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by Brent Matteo Alderson - The fight game would be doing whole lot better if there were more fighters like Miguel Cotto around. He carries himself well, makes for exciting fights, and relies on an offense that is based on power, accuracy, and one of the game’s best body attacks. To top it all off, he’s a big draw in America’s biggest city - New York. And he’s had enough success in winning two alphabet titles and amassing a record of 28-0 (23), that it has become obvious that he’s the fighter meant to carry the mantel representing the Puerto Rican greats of the past.
I love watching Cotto fight and in his last outings against Carlos Quintana and Oktay Urkal, it looked like he’s even going to be better at welterweight than he was at junior welterweight. As a purist there’s a few things about his career that bug me. First of all, both of his world title claims are kind of flimsy. To this day, the WBO title doesn’t have the respect of the other titles even though the organization has had a number of fine champions which were the best in their division such as Johnny Tapia, Naseem Hamed, and Marco Antonio Barrera. More times than not, the WBO title is looked upon as an alternative choice if other major title shots are not available. [details]
I love watching Cotto fight and in his last outings against Carlos Quintana and Oktay Urkal, it looked like he’s even going to be better at welterweight than he was at junior welterweight. As a purist there’s a few things about his career that bug me. First of all, both of his world title claims are kind of flimsy. To this day, the WBO title doesn’t have the respect of the other titles even though the organization has had a number of fine champions which were the best in their division such as Johnny Tapia, Naseem Hamed, and Marco Antonio Barrera. More times than not, the WBO title is looked upon as an alternative choice if other major title shots are not available. [details]
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