Is Cotto a better Boxer than Juan Manuel Marquez?

[Titing Kabayo]

JMM is better skillwise but Cotto is too powerful..

[El Chicano]

JMM is better skillwise but Cotto is too powerful..

Don't matter, Manny hits harder than Cotto I'm sure.

[Dambala]

Another anti-Cotto thread, but to be honest he's not even close to Marquez.

[victorythagr8]

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.

Have you ever heard of Floyd Mayweather. he is actually more technically sound, and has better timing than Marquez. He also has far better defense, and just as smart and what you forgot is that Floyd is just as fast(if not faster) than pacquaio. Really Floyd is the best pure boxer. He actually is great at both offense and defense, while Marquez is known to get hit flush because he lack head movement.

[El Chicano]

Poll added........

[fightingfigs]

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?

LOl at Cotto getting Layed TFO.

[Pullcounter]

if they were in the same weight division, JMM would smoke cotto.

[ThunderWolf]

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?

As a puncher, yes. As a boxer, no.

[PittyPat]

Marquez going backwards looks like a master of the craft (except during the Diaz fight), but Cotto going backwards looks seriously fruity. What the hell kinda dance is that?

[El Chicano]

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