Miguel Cotto vs Julian Jackson (prime)

[TheGreatA]

Jackson's skills weren't bad. Sure he was getting outboxed and outsped by Herol Graham and Terry Norris before stopping them, but there's no shame in that. Besides Cotto lacks the speed of those guys, and he's no defensive whiz. His D is alright but he gets hit too much, and doesn't have a great chin. His chin is alright, maybe good, at welterweight. Julian Jackson is perhaps the hardest hitting junior middleweight of all-time.

Agreed. Jackson was made to look bad by one of the fastest boxers of his time (Norris) and one of the most elusive boxers of his time (Graham). Cotto is neither fast nor elusive though. Jackson looked good with his body punching and combinations when he had an opponent standing in front of him. Jackson would eat Cotto's jab, and possibly get stunned once or twice, but his power would eventually tell.