Cotto is a better fighter than GGG. It's a no contest. All you need to do is see the evidence Golovkin - Geale and Cotto - Geale. Golovkin seems slow with less movement compared to Cotto and has questionable defense. Cotto would box circles around GGG all night.
Golovkin hasn't fought anyone. As soon as he steps up in competition he will look as ordinary as any other fighter. He's been very carefully matched and will be exposed when he isn't. Most people thought Cotto would lose to Martinez but he pulled off the upset and became the lineal middleweight champion.
Golovkin has beaten no one. He's been very carefully matched. Cotto beat the lineal middleweight champion. If Mayweather beats Cotto he will become the lineal middleweight champion. That's something that would piss off many on this forum. So they want to discredit Cotto's lineal championship as much as they can.
Fight would look similar to Hopkins - Trinidad or Hopkins - Pavlik. Trinidad and Pavlik were the GGG of their respective eras, with the exception being that GGG has not faced any good fighters unlike the former two.
He's a rare breed of fighter who's always fought the best guys.
undefeated Torres
Undefeated Pauly
undefeated Quintana
Mosely only lost to Winky and Forest prior and years before Floyd and Manny fought him
prime Margarito in 08
Clottey who only lost to Margarito the 10 years prior to their fight
prime Pac in 09
Margarito again in 11 getting revenge
Mayweather in 12
undefeated Trout at 154 in 12
Martinez who was done but he destroyed him..
Now a prime Canelo in 15
Say what you want but the guy fought everyone from 140-147 and Martinez and Canelo.
If you can find a guy who fought better fighters in their prime in this generation I'd love to hear it.. You don't have to win every fight to get the respect of real boxing fans..
Got a feeling in 10 years I'll be able to replace Cotto's name with Canelo when he reaches the end of a great career.
Dude your in boxing f.cking scene man. People here hate Cotto. When Cotto beats up Canelo worst than Floyd did there will be meltdowns, heads will roll that day.
It seems a lot of people have changed their mind and now are picking Cotto to win. I remember when this fight was first announced an overwhelming majority were picking Pac by KO in a few of the polls.
I think Cotto is going to win but Floyd is fighting Pacquiao regardless if he wins or loses. He did it before when Judah lost to Baldomir. I don't think Mayweather wants to be in the same ring with Cotto or Mosley.
Margarito fans are so butt-hurt he got ktfo and exposed as a cheater they want to take it out on Cotto and his fans. I know it must be difficult for them to see Cotto in the biggest fight of the year while Margarito might never fight again.
If Cotto wants to continue fighting he has to fire Santiago for the sake of his health, get a better trainer that can correct his mistakes and teach him some new things and change his attitude to let the trainer do his job and make decisions, otherwise he should retire.
Cotto has to retire,IMO. Since Margarito, he just seems to lose all of his strength after a couple of rounds, and his punches are not as hard as they were.
I don't post very often here, but I wanted to give my opinion on this poll
I don't consider Cotto a top-P4P fighter, but I consider him in the top 2 or 3 of the WW division.
edit: I don't want to sound like a Cotto hater, he is my favorite fighter right now :)
I want you to name 10 fighters that have fought better competition than Cotto and are active right now. I bet you can't. IMO Cotto is the #1 P4P in the world if he beats Pac, It would be a disgrace to the sport if he's denied that spot considering that aside for a few people mainly PRicans almost everybody is picking Pacquiao to win.
How can you be #1 P4P and NEVER BEAT A CHAMPION FOR A BELT?? :thinking:
Such low standards in boxing if that's the case.
Cotto has defended he's belt against the best. Mosley, Margarito, Clottey, Pacquiao, Quintana, Judah. Instead of choosing the weakest champion and winning like Mayweather does. For the people saying that Cotto doesn't move up in weight and has stayed at WW, Why would he move up in weight if the best fighters and the money are at welterweight? He's #1 P4P if he wins tonight.
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I won't be coming back to this fake thread. Respond to yourself.
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