermaster. Cotto put a lot of hurt on Mayorga, who is a JR Middleweight with a good chin. The fight would be great to watch because they both are action fighters who give it all.

Styles make fights. Cotto can fight off the backfoot, Pac can't.

Cotto by KO. Marquez is only great with Pac. Marquez only lost to Mayweather decisively, i think he is still underrated. Great great boxer.