Cotto vs Floyd around May 2008?

[IronDanHamza]

Cotto would have won!!Before Margarito brought his funky brass knuckles in there,Cotto was undefeated,he beat every fast fighter he fought!!I think he would have beaten Floyd at that time!!Remember Cotto only had problems with offensive fighters,Floyd wasn't simply walking over him!!

Yeah Cotto has never struggled with fast fighters or counter punchers, but has he ever fought a fast counter puncher even on Floyd level? He hasn't. I agree it would be a good fight and wouldn't be easy, but Floyd beats him IMO.

[infamous larryx]

Mosley doesn't think so? Beyond that, there were other fights out there he could've taken. I'm not trying to turn this into an anti-Floyd thread, and I'm not saying he's ducking, I'm just saying he doesn't seem that interested in staying active in the ring. Fair enough, it's his life, but I think that's the primary reason a lot of these fantasy fights haven't happened.

floyd and arum have past issues including a lawsuit..arum and shane have no issues

[Phil Ivey]

Mayweather via UD, complete and utter embarassment. Mayweather would of schooled him left and right.

[Bushbaby]

Yeah Cotto has never struggled with fast fighters or counter punchers, but has he ever fought a fast counter puncher even on Floyd level? He hasn't. I agree it would be a good fight and wouldn't be easy, but Floyd beats him IMO.

Well Hamza,IMO the same can be said for Floyd,after all his 2 best wins above 135 were an older Oscar & Mosley!!Cotto was a beast before the brass knuckle scandal,at 147 Baldomir & Sharma just don't quite have that Cotto effect!!

[King Ju-Ju]

idk if cotto would have been able 2 win but it would have been a hell of a fight. mayweather would have suffered some punishment 4 sure even in victory.

[King Ju-Ju]

i know floyd is the ultimate boxer but i favor cotto agaist guys who fight a slower pace and like box. cotto usually does well vs those types of fighters.

[ModernTalking]

If this fight happened at that point in time, who you got?

No chance...Cotto live in Puerto Rico remember.

[ModernTalking]

Mayweather via UD, complete and utter embarassment. Mayweather would of schooled him left and right.

Mayweather school everybody in fantasy fight.

[cupocity303]

A lot of these new fans up in here probably don't know this, that around 2007-2008, Cotto was Floyd's Manny Pacquiao.

Cotto like Pacquiao had virtually the same answers, "My company/promoter tells me who to fight".

Then there was Margarito and that matchup evaporated.

[IronDanHamza]

Well Hamza,IMO the same can be said for Floyd,after all his 2 best wins above 135 were an older Oscar & Mosley!!Cotto was a beast before the brass knuckle scandal,at 147 Baldomir & Sharma just don't quite have that Cotto effect!!

I agree Floyd hasn't fought a body puncher like Cotto or pretty much a single fighter like Cotto at 147. But still, he fought Castillo at 135 who is as good a body puncher as Cotto IMO and although he struggled he dealt with it and got the victory, i also believe the 147 version of Floyd is better than the 135 version.

As opposed to Cotto who has never faced anything like Floyd remotly as well as Floyd does it at any weight. I'm not saying this is why he would win, i'm just saying in the sense of the 'Cotto will beat Floyd because he doesnt struggle with boxers' theory, is not nessercarily true, you know?

I think Cotto brings the best out of Floyd, but Floyd beats him.