Pacquiao Opponents: Cotto vs Marquez (Who Wins)?

[fceeviper]

Cotto by Dec

[fceeviper]

That's coz he fought mediocre opponents. After Pac/May the next best was Casa/Diaz/Katsidis.

BTW he lost to Barrera.

[Bushbaby]

Cotto, he's never really lost to a pure boxer, whether it's a counterpuncher or not. Cotto stops Marquez somewhere around round 6. Fact is he's still a lightweight. Pacman is just overrated.

[GrandpaBernard]

got Marquez by decision

Cotto is known for fading or tiring down the stretch. He's also open to uppercuts and rights.

Juan is a decent body puncher that throws great uppers and rights

[Spray_resistant]

3 weeks ago the notion of this fight would have seemed like a joke.

[Exciterx30]

I think this would be a very competitive, technical fight throughout the first half. I don't think Cotto will ever go to a fight with the mentality that he's stronger because the opponent is going up in weight. That mentality hurt him against Pacquiao. Marquez is one of the best counterpunchers you could find, but Cotto has a quick, well timed jab and, honestly, Cotto has better pure boxing skills than Pacquiao and he would not go at Marquez recklessly throwing from weird angles. Based on those factors, I see Cotto hitting him with the jab like he did to Yuri Foreman.

Eventually, Cotto would get to the body and would wear Marquez down. I don't see a one punch KO, but a late TKO is the most likely scenario for me.

[Pugilistic™]

That's coz he fought mediocre opponents. After Pac/May the next best was Casa/Diaz/Katsidis.

BTW he lost to Barrera.

No he didn't.

It was a competitive fight but Marquez was clear winner.

[Slyboots]

The Cotto at the Pac fight? The one without a real trainer? I got Marquez by decision.

[RL_GMA]

Here's how it would look some what size wise

[Exciterx30]

Here's how it would look some what size wise

This is an interesting video. You can see a lot of respect and appreciation from both Marquez and the announcer towards Cotto. Wouldn't it be good if most posters in the forum were like that and got rid of ignorant remarks and the ridiculous name-calling?

Anyway, this would be a very good fight with a high level of technique. I can also see the promotion being very clean as both guys are very respectful and serious.