I think Cotto is an all time great.

[Barcham]

you want him to fight GGG after he fights p4p sergio martinez?
Give him time to fill in the MW division. hes a small MW>

No such thing as a 'small' MW. You are either a MW or you are not.

He just beat the lineal mw champion in his last fight? did he not?
Is he or is he not a small mw?

Is he a MW or is he not? He holds the MW title so I assume he IS a MW.

one more fight before GGG isnt ducking.

It's ducking if he does not fight a ranked middleweight. He's supposed to be the lineal champion of the division and he should act like it.

Or he can vacate the title and allow someone who is willing to actually defend it against all comers to hold it.

[Bardock]

lol no now you are going to make it seem like all Cotto fans believe this Cotto is a HOF but not an ATG.
Hopkins and maybe Mayweather and Pacquiao are ATG.

Don't try and church it up, you know this is a universal belief among cotto fans.

[mastertech1985]

Cotto is one of the best welterweights of HIS era, but he is far from an all-time great...and probably top 15-20 for his entire era but an all time great is reaching.....he is one of the best fighters Puerto rico has every produced though



I don't see Cotto being able to compete with these era's in their prime and his....the 90's weltweights(Whitaker, ODLH, Trinidad, Quartey), 2000s welterweights(Mosley, Forrest, DLH, Mayweather,) , or the best 80's welterweights( Hearns, Curry, Leonard, etc.)



He may have been a contender and a good fighter in every era, but he wouldn't have been great in any era.

[PivotandRoll]

roy jones.
winky wright
tarver
kelly pavlik
calazaghe?

are quality wins? no? except for RJJ

None of those were ATG's or near it when Hokins fought them. Not to mention he lost to Calzaghe ( and i'm not saying he lost because I read boxrec, I'm saying it because I'm not a biased american)

So there you have it folks... Hopkins and Cotto aren't ATG's until the criteria is changed.....

[PivotandRoll]

Cotto is one of the best welterweights of HIS era, but he is far from an all-time great...and probably top 15-20 for his entire era but an all time great is reaching.....he is one of the best fighters Puerto rico has every produced though



I don't see Cotto being able to compete with these era's in their prime and his....the 90's weltweights(Whitaker, ODLH, Trinidad, Quartey), 2000s welterweights(Mosley, Forrest, DLH, Mayweather,) , or the best 80's welterweights( Hearns, Curry, Leonard, etc.)



He may have been a contender and a good fighter in every era, but he wouldn't have been great in any era.

Every fighter you mentioned has hard times against weaker fighters than Cotto.... people make older/retired fighters into God like figures....

[General STRUGG]

Cotto is one of the best welterweights of HIS era, but he is far from an all-time great...and probably top 15-20 for his entire era but an all time great is reaching.....he is one of the best fighters Puerto rico has every produced though



I don't see Cotto being able to compete with these era's in their prime and his....the 90's weltweights(Whitaker, ODLH, Trinidad, Quartey), 2000s welterweights(Mosley, Forrest, DLH, Mayweather,) , or the best 80's welterweights( Hearns, Curry, Leonard, etc.)



He may have been a contender and a good fighter in every era, but he wouldn't have been great in any era.

i dare say he beat Oscar, quartey, forrest, mosley, mayweather welterweights
beats vargas winky wright at jmw.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

If he fights and beat ggg, then his stock greatly improves, but as of right now, cotto is nowhere near ATG

[mastertech1985]

Every fighter you mentioned has hard times against weaker fighters than Cotto.... people make older/retired fighters into God like figures....

I said prime for prime....and they also beat better fighters than Cotto when they were past prime and their prime as well



I like Cotto, he exceeded all my expectations for him after the 2000 Olympics



Cotto is a very good fighter, Maybe a future hall of famer, he had good skills, and fought everyone. An all-time great, he is not.

[MrRolltide91]

cotto is a HOF

[vorgaphe]

I said prime for prime....and they also beat better fighters than Cotto when they were past prime and their prime as well



I like Cotto, he exceeded all my expectations for him after the 2000 Olympics



Cotto is a very good fighter, Maybe a future hall of famer, he had good skills, and fought everyone. An all-time great, he is not.

I think this is pretty much how Cotto should be seen.