Who is better Mosley or Cotto?

[D-Omonist]

Cotto is the greatest VACANT title belt fighter I've ever seen. a mu****in beast yo. Why don't you Cotto stans want some clarification at 147.

Who said I didn't want the fight!? I do want that fight to happen...I am just saying that Cotto doesn't have to if he doesn't want to.

[D-Omonist]

lots of puerto ricans on this board


it was a close fight and in cotto's backyard.


yep and until we do it shouldn't be used as an excuse


yup but we don't know that he didn't use it against cotto either



let's let the rematch decide.

So BoxingScene has more PRican's on this board!? Make a poll.

I don't use the Marg loss as an excuse...it was a loss.

Nope never shall we know if he used plaster on Cotto, but him getting suspended is priceless.

[F l i c k e r]

Cotto is better than Mosley. Why? Because the two have already duked it out and Cotto beat Mosley, bad. Not bad as in a beat down, but made Mosley look shot. I watched it and Mosley faught horribly in that fight.

Cotto is better.

[Pullcounter]

Though I'd love to see a rematch because the 1st was a great fight, I don't think the rematch will determine that much more that Cotto is better right now than Mosley. Some would argue that it was in Cotto's backyard and it was a hometown decision, but I think that's a bit unfair to Cotto's overall performance in the fight.

exactly! its unfair to cotto so there should be a rematch to remove all doubt!

From a judges point of view and seeing that both fighter's were getting off shots, there had to be other intangibles you had to include such as who controlled the pace of the fight, who showed frustration, who was more active or landed the flusher shots, etc.

different judges use different criteria and hometown crowds can influence decisions

Cotto in my opinion landed the more effective shots and used his jab to his advantage. Mosley from round 4-8 look very frustrated with how Cotto was timing him. I don't think it had anything to do with being in Madison Square Garden. I want to believe the same decision would be given in Vegas as well.

I thought it was a very close fight that could've gone either way. cotto got it that time, but a rematch is needed to not only to determine who is better, but also to determine who is the WW champ.

[Pullcounter]

So BoxingScene has more PRican's on this board!? Make a poll.

go ahead, but polls aren't the end all and be all of anything

I don't use the Marg loss as an excuse...it was a loss.

glad to hear it

Nope never shall we know if he used plaster on Cotto, but him getting suspended is priceless.

definitely it was justified and satisfatory.

[FistoftheDallasStar]

I wouldn't say one fighter is better than the other, per se. The fighters are evenly matched. I think Mosley came into the first fight a little too ****y. His plan was to go in and test Cotto's chin right off the bat. When Cotto started landing counter punches in succession it startled Shane. For 2 or 3 rounds he looked very stunned and was on the verge of being dropped then he changed his fight style around the 8th or 9th round. He started to box more and started to build up a little momentum toward the end of the fight. But by that time it was too late. Cotto built up such a lead at the beginning that Mosley couldn't overcome it by boxing alone. A rematch would be interesting for sure but I wouldn't say one fighter is clearly better than the other. Cotto won but it wasn't by a mile.

[ianblake]

Cotto already proof he is a better boxer and won a close but a clear fight

[Pullcounter]

Cotto already proof he is a better boxer and won a close but a clear fight

yeah but cotto quit against margo while mosley destroyed margo, so the only way to know now is if cotto fight mosley in a rematch.

[BmoreBrawler]

Cotto is better, although Mosley might have better power.

[Del Coqui]

Mosley has better stamina, Cotto is the better boxer and at this point has better skills