When did Cottos prime begin and end?

[Thraxox]

2006-2009 when Pacquiao stopped him.

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

We should have a 10 Yr. Anniversary next year. Celebrate the exposure of Kneeguel.

Can’t believe it’s gonna be 10 yrs since Cotto got exposed and a good ass whopping .

lmfao, rainbow colored kneepads will be 50% off out in PR

[Real King Kong]

06-08. Coulda been longer, but no fighter is ever prime after the type of loss he had to margarito.

[AnimalisticMeth]

Started in the Quintana Fight and ended in the the first Margarito fight so 2006-2008. His peak prime was the first 6 rounds of the margarito fight. Everything we saw after that was flashes of how great he was but his body was so beat up after 2008 he would get marked up even by none punchers like Clittey and Foreman.

[AnimalisticMeth]

2006-2009 when Pacquiao stopped him.

he was past prime when he got to Pacquiao. just look at his previous fight against Clottey he looked terrible

[AnimalisticMeth]

Hard to say. You'll have some trolls tells you his prime ended vs. Margarito or Pacquiao but he looked great vs. Mayweather in 2012 and vs. Martinez in 2014.

Cotto had great longevity if we're gonna be honest. Everyone that beat Cotto deserves full credit, even Canelo. He never suffered a sharp decline in skills.

his decline was never in skills but in his body. he could not take the punishment and hi reflexes suffered a lot after the margarito fight. his skin was very fragile after that fight to the point he would get marked ip so easily even in training camp

[boliodogs]

I think it started with Judah and ended with Canelo. Cotto was much better when he was trained by Roach. I think he might have defeated Trout if Roach had trained him for that fight.. For some reason Roach brought out the best of Cotto. Roach just seem to be a perfect trainer for Cotto.

[Madison Boxing]

well on here people make out he was past prime in his late 20's cause he started losing and it fits there agenda to say that somehow in his late 20's he lost a step, rather than admit he was never great in the first place. And if people are so insistent on margarito 'beating the prime out of him' well that reflects worse on cotto if anything that he couldnt rebound from one loss, not really the heart of a champion is it.

[TJ highway]

After beating Judah, he marked his arrival on the world-level (to a lesser-degree, after his surprisingly competitive win over Malignaggi which did just as much good for Paulie as it did for Cotto).

I think that Margarito fight really did something to him psychologically for sure, and probably physically as well.

He was never the "conqueror" he was after that fight. As much as I despise the worm masquerading as a man, Panama Lewis said it best (in the documentary about that boxer who got beat by a man with half padding removed, AND hopped up on amphetamines) when he described Cotto, after the Judah fight as "one of the last true conquerors of boxing." Ironically, he had been helping Judah train for that fight, but had to watch in a bar as he was banned for life from being in a boxer's corner.

Anyway, sorry for the rant - but his fight with Clottey closely thereafter, which was supposed to be a showcase more than anything, and a setup for the Pac fight, did FURTHER damage to him physically, and mentally.

Then, facing the best version of Manny Pacquiao, the last bit of prime was beat out of him. I really think for all that happened to him against Margarito,and Clottey, he was still a prime fighter here.

He had some ups, and downs after that. The Trout fight, IMO, simply proved he was a blown-up welterweight who had no business fighting above 150 pounds.

Cotto won his first pro fight in February of 2001. Cotto was a champion for 5 1/2 years!

Then out of nowhere Margarito comes along and destroys him! Margarito was his first loss almost 7 1/2 years later (July 2008). That's a long time being undefeated!

During Cotto's run he blew through Lovemore N'dou, "Chop Chop" Demarcus Corley (when he was still relevant), Paulie Malignaggi, Carlos Quintana, Zab Judah, Sugar Shane and Alphonso Gomez.

Then all of a sudden the sky fell?

Truth be told if Margarito ever publicly reported he knew of the plaster because if he did he gets a lifetime ban.

I'm not ****** and I wasn't born yesterday! So I understand his denials.

Cotto's was never the same!




His next fight against Sugar Shane, Margarito was caught with loaded wrap's.

[FeFist]

He wasn't the same after the Margarito fight. He became a former champ/challenger in mentality.