Was Margarito-Cotto the new Chavez-Taylor?

[oldgringo]

Froch-Taylor.

That would be a better example.

[Ravishing]

Cotto looked pretty soft against Jennings. Joshua Clottey is in no way, shape or form, close to Michael Jennings. Completely diff kettle of fish. 5 rounds, 5 ROUNDS to finish a D class fighter and you know Clottey has to be at least a B class fighter with A+ chin and A class Defense, his offense is a little off but he is 10 times tougher than Jennings and i'm positive about that.

Cotto took his time with jennings. Why try to take him out that early without getting warmed up? I don't see also where he looked soft. He wobbled Jennings, hit him with hard shots to the body, his jab was on point. Keep in mind who he was fighting as well. Some of the best fighters have fought lower tier guys and haven't shown everything they're capable of simply because that fighter didn't bring it out of them, hence why the best competition brings out the best in you if you're an elite like a Cotto or Shane.

As far as Clottey having an A+ chin is still yet to be seen. He hasnt really consistently fought the hardest or toughest guys during his reign at WW (one of his notable wins comes at the expense of Diego Corrales...at WW who he couldn't KO also???)

[MANGLER]

No. Cotto wasn't nearly as stylish wit Marg as Taylor was wit JCC. Marg was killin Cotto from the midpoint on and did not desperately need a KO to win. And there was nobody wantin to lynch the ref for the stoppage call either.

[BMWM3P]

Cotto took his time with jennings. Why try to take him out that early without getting warmed up? I don't see also where he looked soft. He wobbled Jennings, hit him with hard shots to the body, his jab was on point. Keep in mind who he was fighting as well. Some of the best fighters have fought lower tier guys and haven't shown everything they're capable of simply because that fighter didn't bring it out of them, hence why the best competition brings out the best in you if you're an elite like a Cotto or Shane.

As far as Clottey having an A+ chin is still yet to be seen. He hasnt really consistently fought the hardest or toughest guys during his reign at WW (one of his notable wins comes at the expense of Diego Corrales...at WW who he couldn't KO also???)

Jennings was also doing a FLoyd inpersonation most of the fight he was running for his life. Cotto just took his time track him down and as soon as he got his hands on him he took him out.

[Ishy Aytan]

No. Cotto wasn't nearly as stylish wit Marg as Taylor was wit JCC. Marg was killin Cotto from the midpoint on and did not desperately need a KO to win. And there was nobody wantin to lynch the ref for the stoppage call either.

The same way Chavez killed Taylor from round 10+.

Cotto was outboxing him untill like the 7th round. Theres a similarity in both these fights.

[Ishy Aytan]

That would be a better example.

How the hell is this a better example? Taylor was no where near his prime when he fought Froch. Cotto and Marg were both prime fighters when they fought, the same way Taylor-Chavez were prime fighters.


And the Taylor-Froch fight was no where near as exciting than the Cotto-Margarito fight.

[TheManchine]

Taylor was no where near his prime when he fought Froch.

When was Taylor's prime?

[MOTHER DUCKER]

That's not good logic, you can't just look at the number of rounds.

Jennings was....literally, running away from Cotto there was no way to finish him off sooner, you can't use that fight as a barometer for anything.

Makes a change usually its the other way round with Cotto

[MOTHER DUCKER]

How the hell is this a better example? Taylor was no where near his prime when he fought Froch. Cotto and Marg were both prime fighters when they fought, the same way Taylor-Chavez were prime fighters.


And the Taylor-Froch fight was no where near as exciting than the Cotto-Margarito fight.

Agree with the last but Taylor not in his prime? guess you can probably say that due to the Pavlik losses. But Taylor was owning Froch the entire fight pretty much Froch won about 2-3 rounds up till the last round. Taylor was good and didnt run out of stamina he just got hit by a ****ing brutal bomb and as we know it went down hill from there.

[Mr. Fantastic]

Jennings was also doing a FLoyd inpersonation most of the fight he was running for his life. Cotto just took his time track him down and as soon as he got his hands on him he took him out.

Sort of what Calderon does right?? Or since he's Rican, its boxing??