Harder fight for Floyd at 154: Present day Cotto or '07 De La Hoya.

[Darth Sidious]

Poll coming.

[Rome-By-Ko]

Easy Hoya,Hoya was more skilled at the time May fought him at 154lb..Not to mention that size advantage he had that Cotto won't have..

[SCtrojansbaby]

Neither fight is hard.

[AnimalisticMeth]

Present day Cotto is a harder fight at 154 and his style presents a bigger challenge to Floyd than Oscar. De La Hoya was so past it all you need to look is his very next fight against Forbes.

[AnimalisticMeth]

Neither fight is hard.

No matter who you are fighting Miguel Cotto is hard.

[JmH Reborn]

I think present day Cotto will be a tougher challenge

Hoya by that time was just a part-time fighter and so far past it. He had moments in the fight, but not much. Mayweather was just 29 years of age, and even more faster, agile and mobile.

These days, Mayweather is now the part-time fighter, 35 years old, less fast, agile and mobile. At the least, while Cotto is past it, he's shown to still have good movement, still has power, has the better jab, and timing than DLH and most importantly, more motivation.

I think that DLH version was more interested in building his stable for GB Promos than actually getting a win.

[-PBP-]

De la hoya. He came into the fight trying to beat Floyd with volume punching. Although he was missing, he did enough to sway one of the judges.

[El.Naranjito707]

ODLH. Better all around.

[b0ndsj0ns20]

De La Hoya just because there was a big size difference between the 2 guys in the ring that night. Neither that De La Hoya or Cotto were near their primes anymore, but Cotto's pretty much the same size as Floyd, and don't have the jab necessary to beat Floyd. De La Hoya was giving Floyd trouble when he stayed behind his jab, but he just couldn't pull that off for a whole fight. Cotto also is just not a big puncher at 154, and really wasn't that big a puncher at 47 either.

[joseph5620]

I think present day Cotto will be a tougher challenge

Hoya by that time was just a part-time fighter and so far past it. He had moments in the fight, but not much. Mayweather was just 29 years of age, and even more faster, agile and mobile.

These days, Mayweather is now the part-time fighter, 35 years old, less fast, agile and mobile. At the least, while Cotto is past it, he's shown to still have good movement, still has power, has the better jab, and timing than DLH and most importantly, more motivation.
I think that DLH version was more interested in building his stable for GB Promos than actually getting a win.

That's interesting considering Cotto has not beaten any real top fighters since he lost to Pacquiao. One of his opponents was Mayorga who Delahoya beat years earlier right before the Mayweather fight. And he was far more impressive than Cotto doing it.