If Cotto beats the winner of Alvarez Lara is he an ATG?

[Bigg Rigg]

I think Canelo will win dramaticly vs Lara and set up a huge Puerto Rico vs Mexico showdown. If he wins, idk if Cotto can be an ATG but it would just enhance his legacy.

[Rome-By-Ko]

I had Cotto as a hof before he even beat Martinez.. So that's why I'm curious to where a win over Young's guns like Alvarez or Lara would do for him.. I really think it makes him take the next step to atg status..

Some of you need to get off your high horse, Marquez is an atg.. He has some L's as well.. Norwood John, give Cotton some credit guys..

[Kagami Taiga]

I had Cotto as a hof before he even beat Martinez.. So that's why I'm curious to where a win over Young's guns like Alvarez or Lara would do for him.. I really think it makes him take the next step to atg status..

Some of you need to get off your high horse, Marquez is an atg.. He has some L's as well.. Norwood John, give Cotton some credit guys..

Marquez has actually beaten great fighters. Cotto has never done that.

[SeekDaGreat]

He can't be an ATG when getting smashed twice at his peak while losing to a non HOFer and two actual ATG's.

He is a great fighter and will make the HOF easy, he is just not an ATG, which is a super elite group.

Who smashed him at his peak? Cotto-Maragarito 1 was a close fight and that was his 1st loss. Anything after that he had already been Boxing for 6-7 years and was arguably past his peak.

[Jubei]

If he defeats the real middleweight king GGG Cotto will be my personal TBE. I will worship him until my final day.

[Wizardsh]

Cotto good example of hof
But no where near atg status and never will be

[the mesiah]

Don't know what your criteria of being a ATG is , but the term of "ATG" gets thrown around so loosely these days.Cotto is in my top 3 current favorites of this time ,but if you break down the resume UNBIASEDLY he is not even close to being "ATG" .HOF-yes , because you got to look at the all around he brings to the table and compare that to his contemporaries of this era that he is being judged on not of all time status.

[Jedi Vader]

He can't be an ATG when getting smashed twice at his peak while losing to a non HOFer and two actual ATG's.

He is a great fighter and will make the HOF easy, he is just not an ATG, which is a super elite group.

at this double standard.

At least Cotto has beaten an ATG. Grabimir lost his 24th and 40th bouts, one to an above average fighter and the other to an absolutely abject fighter.

So by your definition, Grabimir is not an ATG.

[savorduhflavor]

An ATG, to me, means he'd be rated in the top 100 of all time.

Cotto's not there and I don't think he's there with a win over Canelo. MAYBE if he beats Canelo and then takes Floyd's zero.

I'm as big of a fan of Cotto as there is, but he's just not there with his resume. He's fought everyone, sure. But as hard as it was to hear, Kellerman was right when he said that Martinez was only his 2nd A-Level pelt on his wall.

[MDPopescu]

The fact that Cotto defeated a zombie Martinez doesn't make him relevant enough against Alvarez (or Lara)...