What is Miguel Cotto's "Best/Career Defining" Win?

[wazaa.]

I would say either Paulie or Shane. Sure Shane wasn't at his absolute prime, but he wasn't too far from it and was still a beast. I mean he sodomized Margarito after the Cotto fight, that's saying quite a bit.

Shane was well past his prime. People seem to forget the Mayorga fight where he looked horrendeous


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[Dirk Diggler UK]

The win over Mosley. Mosley was still quite relevant back then and Cotto toughed it out in a good, close fight.

The only people who think the Margarito rematch means anything are Cotto fanatics. He was fighting a dead man with one eye and wasn't even that convincing.

Shane was well past his prime. People seem to forget the Mayorga fight where he looked horrendeous

That was quite a while AFTER he fought Cotto.

[Gatling]

Shane was well past his prime. People seem to forget the Mayorga fight where he looked horrendeous


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When doesn't Mayorga make someone look bad? Mosley always underperformed at 154 anyways.

[New England]

judah and mosley.


he was a very good, not great fighter.

antonio margarito ruined him. he was never the same after their fight in '08, when margs was at the height of his powers, and almost certainly cheating under capetillo.

[M Bison]

For me I think his best win was probably over Shane Mosley.

[STREET CLEANER]

Cotto has skills but I always thought he was an over-achiever.

I didn't expect him to beat Mosley and he did by a slim margin in an exciting fight. That actually was the fight that brought him fame.

He continually took tough guys that others wouldn't fight.

He failed in his biggest fights. The only fight he was not competetive was in the Pac fight.

[Exciterx30]

Cotto has skills but I always thought he was an over-achiever.

I didn't expect him to beat Mosley and he did by a slim margin in an exciting fight. That actually was the fight that brought him fame.

He continually took tough guys that others wouldn't fight.

He failed in his biggest fights. The only fight he was not competetive was in the Pac fight.

I agree with most of the post except the bold because I agree partially with that. I think that fight was a great, competitive fight through the first 5 rounds.

I think his best wins are:

1. Mosley
2. Margarito II
3. Clottey
4. Judah
5a. Malignaggi
5b. Quintana

I could see others rating them in a different order, but I am fairly sure those are his top wins.

[oc9979]

Also, marg2 and mayorga..... come on... Margarito had just had a beating of a lifetime and mayorga hadn't fought in quite some time, and cotto didn't look outstanding in either of those fights

He did not look outstanding. I guess winning almost every round is not outstanding enough?

[oc9979]

Shane was well past his prime. People seem to forget the Mayorga fight where he looked horrendeous


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When did his prime finished?

When he fought Collazo or Vargas or when he fought Cotto or when he fought Mayorga.

If he was well past his prime. I am guessing his prime finished with the Vargas fight.

[apocalypto]

Lol at a shot one eyed margarito being a career defining win. On top of that it was fought at a catchweight. If thats your best win you must not have very good wins