How would Cotto do against the top 140 pound fighters today?
Mathysse?
Garcia?
Khan?
Alvarado?
I think he beats them all, but Cotto vs Mathysse would be amazing.
I think a prime Cotto beats all of them except Matthysse. I think Matthysse KOs Cotto. Matthysse has become a real monster and I don't think he will lose any fights for a long time.
Ye I agree with this, how u fink he would do against bradley at 140
You need power period to beat Cotto because you need to keep him off you and Bradley doesn't have that. I think Cotto takes a UD against him.
he'd beat khan, and most likely garcia too if garcia doesnt test dat chin. He might lose to Lucas. Beats Alvarado. Maybe its cause of styles, but i think cotto could beat bradley at 140.
Cotto probably shouldnt have gotten past corley (premature stoppage imo) and was gettin dat ass stung vs Judah (b4 the low blows) and out of the 4 top dogs at the time (mayweather, gatti, tzu, and hatton) Cotto fought NONE. No knocc against him tho, he was and still is a beast to anybody wearin gloves.
IDK. He should beat all of them but I think he was pretty overrated at 140. I thought he was like almost a more skilled version of Chavez Jr. in that to me he won mostly all his fights strictly on size alone. He was always way more naturally bigger than his opponents. That also made him have a weaker chin.
So, if you take those guys who are better than people like Torres & Corley, have nice size, combined with Cotto's weak chin then I could see them all shocking him. It goes both ways
He stops Khan/Garcia, gets a UD against Alvarado and a close decision against Matthysse. Cotto didn't have the most reliable chin at 140lb, so it's possible he would catch an L against Lucas.