Miguel cotto is overrated

A lot of racist in these comments.

He was the Shawn Porter of the prior generation. Really good fighter but not elite IMO. But, he never ducked anyone and more guys should be like he was.

Cotto was simply exciting to watch and there is nothing wrong with that. I'd take rewatching Cotto's career a thousand times over rewatching Mayweather's to put some comparison out there. Cotto was for me anyways a higher level Gatti. Both were brave as f**k and would go out on their shield fighting till the end. Cotto was one of those guys in a tough spot. He was absolutely brutalizing all the competition at around 140lbs, but once he stepped up and eventually moved to 147lbs, things got tougher for him. I don't think he had the same debilitating power as he did at 140lbs. His 140lbs streak was freakish at that time. He was disfiguring almost all his opponents faces, even did enough damage that Bronco dude quit from his arms being too sore. At 147lbs, the power wasn't the same. That is where he also had his toughest competition. Watching him face Zab live in NYC will also be probably the greatest fight I've witness live. The energy in that arena was nuts.

Thats a huge understatement. Sergio wasnt just old and past it, he literally could barely walk, he went into the fight with major knee problems and was fuking limping around trying to fight near prime cotto. Sergio's team should have postponed the fight but they wanted to cash out. Also cotto had the same struggles in his margo rematch as the first fight, he got lucky that margo had a broken unhealed eye socket for him to target. I think cotto would have lost the rematch without an eye socket to target. Two of his biggest wins are against guys with severe injuries before the fight even started. Then hes got the mosley 'win' which was a draw or loss. Whats his real best win, jab judah? Sergio had a cash grab, but that was Cotto's fault how? Sergio shouldn't even have been medically cleared to fight.

Holy necropost, Batman... Why are we bringing a 6 year old troll thread back?

Underrated if anything, a very good fighter who fought the best, certainly a whole heap better than the trash that tends to get praised and even put on P4P lists currently. He was a real one & fought a lot of fighters who was wrong for him stylistically, he gets a lot more props from me daring to be great than these goofs of today who sit around preserving their '0' do that is for sure.

To say Shane Mosley was robbed against Cotto is just preposterous and no where even close to reality.

Now I Like Cotto as a fighter, but he's lost more career defining fights than won. imo he's overrated. Here's why 1. Lost to Floyd 2. Lost to Canelo 3. Lost to Pac 4. Lost to Margarito(No proof of plaster just assumption) 5. Got a Robbery win against Shane Mosley(Went to hospital after) 6. Was getting tortured by Zab who had 4 losses at the time 7. Went life and death with Torres 8. Beat an out of prime Sergio Martinez 9. Almost got ko'd by Chop Chop 10. Beating a undefeated Pillow punching Malignaggi + Redeeming his first loss to Margarito were his Most significant wins I JUST DON'T SEE THE GREATNESS SMH WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK??? Stopped reading after that.

Now I Like Cotto as a fighter, but he's lost more career defining fights than won. imo he's overrated. Here's why 1. Lost to Floyd 2. Lost to Canelo 3. Lost to Pac 4. Lost to Margarito(No proof of plaster just assumption) 5. Got a Robbery win against Shane Mosley(Went to hospital after) 6. Was getting tortured by Zab who had 4 losses at the time 7. Went life and death with Torres 8. Beat an out of prime Sergio Martinez 9. Almost got ko'd by Chop Chop 10. Beating a undefeated Pillow punching Malignaggi + Redeeming his first loss to Margarito were his Most significant wins I JUST DON'T SEE THE GREATNESS SMH WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK??? - - OP overrates his his own relevance to boxing.

Now I Like Cotto as a fighter, but he's lost more career defining fights than won. imo he's overrated. Here's why 1. Lost to Floyd 2. Lost to Canelo 3. Lost to Pac 4. Lost to Margarito(No proof of plaster just assumption) 5. Got a Robbery win against Shane Mosley(Went to hospital after) 6. Was getting tortured by Zab who had 4 losses at the time 7. Went life and death with Torres 8. Beat an out of prime Sergio Martinez 9. Almost got ko'd by Chop Chop 10. Beating a undefeated Pillow punching Malignaggi + Redeeming his first loss to Margarito were his Most significant wins I JUST DON'T SEE THE GREATNESS SMH WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK??? I wouldn't say overrated, Cotto just didn't live up to his max potential. Cotto was on a hot streak and it culminated with the Mosley win. It all went downhill with that beating he took in that first Margarito fight (am still baffled how he lost to such a low level opponent in Margz) and he was never the same fighter again.

Good fighter, definitely overrated though. I was a big fan of his during his prime, but his weaknesses were always there, Manny and Marg really exposed them (weaknesses being no right hand, suspect stamina)

cotto is a great boxer but it just seems like he struggle with pressure fighters that can take a punch... pac said cotto hit hard but im surprise why cotto cant keep these pressure fighters off of him, he pretty much hit marg with everything he has and marg was still coming forward ... cotto also has shiiet stamina so that doesnt help either. but against a defensive and slow face fighter, that's where cotto shine. even tho he loss to floyd, he actually did very well.

cotto is a HOF'er!! put some respect on his name!!

