What was Cotto's top 5 wins?

[True That]

see the thing about that is that almost nobody was saying that before the fight. you can dig up old articles here before the fight was signed. majority of people were saying Cotto didn't belong at the weight and Martinez would beat him. that's just one of those situations where people play monday morning quarterback. it was a great win in my book.

Good stuff man. I remember back then when Martinez was calling out fights against Pacquiao and Mayweather and was willing to go down to a catch weight of 150 to make the fight but no one wanted to fight him. Cotto moved up from 154 to fight him at Middleweight.

And yeah I remember clear as day, a lot of people saying even a 70% Martinez will beat Cotto, others said even Martinez at 50% is enough to beat Cotto.

Then when Cotto beat him, then they say he was not 100%, Lol.

No one put a gun to Martinez head to fight Cotto if he wasn't 100% or close to it. Obviously in addition to the pay day Martinez believed that he would beat Cotto I'm pretty sure.

So yeah, I hear you there.

[True That]

He beat something like 15 world champions, most of which were reigning or future.

Fought the best of his era at times when they were at or near their best. Very good performance against Floyd, and I thought the Canelo fight was closer than the scorecards suggested.

People don't give Cotto any credit for the Martinez win, but it was obvious that first left hook that shook him up caused the injury to reoccur. Before that he was moving freely, I'm not saying he was in perfect working condition, and the knee didn't hold up, but Martinez self admittedly went through the camp and sparring without incident, so Cotto should be given credit for that initial left hook.

Best wins:

Mosley
Clottey
Judah
Margarito
Quintana

In that order. People might be surprised by Quintana, but at the time for his first fight up at 147lbs against an undefeated guy who could punch, had skill, and was technically sound was a big ask. Cotto destroyed him. Lots of people were picking Quintana on here.

I remember that Quintana fight. I was one of many who were picking Quintana to win and I was quite surprised how easy Cotto dispatched him at the time of that fight.

[Thraxox]

Cotto was a pretty damn good fighter. I liked him. However, Tito will always remain my favorite Puerto Rican fighter. I hated him the night he beat the shit out of my boy Fernando Vargas. Lol..

Man Tito was getting out boxed and dropped by Vargas, and had to result low blowing Vargas to destroy his momentum and give him time to recover from Vargas' assault.

[Illmatic94]

Your standards are low for you to call his fight over a 39 year old Martinez a Great win . Specially with his knee tore up .
Not surprised though . Cotton did the same thing with Yuri Foreman .

once again. You're playing monday morning quarterback. That fight was not seen as a joke or a mismatch. and a sht ton of posters here picked Martinez to dominate since little Cotto didn't belong at that weight.

same thing happened with Floyd vs Shane. everybody predicted Floyd would never fight a "real" welterweight. Mosley was the boogeyman at the time. after the fight he was old and Floyd's win didn't mean sht.

monday morning quarterback.

[True That]

Of course they are.

I saw some guy posting about how Judah is a laughable win but he is one of Mayweathers top 6 or 7 wins lol

Clottey is another terrific win in a close, controversial fight. People forget just hot big and strong and durable Clottey was back then.

I agree, the Torres fight is one of Cotto's finest moments, rocked and hurt and pulls out the win.

It's also important to note Cotto got in the ring with a prime Margarito, who Mayweather avoided like the plague, got in the ring with a prime Pacquiao and got in the ring with the best version of Mosley faced by Cotto, May or Pac.

Great points you bring up. Cotto did face a prime Margarito, perhaps a little bit too prime in an illegal way, Lol and he did face a peak, prime Pacquiao and for sure most definitely faced the better version of Shane Mosley in 2007 than Floyd did in 2010 and Pacquiao did in 2011.


That Cotto-Mosley fight was close, I had Cotto winning 115-113. Cotto won most of the early rounds, Mosley came on too late, he won most of the rounds in the second half of the fight, but Cotto was able to adjust and win a couple of the late rounds to win 115-113. I remember Mosley just started too late in that fight.

Good stuff man, good knowledgeable post!

[Idunnoshet]

once again. You're playing monday morning quarterback. That fight was not seen as a joke or a mismatch. and a sht ton of posters here picked Martinez to dominate since little Cotto didn't belong at that weight.

same thing happened with Floyd vs Shane. everybody predicted Floyd would never fight a "real" welterweight. Mosley was the boogeyman at the time. after the fight he was old and Floyd's win didn't mean sht.
J
monday morning quarterback.

I'll give you that . I was one of the guys that picked Martinez . But felt duped when I saw him flopping around the ring unable to get his footing . Watching that I thought to myself " Martinez took this fight injured for a Paycheck " .

[BoxingIsGreat]

Man Tito was getting out boxed and dropped by Vargas, and had to result low blowing Vargas to destroy his momentum and give him time to recover from Vargas' assault.

Yep.. Agreed.

Vargas was giving him hell. The low blows were devastating and had changed the fight completely in Tito's favor.

Those were the days when boxing was king!

[Derranged]

Most overrated Puerto Rican of all time. Certainly doesn't count as a good win for Pac or Floyd.

[soul_survivor]

Great points you bring up. Cotto did face a prime Margarito, perhaps a little bit too prime in an illegal way, Lol and he did face a peak, prime Pacquiao and for sure most definitely faced the better version of Shane Mosley in 2007 than Floyd did in 2010 and Pacquiao did in 2011.


That Cotto-Mosley fight was close, I had Cotto winning 115-113. Cotto won most of the early rounds, Mosley came on too late, he won most of the rounds in the second half of the fight, but Cotto was able to adjust and win a couple of the late rounds to win 115-113. I remember Mosley just started too late in that fight.

Good stuff man, good knowledgeable post!

Thanks and yeah, I think Cotto won a close, competitive fight. I don't see it going for MOsley but whatever the outcome, it is far from a robbery that some like to claim and in all honesty, no one at the time saw it as anything other than a close fight.

[Mexican_Puppet]

His top 5 were fighters with injuries or out of prime