Miguel Cotto = Meldrick Taylor

[cottothechamp]

il bet u at betting odds, i got all my points on cotto.

[Johnny Rebel]

MC is not completely shot but he is no doubt still suffered from the Margarito loss both physically and mentally. MC lacks the confidence and determination he had before the Tony fight and it was more then obvious in his fight with Clottey. Pac is going to beat Cotto bad IMO and get a KO/TKO when he makes MC question himself in the ring. Clottey did that to MC but he didn't have the skills to capitalize on it like Pac does.

Even if the Margarito fight never happened I think Pac would still win, but by a close decision.

[cottothechamp]

MC is not completely shot but he is no doubt still suffered from the Margarito loss both physically and mentally. MC lacks the confidence and determination he had before the Tony fight and it was more then obvious in his fight with Clottey. Pac is going to beat Cotto bad IMO and get a KO/TKO when he makes MC question himself in the ring. Clottey did that to MC but he didn't have the skills to capitalize on it like Pac does.

Even if the Margarito fight never happened I think Pac would still win, but by a close decision.

dude clottey is no pushover opponent,, cotto was also cut and only could see with one eye from round 3 to 12. Joshua clottey said cotto is a way way way better fighter then margarito. Whats that tell ya? cotto hasnt loss anything, he is a stronger fighter today cause of the margarito fight.

[El Chicano]

MC is not completely shot but he is no doubt still suffered from the Margarito loss both physically and mentally. MC lacks the confidence and determination he had before the Tony fight and it was more then obvious in his fight with Clottey. Pac is going to beat Cotto bad IMO and get a KO/TKO when he makes MC question himself in the ring. Clottey did that to MC but he didn't have the skills to capitalize on it like Pac does.

Even if the Margarito fight never happened I think Pac would still win, but by a close decision.

I agree with the bold, MC is damaged from the Margarito fight and Pacquiao and Roach are going to exploit that. You hit the nail on the head.

[Ravishing]

Antonio Margarito may have sparked "Meldrick Taylor" syndrome in Miguel Cotto.

Margarito put the beatdown on him, plain and simple. It was a Chavez vs Taylor type beatdown. The effects of the beatdown were evident in his struggle with Josh Clottey. Clottey is not a hard puncher, yet he had Miguel running and trying to survive the final rounds. Cotto fought valiently, but he took a lot of shots and was at times, clearly shaken up by Clottey.

Cotto is no longer the same fighter, not since the Margarito beatdown. I think Freddie Roach sees this, and it's going to show in the Manny Pacquiao fight. Another smart move by Roach, they seen weaknesses in DLH and Hatton and I'm sure they see the effects of the beating Tony gave Cotto.

There aren't any signs whatsoever that Cotto is taking too much punishment to be closely compared to Meldrick Taylor. That's just ridiculous.

[Boricua78]

Biggest win against who? A washed up Mosley?

Clottey isn't really a huge name. Even though he's solid.

A washed up mosley who put a beating on the cheater.

[Thread Stealer]

There aren't any signs whatsoever that Cotto is taking too much punishment to be closely compared to Meldrick Taylor. That's just ridiculous.

It's not about Cotto being brain-damaged like Taylor, it's the notion that the Margarito fight may have taken something out of Cotto, like the Chavez fight did to Taylor.

Cotto is still fighting at a high level, like Taylor was for roughly 2 years after Chavez, but there's the belief that neither guy fully recovered from those fights.

[El Chicano]

It's not about Cotto being brain-damaged like Taylor, it's the notion that the Margarito fight may have taken something out of Cotto, like the Chavez fight did to Taylor.

Cotto is still fighting at a high level, like Taylor was for roughly 2 years after Chavez, but there's the belief that neither guy fully recovered from those fights.

Thank you....

[RRICAN]

every fight takes away from a boxer....have you box perro????? margarito def took some away from cotto. but look at the cheater how he look with mosley. i believe cotto hurt him too, LEGALLY. WE CANT USE THE CLOTTEY FIGHT TO SEE HOW COTTO'S COND. IS BECAUSE NOBODY HAS LOOKED GOOD AGAINST Clottey.

[Pullcounter]

cotto ain't shot, he just has problems against huge ****ing WWs, of which pac is not.