Comments Thread For: Miguel Cotto Career Special on HBO, November 25

[PrBoxing88]

Most of his titles he won were vacant, the only 2 where he actually beat the champion for a title were against a crippled Martinez and Yuri Foreman. His biggest wins were Mosely and maybe Judah.

NOW Martinez is crippled?? MOST of you was saying otherwise before the fight...

[rrayvez]

People can debate all they want about cottos career but at the end if the day, the guy is a multi division world champion who will go into the hall of fame and has earned the respect of the majority in the boxing world (fighters and fans alike). Dislike him & diminish his accomplishments all you want but he's going down in history as one of the top fighters of his era.

[PsychoPat]

I wish him well after boxing. Just wish I could unsee him wearing a tutu whilst sparring and this unicorn flipflop episode still burns my mind.

I wouldn't be surprised if cottos final ringwalk song is Sam smith - too good at goodbye. fitting end for a gaylord warrior surely?

[allanperlee]

Totally

WAY behind. He had a fine career and will deservedly go into the Hall but he's closer to Rosario, Torres, Camacho than he is to Ortiz, Gomez, Trinidad and Benitez. I don't think anybody with even a tiny ounce of Boxing knowledge or objectivity would say otherwise.

Excellent assessment. Actually, I'd take a step further and dare say he doesn't even belong in the hall of fame. Never unified a title, lost to all elite fighters, mostly fought for vacant titles, and his biggest wins were against somehow disabled fighters.

[Elroy The Great]

will there ever be a margarito special ?!?!?

maybe in tijuana

[Elroy The Great]

NOW Martinez is crippled?? MOST of you was saying otherwise before the fight...

a lot of ''after the fact'' types.

they should watch every fight leading up to cotto. theyd never know serg was ''crippled''

and of course a guy will look crippled after they get rocked. if thats the case, kostya put zab in a wheel chair.

[Disturbed]

Cotto isn’t perfect, and he received some criticism, especially towards the end from some fans. Some of it justified. But the bottom line is, the sport was better because of him, and it would be better off if more fighters were like him. He fought everyone and had an exciting style. History will look back on his career fondly. War Cotto!

Well said man. Nobody is perfect in boxing world imo, they all got something that deserves some critique, smaller issues or bigger. But that being said, Cotto was a warrior, wasnt scare to face the beasts of the division and was a very entertaining champion in my opinion. WAR COTTO

[Madison Boxing]

should be a great program! i sure hope the program includes cottos great record against world class healthy fighters such as the 119-109 loss to trout, the multiple knockdowns and stoppage against the much smaller pacquiao (who hasnt stopped anyone since), getting comfortably beat by canelo (who had a way easier time with cotto than in his other big fights), getting beaten up and quitting against a limited margarito and a lopsided loss to mayweather. Legendary status right there!