will miguel cotto be ebtter nthan roberto duran....

**TheGreatA** · 02-19-2008, 12:43 PM

No he won't.

**wmute** · 02-19-2008, 12:58 PM

Not a chance in heaven.

At the current stage of Cotto's career, Duran was 60something-1, he dominated the lightweight division from 72 to 78, and he was soon going to fight Ray Leonard.

Cotto has yet to be the man in a division, and the closest thing to Leonard available to him is Mayweather.
There is a HUGE difference: Duran was smaller and older than Leonard, Cotto is bigger and younger than Mayweather.

To put it shortly, he did not do nearly as much as Duran did by now, and he doesnt even have the chance of doing more in the future.

**boxing fanatic** · 02-19-2008, 01:15 PM

cotto/duran

cotto is not even in the same league as duran yet you cant even compare the to at this stage in cottos career duran is a 4 time champion and a legend and he fought the best cotto cant even be mentioned in the same breath as duran .you need to fight the best and win to be considerd the best and cotto has not fought the best yet.

**BennyST** · 02-19-2008, 11:33 PM

Originally posted by ricacvdo

please.no smart ass remrks

If you don't want a smart ass answer, don't ask such a ****** question. How in gods name can you even begin to compare the two? What makes you think they are worth comparing?

Cotto is only comparable to Duran by being a pressure fighter. By having a slightly similar style. That is where the comparison ends though. Cotto simply has no comparable qualities in any part of his game that could be said to be as good as Duran was ... even in his late thirties! Defense = Duran, Offense = Duran, Boxing Skills = Duran, Smarts = Duran, Stamina = Duran......yada yada yada.

****** thread.

**Piggu** · 02-19-2008, 11:34 PM

It's too early to tell.

**Left2body** · 02-20-2008, 01:35 AM

Damn, thats too big a hill to climb. Duran was a beast top 3 ATG IMO. Cotto has to some super amazing **** to equal that. I mean that literally too. He'd have to clean up WW then like Duran (Duran skipped the lesser talented jrWW and went straight to WW) and skip jrMW and go straight to middle weigth and beat Pavlik, and possibly Taylor. He would then have to move up again and beat the best at either SMW or LW depending on which is the most talented division at the time.

Then I would consider him as great as Duran but I can't phathom that happening.

**wmute** · 02-20-2008, 01:55 AM

Originally posted by Piggu

It's too early to tell.

Not at all. It's very easy to tell.

1) He did not do what Duran did at his age.

2) He cannot do what Duran did later, for lack of comparable opposition.

**oldgringo** · 02-20-2008, 02:01 AM

Like everyone said previously, Cotto would have to do some unbelievable things down the stretch of his career to be considered in Duran's league. That being said, Cotto will not have the lengthy career, nor will he have the staying power that Duran had. I think that Cotto is a special fighter who has a ton of talent, but it'll be next to impossible for him to accomplish the same types of things that Roberto was able to accomplish in todays fight game.

**oldgringo** · 02-20-2008, 02:08 AM

Originally posted by wmute

Not at all. It's very easy to tell.

1) He did not do what Duran did at his age.

2) He cannot do what Duran did later, for lack of comparable opposition.

This is correct. Rarely do fighters climb so high in weight and have as much success as Duran had against bigger men.

will miguel cotto be ebtter nthan roberto duran....