2008 welterweights vs 2016 weltwerweights

[bojangles1987]

Danny Garcia vs Cotto in Puerto Rico



good times

Now that would be a fun beating to watch.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

Now that would be a fun beating to watch.

"...you wanna throw body shots?"


Cotto would murk Danny

[The Comic DON]

I would probably take 2008 because I think Williams and Cotto are the best and would find a way to beat all of the guys in 2016 even though I think clottey and Margs are the worst of this group an wouldn't beat anyone in 2016.

You gotta put Clottey up there seeing that he arguably beat Cotto and gave Margarito a hell of a fight.

And 2008 by a slight margin.

[Outwest Exp 355]

I got 2016 up 2 to 1 with Porter and Margarito being a toss up. PWill over Kell for the lone 2008 win.

[JakeTheBoxer]

2016 - s should stop talking shi1t and start fighting each other, like 2008-s did.

[*TonyMontana*]

Cotto goes to war on the new school

[Mojita]

Wow, this thread makes me realize how quick time just flew by.

2008 felt like yesterday getting pumped for Marg-Cotto I, Pacquiao-DLH, Williams-Quitana. lmao, damn son. its really been that fcking long?!

[New England]

i really can't say much about spence at this stage, and i don't want to speculate about whether or not i'm looking at margarito in '08 with plaster in his gloves.


cotto and williams would be an absolute handful for porter, spence, and thurman. cotto had terrific boxing skills. very hard puncher at WW, too. harder than thurman without any question. he had problems with punchers, and against austin trout he had trouble with the reach. thurman, porter, and brook aren't that kind of fighter. i think truly prime cotto [judah fight, for example] makes them all look ordinary. if they wanted the punishment he'd probably hurt them and knock them out. punchers chance, given cotto's less than amazing chin.


as for williams, that guy was enormous. you have to figure that they'd all have trouble with his height, reach, and natural weight. and his left handedness. and his activity. and his chin. pressure from a tall southpaw is not typical pressure! what you had to do with williams was punch! he had a great chin, but it was not hard to find. i think thurman's got the style to sneak out a win. think carlos quintana, sergio martinez. be cute, land a bomb, and get out.

all have a good shot at beating clottey, but he might have something for them and get a decision. great chin, according to unnoficial weigh ins he was about as big as a WW can get. smart about picking shots, responsible on defense, but not a big puncher in spite of his size and definitely beatable.

[Shpacman]

You should add Mosley to 2008 welters and Garsia to 2016 welters. Then it will be obvious 2008 win.
Also I can see Clottey winning all 2016 welterweights. 2016 welterweights don't have nor great speed nor great defence nor great punch output. I think Clottey would have chased them behind high guard and punched them with sharp shots.

[kidbazooka]

Cotto and Margarito beats them all