When did Cottos prime begin and end?

[djtmal]

something with margarito... cotto's prime was taken from him in the marg fight. pac's prime was taken from him from the marg fight. no wonder floyd retired when the marg was out looking for him.

antonio "the prime snatcher" margarito.....

[Dodger07]

2006 (Paulie Malignaggi fight) to 2009 (Manny Pacquiao fight)

His absolute peak was 2007 against shane Mosley

[W1LL]

Miguel Cotto's prime is obscured because of losses to two cheats; a drugs cheat and concrete-in-gloves cheat.

[Larry the boss]

began in 2008-07-26 round 1 and ended in round 9

lol............

[Canelo and GGG]

its hard to say ,he is still in good form now ,but pac fight was beging of the end

[daggum]

when he fought floyd. he was in absolute peak form at his best weight where he had dominated for years against absolute beasts like yuri foreman and one eyed margarito. after that he went on to become lineal middleweight champ of the world against prime martinez. he might not have been able to walk but he could box! go cotto!

[Larry the boss]

trust me he was several years and two ko's past it when floyd fought him...par for floyd's course

Has nothing to do with Mayweather

[djtmal]

Has nothing to do with Mayweather

we know larry...we know

[LetOutTheCage]

Yes - people also forget that between the Pac and Margarito (I) fights, he fought Clottey.

That is a fight that some people believe he genuinely lost (me included - but it was very, very close, to where either man could have gotten the W depending on what you value when judging fights). I had it 114-113 Clottey, 7 rounds to 5 (Cotto knocked Clottey down with a jab that knocked him off balance in first round).

Win or lose, though, he took A LOT of clean punches, and punishment against Clottey. His eyebrow was damn near hanging off by the final bell - the ref/doctor could have stopped that fight mid-way and nobody would have argued. But props to Cotto - he soldiered on, and even came on strong in the final rounds.

Pretty sure he fought primed Margarito, Clottey, and then Pacquiao all within a 12-18 month period as well.

Yeah I also had Clottey just edging it. He didnt look the same fighter after the first Magrito fight, his fight with Clottey kind of highlighted that fact, the Pacquaio fight even more so.