is Miguel Cotto a Hall of Famer?

[Beater_of_ass]

Juan Manuel Marquez says high.

Cotto got battered from pillar to post by Pacquiao and was miles ahead on the scorecards(Near shut out) before the ref stepped in. Pacquiao found that fight about as 'hard' as falling asleep.

I know about Marquez which is why I said Paq's hardest fight in 1 or 2 years. Diaz wasn't ****, DLH wasn't ****, Hatton wasn't ****... Yea Cotto was really Manny's first test in moving up from 130.

[jrosales13]

I wouldn't vote for him in there. But, his career is not over yet.

[Motofan]

Whoops. I picked no. Meant yes. Of course he is. I explained why a week ago when this thread was last made.

[jrosales13]

ive heard some pacquiao stans say he is

Lets see:

2 Losses both brutal... to Margarito and Pacquiao

Best win is a close win over Shane Mosley (Floyd dominated him) and a beating of Zab Judah (Floyd already beat him) and barely beat Joshua Clottey, infact the second time I scored it I had Clottey winning compared to the first time where I had Cotto winning by a point.

Other than that he has wins over Paulie Malignaggi (A guy Amir Khan and Ricky Hatton dominated), Carlos Quintana (We know what happened after the Cotto fight), and Ricardo Torres (Who???)

So the simple question is, Hall of Famer or Not?

That is funny cuz I have heard Floyd stans say that Corrales, Castillo, and Gatti are HOF'ers.... Funny ****

How fans come up with stuff like this I would never know.

[johncods]

Yes. Just look at the names he has fought and won FFS. maybe another good win would seal it. but out of all the active fighters today, he has one of the best resumes. if guys like castillo, corrales(RIP) are HOF's then cotto is a 1st ballot HOF'er

[BigStereotype]

Even in first few rounds when Cotto was as such 'hanging' with Pacquiao, Manny was still wining those rounds. Then from the 4th round(first knockdown) onwards it was an ass whooping. Cotto spent the last two thirds of the fight running from Pacquiao.

Because he was scared. I don't think he was "hanging" with him, I think he was fighting. If you go into the fight without an pre-conceived notions, you'll be really surprised at how well Cotto was doing. And then he gets knocked down and looks shaky. And then he gets knocked down again and runs the rest of the fight. I think that he's almost on the same level as Pacquiao athletically, he just had to overextend himself to get to that level and couldn't sustain the pace. When his confidence got shaken up, he totally lost it.

[Chunk..]

Marquez performed better than Cotto, obviously. But Cotto looked GREAT until the first knockdown. That shook him up, then the second one scared him bad. But before then, he was almost as fast, stronger and timing Pacquiao pretty well. Rewatch the fight, man.

Even in the first few rounds when Cotto was as such 'hanging' with Pacquiao, Manny was still winning those rounds. Then from the 4th round(first knockdown) onwards it was an ass whooping. Cotto spent the last two thirds of the fight running from Pacquiao.

[jrosales13]

when he retires - he's a ****en first ballot hall-of-famer, or 2nd go 'round.

pac fan's aren't that dumb.

No he is not a first ballot HOF'er. Not even close. At best he is borderline who could get in but it will take a long time. However, if Donald Curry is not in then I don't see how Cotto could be in.

[sigrab jr]

This thread was made about a week ago and the majority said no. A win over Foreman now puts him in?

[jrosales13]

He'll definitely be in the HOF. No question...

Multiple division champion
Box office attraction
Close to 100K total tickets sales when fighting in MSG (the Mecca of Boxing)
Fought and beat big names in the sport
Biggest Puerto Rican star since Trinidad

Well come on is not like Tito has been retired for decades. Tito fought like 2 years or so ago.