Miguel Cotto the next Jermain Taylor?

[DarchinyFAN]

No because boxing fans are very short sited and reactionary.

Antonio Margarito was around for the longest time, and people were calling him a bum fighter, and when Williams beat him folks were ready to scrap him. He beats Cotto and now all of a sudden bullets bounce off his chest.

Same thing happened with Wladimir Klitschko. People were calling him washed up after that rough patch he had following the Sanders & Brewster fights. He beats Peter, Byrd, Brock and some others, and all of a sudden he is king of the castle at HW again.

Vic Darchinyan was considered finished coming off the KO by Donaire and the DRAW (I thought Vic won) against Gorres. He dominates Mijares and he is back in the top 20 discussions.

I mean there are countless instances of people throwing dirt on a fighter prematurely only to have that fighter come back and be as big as they were before.

Some luster has come off Cotto since he lost to Margarito. "The Next Big Thing" type lable has been removed. Doesn't mean he cant rize from it. Boxing history is filled with guys who had an opponent (even one of lesser talent) who they just were not a good matchup for. So if Cotto loses to Margarito again, it just means he can't beat Margarito, not that his world is coming to an end.

[AKATheMack]

I wish I could end up like JT. Losing doesnt mean anything it happens, if you've never lost it means you've never fought anybody worth fighting.

[FloydsEra]

If cotto loses in the rematch with Marg then he will slowly fade into bolivia. He would be a second rate fighter with no personality. Not very easy to market.

[DarchinyFAN]

If cotto loses in the rematch with Marg then he will slowly fade into bolivia. He would be a second rate fighter with no personality. Not very easy to market.

So you are either #1 or second rate fighter?

[FloydsEra]

So you are either #1 or second rate fighter?

I don't even think Cotto cracks the top five at welter

[DarchinyFAN]

I don't even think Cotto cracks the top five at welter

Really now.....

So Margarito....

Williams probably beat Cotto, but he is more of an interdivisional guy.

who else you got?

Clottey? It'd be a great fight, but Clottey winning would be far from a sure thing.

Mayweather? He's retired last I checked.

Judah, Mosley, Quintana? He has already beaten them

Berto? What's he accomplished that makes you think he beats him.

Collazo, Cintron, Lujan, Baldomir, Hlatswayo? Say any of these guys and you'd just be exposing yourself as a Cotto hater.

So again....
Margarito
Williams (I'll give him to you)
Mayweather (lets pretend his retirement is a fraud)
Clottey (I am being charitible here and giving him to you)

I am cutting alot of slack here and he aint outside the top 5 at 147

[larryx]

taylor was actually a lineal champ and beat a champ for his titles..cotto was never a real champ..just a vacant belt collector...you're insulting taylor

[Check]

Cotto is a better fighter than Jermain. You guys are comparing 160 which was and still is a pretty weak division to Cottos division of welter which is the deepest or one of the deepest divisions. If Cotto was to lose the rematch it won't kill his career it will just show that Margarito is to big for Miguel. Cotto would have to decided if he wants to fight at 147 and be the number 2 or consider moving up to light middleweight where the fighters are not as good. Of course he would still be a big name so maybe someone from 140 would want to fight him too. As for Taylor his career isnt shattered, the man is in line for a huge fight at 168 and maybe down the road for a fight with Kessler. Taylor has a chance to be the top fighter at 168.