Should Mayweather rank above Cotto at Welterweight? Poll.

[MANGLER]

No. I'd have no problem wit him fightin SSM and it bein for the Ring belt since he retired as champ. But he ain't earn the #2 WW or p4p ranking by beatin a LW at WW.

[Shadows]

No.

If they wanted to add him, he should've gotten say #10; more of symbolic placement, because he's probably the best at WW, but hasn't beaten a true WW, nevermind a top WW.

[DrewWoodside]

What has mayweather done in the past 2 years at 147?

Beat Hatton and Marquez, right?

What has Cotto done?

Got destroyed by marg, beat Jennings and lost to clottey

I can't respond to this. It's laughable.

[tantaran69]

Politics=boxing, nothing makes sense that's why sooo much ppl is jumping to the MMA, there to be the man you have to beat the man. Here on boxing seel more tickets/ppv, fight nobody and you da man. Don't get me wrong I lov PBF as a boxer, he's a P.O.**** as a person, but a great boxer.

[Jim Jeffries]

P4p higher than Cotto, sure. At WW, based on resume over the last 3 years? Hell no.

[big_james10]

Should Floyd Mayweather Jr. rank above Miguel Cotto at Welterweight? According to Ring Magazine, Mayweather is now ranked #2 and Cotto #3 P4P at Welterweight. I don't question that Mayweather completely dominated Marquez in spectacular fashion, but aren't the P4P divisional rankings also calculated using recent resume/achievements at the designated weight against legitimate & ranked welterweights? Please consider the following:

1.) Cotto has actually fought 4 of the top 10 ranked Welterweights and defeated 3 of them. The one loss coming against Antonio Margarito who was suspended for a year after his very next fight for illegal hand wraps.
2.) Mayweather has not fought ANY of the top 10 ranked Welterweights. None.
3.) This ranking was allegedly earned by outpointing a fighter who has never fought above the lightweight limit.

This isn't intended to upset Mayweather fans, just looking to see why people do or do not believe Mayweather should be ranked #2 at WW. I think an argument can be made for ranking him in the top 10 P4P overall, but this is different since it regards a specific weight class. The official list: http://www.ringtv.com/ratings/welterweight/
Please discuss, Poll to follow.

Contrary to your comment, Mayweather beat the number 1 and number 2 welterweights in the world in Zab Judah and Carlos Baldomir when Cotto was beating up bums at 140. Should Mayweather be ranked number 2? First, who cares? Second, even though I am a Mayweather fan, I see no reason to rank him at all right now in the welterweight division or the P4P. He will prove he is the best in his next fight against Mosley because after this fight with Marquez, there is no way Arum will put Pacquaio or Cotto in the ring with Mayweather.

[Jexy55]

What has mayweather done in the past 2 years at 147?

Beat Hatton and Marquez, right?

What has Cotto done?

Got destroyed by marg, beat Jennings and lost to clottey

LMAO! as Drew said, you cant even reply to this.

[Pugilistic™]

Mayweather shouldn't be ranked above Cotto.

A win over a small lightweight Marquez doesn't move him above Cotto imo.

[DrewWoodside]

Contrary to your comment, Mayweather beat the number 1 and number 2 welterweights in the world in Zab Judah and Carlos Baldomir when Cotto was beating up bums at 140. Should Mayweather be ranked number 2? First, who cares? Second, even though I am a Mayweather fan, I see no reason to rank him at all right now in the welterweight division or the P4P. He will prove he is the best in his next fight against Mosley because after this fight with Marquez, there is no way Arum will put Pacquaio or Cotto in the ring with Mayweather.

So according to your comments, Mayweather should be there based on what he did against guys who are no longer anywhere near relevant in the WW picture and because of what you expect him to do in the future in the event that he does in fact decide to fight Mosley. According to you, boxing fans would need a time machine for Mayweather to earn his ranking.

[street bully]

No. However. Mayweather did "retire" on top with the ring belt.