The Man, The Myth, The Legend...... Miguel Cotto.

[Trinidad_Fan]

Boxing fans are sooo funny...

We can play "Let's Pick Apart the Resume" with just about any fighter. Just pick someone you hate and want to discredit... and pick apart his resume by rattling off how many losses his opponent had before or after... how old the opponents were... what the opponents had for breakfast the day of the fight... what color their eyes are...

By the same token, we can play "Let's Build Up the Resume" for those fighters we want to hype up. All to our convenience. Fighters are either superstars or bums depending on your particular agenda. Come to think of it..... it's a pretty good skill. Must come in handy in real life, I reckon.

I'll stick with my opinion that Cotto's resume is one of the best of modern day fighters, and just resign myself to the notion that all of sudden fighters like Mosley, Judah, Quintana, Torres, Bailey, and Clottey are all crap and unworthy. I guess that's news to me.

Of course, fact is Floyd also beat Mosley and Judah.... but that must've been when they were good, right?

[Pretty Boy32]

the man the myth the bum

[JmH Reborn]

Why fight for "fans" when this all the junk that ever gets posted.

Fights Canelo yet still hated. Everyone he has fought, win or lose he fought them when the fans demanded it and when they were relevant. You poser ass "fans" are de****able. I like Canelo and Cotto and I can't wait for the fight. Why waste my time with you loser ass dudes who've accomplished nothing in your lives - with your claim to fames being your XBox gamerscores.

It'll be bittersweet on the 21st because I don't want either guy to lose, but it's going to be fun regardless. When Cotto retires - i'll make the trek to the Hall of Fame to cheer him on while you petty ass losers will still contemplate. His resume is fine and can be stacked up against anyone in his era. He fights the fights when they're relevant and that's all that matters.

[Trinidad_Fan]

Why fight for "fans" when this all the junk that ever gets posted.

Fights Canelo yet still hated. Everyone he has fought, win or lose he fought them when the fans demanded it and when they were relevant. You poser ass "fans" are de****able. I like Canelo and Cotto and I can't wait for the fight. Why waste my time with you loser ass dudes who've accomplished nothing in your lives - with your claim to fames being your XBox gamerscores.

It'll be bittersweet on the 21st because I don't want either guy to lose, but it's going to be fun regardless. When Cotto retires - i'll make the trek to the Hall of Fame to cheer him on while you petty ass losers will still contemplate. His resume is fine and can be stacked up against anyone in his era. He fights the fights when they're relevant and that's all that matters.

When Cotto gets in..... the HOF will be accused of being overrated and over-the-hill.

[bigjavi973]

Titles won:

Vacant WBO Super Lightweight: (1)Kelson Pinto vs (2)Miguel Cotto; happened after Judah defended his belt once, broke his hand, vacated & moved up to fight for the unified welterweight titles.

Defense(s) of WBO Super Lightweight title- 6
1. Randall Bailey- 15th by WBO
2. DeMarcus Corley- rated 9th best Super Lightweight by Ring magazine & ranked 9th by WBO
3. Muhammad Abdullev- rated 10th by WBO
4. Ricardo Torres- 1st by WBO (mandatory defense)
5. Gianluca Branco- 6th by WBO
6. Paul Malignaggi- 10th by WBO

Vacant WBA World Welterweight title: (1)Miguel Cotto vs (2)Carlos Quintana
Defense(s) of WBA World Welterweight title- 4
1. Oktay Urkal- 8th by WBA/7th welterweight by ring magazine
2. Zab Judah- 10th by WBA/5th welterweight by ring magazine
3. Shane Mosley- 8th by WBA/3rd by ring magazine
4. Alfonso Gomez- 10th by WBA

Vacant WBO Welterweight title: (1)Miguel Cotto vs (3)Michael Jennings
Defense(s) of WBO Welterweight title- 1
1. Joshua Clottey- 1st by WBO/4th Welterweight by ring magazine

WBA World Super Welterweight title: (c)Yuri Foreman vs (5)Miguel Cotto
Defense(s) of WBA World Super Welterweight title- 2
1. Ricardo Mayorga- not rated
2. Antonio Margarito- 8th by WBA

WBC Middleweight title: (c)Sergio Martinez vs (NR)Miguel Cotto
Defense(s) of WBC Middleweight title- 1
1. Daniel Geale- 5th by WBC

Undefeated fighters fought/win: 6 (record:138-0)
Cotto's opponents total record: 1174 wins - 191 losses

*Has a record of 19-4 (16 KOs) in world title fights.
Has a record of 16-4 (12 KOs) against former, current and future world titlists.
Won against Cesar Bazan, Carlos Maussa, Lovemore N'dou, Randall Bailey, DeMarcus Corley, Ricardo Torres, Paul Malignaggi, Carlos Quintana, Zab Judah, Shane Mosley, Joshua Clottey, Yuri Foreman, Ricardo Mayorga, Antonio Margarito, Sergio Gabriel Martinez, Daniel Geale

Lost against Antonio Margarito, Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Austin Trout*

*http://boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Human:33535

At least don't be biased about it.

