poll: Mosley vs Cotto right now.. who wins..

[AKATheMack]

skill wise he may not have looked better but that version of cotto imo wouldnt have given up and gone into survival mode after the knock down. i am not saying cotto woulda won but it woulda in my mind def been much more of a fight

Torres hurt him worse in the early rounds than Pac did. He kept coming because he still felt he could outslug Torres and his skill allowed him to do that. Against Pac his only option left was to outbox him otherwise he would have been KOd sooner. Pac was just a better fighter than Cotto in every way imaginable.

[Mr. Invincible]

Mosley would likely stop Cotto in a rematch because he finally figured him out at the end of the first fight and not just because he's done with anything to offer the sport. Cotto is still prime and has the heart/skill to deliver many more exciting fights to boxing fans.

Now comes the bad part............

I kinda see the Rabbi outboxing him....... sorry to have to say that.

[-Boxzilla-]

We havent seen Mosley in a year and a half.

well if he got old its a different story, under the assumption he hasnt. i think of ssm like bhop a guy whos a gym rat and takes care of himself ... its a factor but it shouldnt be a defining one

[Jamel H]

I'ma go with Mosley because he just seems more hungry even at his age unlike Cotto who just hasnt been the same in awhile now...

[AKATheMack]

well if he got old its a different story, under the assumption he hasnt. i think of ssm like bhop a guy whos a gym rat and takes care of himself ... its a factor but it shouldnt be a defining one

Yea Mosley may beat him because he has seen how to beat Cotto, but I dont think it would be because Cotto has lost anything too significant. I just think some people forget how Cotto has been criticized his whole career for the reasons they're now saying hes shot.

[-Boxzilla-]

Torres hurt him worse in the early rounds than Pac did. He kept coming because he still felt he could outslug Torres and his skill allowed him to do that. Against Pac his only option left was to outbox him otherwise he would have been KOd sooner. Pac was just a better fighter than Cotto in every way imaginable.

i'm not saying he isnt ... i am saying that it woulda been more of a fight. cotto has been hurt in almost all of his big fights and persevered but all those fights did take something outta him and it reflected in his mantal and physical state and reaction in the pac fight. it would been more of a contest imo, but one pac woulda still won

[-Boxzilla-]

Yea Mosley may beat him because he has seen how to beat Cotto, but I dont think it would be because Cotto has lost anything too significant. I just think some people forget how Cotto has been criticized his whole career for the reasons they're now saying hes shot.

ya then we def gotta agree to disagree cause i really see something has been taken away from him ...

[AKATheMack]

ya then we def gotta agree to disagree cause i really see something has been taken away from him ...

Thats fine you could be 100% right. After the Foreman fight I'll know for sure.

[gqjohnb]

Torres hurt him worse in the early rounds than Pac did. He kept coming because he still felt he could outslug Torres and his skill allowed him to do that. Against Pac his only option left was to outbox him otherwise he would have been KOd sooner. Pac was just a better fighter than Cotto in every way imaginable.

The Torres fight is what really illustrates the difference between cotto now and cotto then. Torres was a real slugger and he hurt cotto bad but he kept at it he still had the "heart" to stick with it and not retreat. I don't usually like to use the word "heart" when talking boxing but thats the best way to describe it in this case. I think its naive to say the only reason he kept coming forward against torres because he felt he could outslug him.

[-Boxzilla-]

Thats fine you could be 100% right. After the Foreman fight I'll know for sure.

no doubt ... i plan on going to it and i'll be rooting for cotto without a doubt. i hope he still has enuf in the tank cause for me personally i really dunno.