Who did the best vs Pacquiao?

[Pugilistic™]

For me it's between Cotto and Margarito.

Cotto was able to have success early and was in the fight until after the 5th round. He did land some good shots on Pacquiao but as the fight progressed he was beaten to a bloody swollen mess.

Margarito was never really in the fight but he was able to clearly hurt Pacquiao midway through the fight and landed shots here and there throughout, his face was also beaten to a bloody swollen mess, worse than Cotto's imo.

Mosley didn't take alot of damage but he didn't throw alot and seemed content with going the distance rather than winning.

How anyone can pick Clottey is beyond me.

He may have took the least punishment but he rarely threw anything. He preferred to hide behind his shell defense and go 12 rounds without even trying to win a round, he didn't win a round actually.

At least Cotto/Margarito were able to take a couple of rounds and actually test Pacquiao and most of all, tried to win.

[tangalog2200]

For me it's between Cotto and Margarito.

Cotto was able to have success early and was in the fight until after the 5th round. He did land some good shots on Pacquiao but as the fight progressed he was beaten to a bloody swollen mess.

Margarito was never really in the fight but he was able to clearly hurt Pacquiao midway through the fight and landed shots here and there throughout, his face was also beaten to a bloody swollen mess, worse than Cotto's imo.

Mosley didn't take alot of damage but he didn't throw alot and seemed content with going the distance rather than winning.

How anyone can pick Clottey is beyond me.

He may have took the least punishment but he rarely threw anything. He preferred to hide behind his shell defense and go 12 rounds without even trying to win a round, he didn't win a round actually.

At least Cotto/Margarito were able to take a couple of rounds and actually test Pacquiao and most of all, tried to win.

very well said...

for me, i got marg for his valiant stand on a very one-sided fight...

also, he hurt pac real good with the body shots...very few times, though

[Ryannn]

clottey could have done better if he threw more punches. he did gave pac more damage as seen on pac's face while throwing less punches.

clottey would have gotten his ass kicked if he threw more.

[Pugilistic™]

very well said...

for me, i got marg for his valiant stand on a very one-sided fight...

also, he hurt pac real good with the body shots...very few times, though

I just re watched Pacquiao vs Margarito and my vote now goes to Margarito.

He got beat up every round but he fought his ass off every round, was able to hurt Pacquiao with body shots in the 6th and overall throughout the fight, was able to land more shots on Pacquiao than any of the other fighters in the poll.

He made Pacquiao fight hard every round where Cotto resorted to alot of movement after the 6th round of their fight, trying to get away from the punishment.

[Born2Live]

Had Cotto not got knocked down, in the first 5 rounds, he would've been atleast 4-1 up, maybe even 5-0.

[Ryannn]

Had Cotto not got knocked down, in the first 5 rounds, he would've been atleast 4-1 up, maybe even 5-0.

explain.........

[Born2Live]

explain.........

Had Cotto not have been knocked down, those round IMO belonged to Cotto but the knock downs swayed them to Pacquiao.

[Ryannn]

For me it's between Cotto and Margarito.

Cotto was able to have success early and was in the fight until after the 5th round. He did land some good shots on Pacquiao but as the fight progressed he was beaten to a bloody swollen mess.

Margarito was never really in the fight but he was able to clearly hurt Pacquiao midway through the fight and landed shots here and there throughout, his face was also beaten to a bloody swollen mess, worse than Cotto's imo.

Mosley didn't take alot of damage but he didn't throw alot and seemed content with going the distance rather than winning.

How anyone can pick Clottey is beyond me.

He may have took the least punishment but he rarely threw anything. He preferred to hide behind his shell defense and go 12 rounds without even trying to win a round, he didn't win a round actually.

At least Cotto/Margarito were able to take a couple of rounds and actually test Pacquiao and most of all, tried to win.

yeah, clottey and mosley not getting whooped means they did well to some people.

that doesn't make any sense to me either. my vote goes to margarito. He tried to win even with the massive damage he has taken and actually hurt pacquiao

[BoxingGenius27]

Clottey and Mosley did nothing against Pacquiao. People even mentioning them are simply wrong. They were never at any moment in any position of actually threatening Pacquiao in any way.

Cotto did good for 4 rounds, and won 2. But he ran afterwards. Pacquiao had target practice for 8 rounds with little resistance.

Margarito is the only one that made Pacquiao work for 12 rounds, and he came closest to actually winning. That body shot by itself was more than the other three combined did towards winning, never mind he actually landed the most punches any Pacquiao opponent has since Marquez, I believe. He may have landed more, I don't remember the punch stats.

I don't know what fights you watched, but if TS is asking "who did the best vs Manny", Cotto won more rounds against Manny than all of Manny's opponents put together in the last 3 years.

Margarito made Manny work, by his ability to take punishment. Not dish it out. Besides the round where he landed that body shot, that's all he did besides block punches with his face. In fact, the 1 round he did well in, he didn't even win the round.

[Fighting Pride]

Cotto fought him closest, for the first few rounds atleast, and frustrated him for the last few when he got on his bike. Margarito gave him the worst beating and landed the most punches on him, actually more than Marquez landed in either of his fights with Pac. Logically it shouldn't be any surprise, they were the best and most accomplished welters of the past 5-6 years.