Now I Like Cotto as a fighter, but he's lost more career defining fights than won. imo he's overrated. Here's why 1. Lost to Floyd 2. Lost to Canelo 3. Lost to Pac 4. Lost to Margarito(No proof of plaster just assumption) 5. Got a Robbery win against Shane Mosley(Went to hospital after) 6. Was getting tortured by Zab who had 4 losses at the time 7. Went life and death with Torres 8. Beat an out of prime Sergio Martinez 9. Almost got ko'd by Chop Chop 10. Beating a undefeated Pillow punching Malignaggi + Redeeming his first loss to Margarito were his Most significant wins 11 Austin Trout took his belt, later to get robbed by Canelo in open scoring and smoked and classed by Lara I JUST DON'T SEE THE GREATNESS SMH WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK??? Eleven.

I wasn't the biggest fan of his, and I did think at the time he was overrated, because a lot of his fanboys used to try and sneak him into the same class as Floyd and Pacquiao, when he was very obviously in that tier below with Mosley and Margarito etc. Also he got lucky with his win against Martinez that Martinez was as shot as David Haye vs Tony Bellew but again, his fanboys celebrated like it was a legitimate win. That said there's no doubt Cotto was an exceptional fighter, there was a lot to like about his style in the ring, and he always looked to challenge himself. I appreciate him and his library of fights more now that his fanboys have long gone.

Mosley was 100% robbed in this fight; it was a close fight, but he damn sure pulled out the victory! Boxing can be extremely crooked! Mosley was at the tail end of his career & Cotto was nine years younger, so he had way more fights to give & the win made him that much more marketable going forward when Mosley likely had less than a handful left in him and possibly less with him being anywhere close to being at his peak especially considering how much he relied on speed!

Now I Like Cotto as a fighter, but he's lost more career defining fights than won. imo he's overrated. Here's why 1. Lost to Floyd 2. Lost to Canelo 3. Lost to Pac 4. Lost to Margarito(No proof of plaster just assumption) 5. Got a Robbery win against Shane Mosley(Went to hospital after) 6. Was getting tortured by Zab who had 4 losses at the time 7. Went life and death with Torres 8. Beat an out of prime Sergio Martinez 9. Almost got ko'd by Chop Chop 10. Beating a undefeated Pillow punching Malignaggi + Redeeming his first loss to Margarito were his Most significant wins I JUST DON'T SEE THE GREATNESS SMH WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK??? #4 Low blow against Zab. It was the turning point in the fight. I agree.He's a good fighter tough determined but overrated.

you also forgot that he only scraped past malignaggi and he won a SD against clottey where he got outlanded and had a far lower connect ratio clottey. Hes not a hall of famer for me, theres no prizes handed out for competing, either you win or you dont and a lot of these elite fighters beat him pretty easily to be honest, they werent close fights. Agreed, Cotto gets too much credit for being a tough competitor, as Mayweather would say. Just look at this thread. Every other comment is, "Cotto gave it his all everytime doe!!!" Doesn't matter how hard you're trying, if you're not succeeding you're not succeeding.

Now I Like Cotto as a fighter, but he's lost more career defining fights than won. imo he's overrated. Here's why 1. Lost to Floyd 2. Lost to Canelo 3. Lost to Pac 4. Lost to Margarito(No proof of plaster just assumption) 5. Got a Robbery win against Shane Mosley(Went to hospital after) 6. Was getting tortured by Zab who had 4 losses at the time 7. Went life and death with Torres 8. Beat an out of prime Sergio Martinez 9. Almost got ko'd by Chop Chop 10. Beating a undefeated Pillow punching Malignaggi + Redeeming his first loss to Margarito were his Most significant wins I JUST DON'T SEE THE GREATNESS SMH WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK??? You are totally correct. Cotto was always over-rated and was run out of several divisions because he has a questionable beard. Torres ran him out of 140 and Pacquiao ran him out of 147. Never liked Cotto much.

Now I Like Cotto as a fighter, but he's lost more career defining fights than won. imo he's overrated. Here's why 1. Lost to Floyd 2. Lost to Canelo 3. Lost to Pac 4. Lost to Margarito(No proof of plaster just assumption) 5. Got a Robbery win against Shane Mosley(Went to hospital after) 6. Was getting tortured by Zab who had 4 losses at the time 7. Went life and death with Torres 8. Beat an out of prime Sergio Martinez 9. Almost got ko'd by Chop Chop 10. Beating a undefeated Pillow punching Malignaggi + Redeeming his first loss to Margarito were his Most significant wins I JUST DON'T SEE THE GREATNESS SMH WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK??? Yea you're right...anyone who gets hurt by Corley is straight trash.