..TRUE/FALSE: Beating Someone Heads Up, Means You're The Better Boxer...

[Blayde]

Usually.

Toughness, a chin, endurance, all this stuff is also part of a boxer, so it also makes you a better boxer. The only thing is that A doesnt have to be better than B just because he beats him. Maybe B beats all the guys who are able to beat A, but A is just a bad style matchup for B.

[Monticello]

No, Margarito was the better fighter that night, while Cotto was the better boxer. Cotto just got beat up.

[FUC_U_PAYME]

No, there have been many instances throughout the history of the sport where the better boxer has lost to someone who is not as good a boxer, it doesn't make his opponent the better boxer, a better fighter, a better puncher or the better man on the given night but not a better boxer.

agreed 100%

[Blayde]

But isnt boxing more about the ability to win a boxing match than about throwing the most elegant and most technically sound punches?

If a pressure fighter comes out slugging and beats up a so called better boxer, hasnt the slugger shown really good boxing? I think he has ...

[Caxcan]

False, you cant always determine who's the better overall boxer by head to head matchups. Sometimes a boxer just has your number. There have been several boxers like Margarito who have lost to boxers with lesser careers but the other boxers faded into obscurity while champs like Margarito rose to the top. At the end of the day it's up to each boxer to create their own legacy.

As far as the matchup between Cotto and Margarito is concerned, Margarito won the head to head matchup between the two and if he wins a rematch against Williams, he would easily eclipse Cotto as the better overall boxer with the bigger career accomplishments regardless of boxing styles.

[THe TRiNiTY]

Personally, my philosophy is that while winning doesn't make you the better boxer, it does make you the better of the two. In the sense that you had what it took to come out victorious. Which, at the end of the day, is what it all boils down to, barring certain types of fights.

[2501 v2.0]

a question such as this can only be answered from multiple fights. Is Ricardo Mayorga a better fighter than Vernon Forrest?

[THe TRiNiTY]

a question such as this can only be answered from multiple fights. Is Ricardo Mayorga a better fighter than Vernon Forrest?

Yes..........

[DA1CATAS]

-Margarito -
Better Brawler
Harder puncher
Better stamina
Better chin
More Will
Very determined

-Cotto-
Better technical skills *(better boxer)*
faster
MUCHO MUCHO GRAnde HEART
Better footmovement

Cotto may be the better boxer.

ALL THAT MATTERS is the OUT COME = Margarito WON the FIGHT saturday.... period.