Cotto has ducked everyone at 154.

[ablindwatchmakr]

I've participated in the "hall of famer" and Cottos been pretty shut down in that thread.

With a ridiculous amount of resistance. The other threads were silly, hence the reason for this one.

[jrosales13]

why would i? if martinez can make 154 and fight at that weight he deserves no criticism for fighting the #1 jww. who would be a better fight for him if this could happen? it may be a cherrypick, but its not because there are better options out there. theres no way ima sit here and say pirog or golovkin are better than even this version of cotto, because it damn sure aint true. sturm??? hah! i dont see how that fight isnt legit.

Oh OK...Cotto-Margarito is cherry picking and deserves criticism. But, Martinez-Cotto(way past prime fighter) is cherry picking but no criticism...

Got it.

[Barry Halls]

I don't think he always fights the absolute toughest guy he can, but i also strongly do not think hes been ducking anyone at 154. Which was the topic of the thread.

[ablindwatchmakr]

well who are the best then? so far you've mentioned 160 champ martinez, pwill and saul alvarez who never beat anyone.

who do you want him to honestly fight after margs if he wins.

Erislandy Lara would be excellent if he isn't tied up with Pwill again. That is a solid tough fighter. If Cotto beat him I would be impressed.

[jrosales13]

Funny how Cotto is #1 in a weight-class where he fought nothing but cherry picked fights in Foreman, Mayorga(joke of a fight) and now Margarito...

I guess it doesn't take much to be #1 nowadays...Yet he cherrypicked and ducked everyone...

[Las Vegas,]

Funny how Cotto is #1 in a weight-class where he fought nothing but cherry picked fights in Foreman, Mayorga(joke of a fight) and now Margarito...

I guess it doesn't take much to be #1 nowadays...Yet he cherrypicked and ducked everyone...

Not hard at all. Ask Calzaghe.

[Barry Halls]

Erislandy Lara would be excellent if he isn't tied up with Pwill again. That is a solid tough fighter. If Cotto beat him I would be impressed.

while i disagree with Paul winning the fight, i think it will be tough to motivate giving Lara a titleshot from a draw and a loss. (i know i know, mayorga lololol)
Much like i think Mathysse is good, but he probably needs some official wins in the book before fighting guys like Khan or Bradley.

[ablindwatchmakr]

I don't think he always fights the absolute toughest guy he can, but i also strongly do not think hes been ducking anyone at 154. Which was the topic of the thread.

Aside from Martinez calling Cotto out, no, he hasn't straight up refused to fight people that have called him out. I should have titled the thread Cotto has cherrypicked at 154. The basic gist is the same--he hasn't been trying to fight the best. That is all I'm saying. You can't criticize all these other fighters for cherry picking and then glorify Cotto's recent selections.

[Kagami Taiga]

Oh OK...Cotto-Margarito is cherry picking and deserves criticism. But, Martinez-Cotto(way past prime fighter) is cherry picking but no criticism...

Got it.

the divisions suck, wat else can be said. and cotto fighting a margarito who hasnt even won a real fight in 3 or so yrs is not at all analogous to martinez fighting cotto. i dont see how u can in good faith compare the two. i mean margarito was damn near advised not to fight anymore.

[jrosales13]

Not hard at all. Ask Calzaghe.

I mean that's ****** but I guess. I mean Kessler was cherry picked. A past prime Eubank who went up 2 weight-class to give Thompson(KO'd Haye) a hell of a fight was cherrypicked. The way everybody hyped up Lacy was cherrypicked.

Unifying and becoming undisputed champion in the division was cherrypicking.

Yea you right.