[bigjavi973]

and his catch weight game is legendary, and still evolving:

159 Martinez (crippled)
157 Geale (just got KO'ed for the first time by GGG)
155 Canelo (I dont see here 100% Cotto's fault, but since its a fight for mw title 155 lbs is just too much)

You see the tendency -2lbs with each fight. Theoretically the GGG fight should be at 153, but since its under jmw limit, I think Cotto being an A-side would request 154.00000000001 lbs limit and they gonna use scales from NASA or some chemistry labor.

oh please. Martinez NEVER weighed anymore than 159.5 lbs. The 159 lbs cw really wasn't a big deal. Oh I know. The knee.



Damn, that was in the 6th round! Oh wow his knee ****** against Cotto's and he didn't limp at all walking back!

The 157 lbs cw against Geale was BS.

The 155 lbs for the Canelo fight shouldn't be a problem. He has NEVER weighed more than 155 lbs.

[PivotandRoll]

Titles won:

Vacant WBO Super Lightweight: (1)Kelson Pinto vs (2)Miguel Cotto; happened after Judah defended his belt once, broke his hand, vacated & moved up to fight for the unified welterweight titles.

Defense(s) of WBO Super Lightweight title- 6
1. Randall Bailey- 15th by WBO
2. DeMarcus Corley- rated 9th best Super Lightweight by Ring magazine & ranked 9th by WBO
3. Muhammad Abdullev- rated 10th by WBO
4. Ricardo Torres- 1st by WBO (mandatory defense)
5. Gianluca Branco- 6th by WBO
6. Paul Malignaggi- 10th by WBO

Vacant WBA World Welterweight title: (1)Miguel Cotto vs (2)Carlos Quintana
Defense(s) of WBA World Welterweight title- 4
1. Oktay Urkal- 8th by WBA/7th welterweight by ring magazine
2. Zab Judah- 10th by WBA/5th welterweight by ring magazine
3. Shane Mosley- 8th by WBA/3rd by ring magazine
4. Alfonso Gomez- 10th by WBA

Vacant WBO Welterweight title: (1)Miguel Cotto vs (3)Michael Jennings
Defense(s) of WBO Welterweight title- 1
1. Joshua Clottey- 1st by WBO/4th Welterweight by ring magazine

WBA World Super Welterweight title: (c)Yuri Foreman vs (5)Miguel Cotto
Defense(s) of WBA World Super Welterweight title- 2
1. Ricardo Mayorga- not rated
2. Antonio Margarito- 8th by WBA

WBC Middleweight title: (c)Sergio Martinez vs (NR)Miguel Cotto
Defense(s) of WBC Middleweight title- 1
1. Daniel Geale- 5th by WBC

Undefeated fighters fought/win: 6 (record:138-0)
Cotto's opponents total record: 1174 wins - 191 losses

*Has a record of 19-4 (16 KOs) in world title fights.
Has a record of 16-4 (12 KOs) against former, current and future world titlists.
Won against Cesar Bazan, Carlos Maussa, Lovemore N'dou, Randall Bailey, DeMarcus Corley, Ricardo Torres, Paul Malignaggi, Carlos Quintana, Zab Judah, Shane Mosley, Joshua Clottey, Yuri Foreman, Ricardo Mayorga, Antonio Margarito, Sergio Gabriel Martinez, Daniel Geale

Lost against Antonio Margarito, Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Austin Trout*

*http://boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Human:33535

At least don't be biased about it.

Exactly !! Like I said, name anyone outside Floyd/Manny and B-Hop with a better resume....They just ignored the question.

[-MEGA-]

Exactly !! Like I said, name anyone outside Floyd/Manny and B-Hop with a better resume....They just ignored the question.

Tim Bradley!

[PivotandRoll]

Tim Bradley!

Bradley ? Really? Vargas, Provo, Old Marquez, Old Holt, Old Casamayor, Peterson? Where are Bradley's great wins? Look how well Chaves did against Bradley...Cotto is far superior than Bradley

[IFightDirty]

Not going to lie, after reading this, Cotto's resume doesn't seem that very impressive. Still a first ballot HOF'er and fought very good fighters even though his title winning fights are against underwhelming competition.