Cotto's Fighting Another BUM....

[Easy-E]

PBF's resume was nothing special at 25 fights. Hernandez was destroyed by DelaHoya. And hernandez, was not considered a "champ" or even "good contender", who has he beat? Anyway, you seem to tell everyone that they are bias in this thread, maybe its you not them?

nope, nice try tho
i deal with facts
floyd has fought better fighters than cotto
just because you are unaware of a specific fighter does NOT mean he is bad
just because floyd is my fav fighter, doesnt mean i nuthug
i know hes not unbeatable and hes not close to the best ever. im dealing with facts and what ive seen in fights

[Easy-E]

id say genaro's biggest win was a dominating ud over carlos alberto hernandez in his prime, but he had fought a ton of solid fighters

[machotime]

id say genaro's biggest win was a dominating ud over carlos alberto hernandez in his prime, but he had fought a ton of solid fighters

Ok if you wanna count fighters that were "solid" or better I can name John Brown, Jukko, Bazan, Perez, Corley, Abdulaev, Torres, Rocky Martinez, Ceballos, Sosa, Maussa, N'dou, Pinto, and Bailey. These guys are all "solid" or better. Mayweather's got Manfredy, Pep, Jukko, Gregorio Vargas, Carlos Gerena, Augustus, Carlos Rios, and Corrales. Looks like Cottos got more.

[ProSpo]

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[jayschre]

so i just checked this balbi guy, and he has ONE fight in the us, mostly all of them, with the exception of five have been in argentina and he still managed to rack up seven losses.
this guys biggest accomplishment is that he lost two close fights to leonard dorian, the guy who gatti ko'd in two.

I like how you say that your not biased, you just deal with facts. Yet you needed to "look up this guy Balbi" and all you can say is how he lost two fights to a fighter that Gatti ko'ed. Well if you were at all as knowledgeable as you claim to be, then you would have known that although Balbi did lose two fights to Dorin, they were two of the best fights of the year and were also two all out wars. And btw when Gatti beat Dorin he was coming off a pretty lengthy layoff and moving up in weight.

I am not even going to get into the debate about who's got the better resume' between Cotto and PBF, cause for one I'd be wasting my time trying to debate with someone as obviously biased as you, and secondly this debate has already been done on these boards long before you joined up so sorry!

[Brother Mouzone]

cotto has not fought the creme of the creme but he has fought solid opposition i would not consider guys like n'dou,abdulaev,sosa,corley, and torres bums also cotto is still young and he is a very active fighter you can't expect for him to fight castillo, hatton,pbf every 3-4 months .....like other posters have stated i rather see him in there against anybody than waiting around for 6-7 months for a pontential ppv fight ....cotto will have a mega fight in 06' against somebody...

[SAN D13GO VILLAN]

Well the good thing is that Bob aurum is talking about putting cotto in their with Castillo if they both win and thats a fight I been waiting for.

[787 Films]

I have not seen Balbi fight but i now i will be there.

Then will be great if he fight Castillo if he wins.

[Red_Menace]

ok, let me explain something to you
chico's most valuable asset is power. thats the only edge he has over floyd. i chico tries to box floyd, he would get embrassed. at 135, chico is one of the strongest punchers you can find. however, if he moves up in weight, you will see a decline in his power. for example, jeff lacy is one super powerful super middleweight, but if he moveed up to light heavy, he wouldnt had the knockout precentage he has right now.
that being said, floyd is a hell of a lot better now than he has been in his whole career. i would say chico has gotten worse, with his recent losses to casa and castillo. dont get me wrong, chico is a warrior and i stick up for him every chance i get, but there are few and far between who will agree with you taht deigo would get the best of floyd in a rematch at 140 or 147

I'm not so sure how well the extra weight would affect Corrales. He's very tall, but he's wirey as hell. He has small shoulders. I think the weight would only make him slower, and Mayweather would be able to pick him to pieces. I really don't think Corrales beats Mayweather at any weight.

[scap]

Raul ****ing Balbi wtf this dude is a lightweight.I'm really pissed at Cotto for even thinking of taking this fight.

Finally after browsing thru this thread someone actually addressed Raul Balbi...he is grossly undersized to Cotto.

If Cotto's next fight is Castillo and the Balbi fight is a tuneup then thats fine but let me tell ya...this smells like a promoter protecting a fighter that doesnt take a shot to well.

Balbi is a punching bag who couldnt beat 4 foot 2 Leo Dorin.