Is Cotto a better Boxer than Juan Manuel Marquez?

[AntonTheMeh]

if cotto was a legit 135lb fighter and he fought marquez, he would get schooled....nasty

i don't see that at all.it would be a very close fight.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

i don't see that at all.it would be a very close fight.

if margarito and clottey were able to land cleanly and effectively, i see marquez doin the same and laying counter traps all day

[RRICAN]

This topic is ****, because Cotto does some things better than Marquez and Marquez does some things better than Cotto. They cannot be compared. Marquezs jab is not known to be painful, have you seen still pictures of Cottos opponents taking a jab to the face? They look like they were hit by hooks but it was just a jab!

the jab is the key to this fight...maybe we get a clottey replay of a knockdown with a jab

[supRa]

cotto is gonna bring paquiao to war... marquez is a better boxer, but cotto does pack a punch
WARR COTTO!!!!!!!!!!!

[AntonTheMeh]

if margarito and clottey were able to land cleanly and effectively, i see marquez doin the same and laying counter traps all day

those guys are bigger.they didn't beat cotto on ability.if cotto would have decided to counter punch clottey he would have beaten him easier.also they are much bigger than marquez.

[nujabes77]

your obviously high on crack if you think JMM is above Cotto in skill level. Cotto has the best, if not the best resume in boxing at the moment, well mark that off bernard has a better resume. but anyways, cotto is beyond manny and it's going to show big time on their fight.

has the best resume? nyahhahahahaha, you sure you are not the one high on crack


jmm ****s on cottos resume... jmm is p4p 2, cotto is p4p 9

you start to sound like the hatton stans back then. talk all you want dude


and i was being nice too when i said jmm is 2 classes above cotto..

[Zarco]

does ring smarts apply? because marquez is well above cotto in that department. have you all seen some of the stuff marquez does in that ring? add his physical feautures, if you knock him down, hes getting right back up to throw punches and not just cover up, if you wobble him, he starts throwing them right back with good accuracy. i think marquez is the better over all boxer. his defense is very underrated as well, yea he gets touched up but he has great movement, stepping backwards then countering, moving his upper body while still having his chin tucked in his shoulder.

[Del Coqui]

JMM remains the key to beating Manny Pacquiao. If Cotto comes out and tries to bully Pacquiao, he's getting Laid TFO. With that said, is Miguel Cotto as good a boxer as Juan Manuel Marquez?

I will have an answer for you in Nov 15th

[Toney Loc]

Cotto is not a better boxer than Marquez. Having a powerful jab doesn not equal boxing skills, either.

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

IMO, JMM is the best pure boxer in the game today. I don't see anyone with his skill level and intelligence in the ring.

That's not a knock on Cotto, I don't think Pac can box with JMM. JMM is just not the athlete that Pac is and that's why it's such a great fight between the two. It's JMM's boxing vs Pac ferocity and speed.

Cotto is a good boxer, not a great one. His defense is nowhere on the level that JMM's is.