if he'd faced Flores, maybe he would've looked vulnerable. but he didn't. he did, however, face Torres and N'dou, against whom he certainly looked vulnerable. and although Mosley is certainly a tougher challenge than Flores, i wouldn't call Cotto's win over him dominant or without controversey.
what was so controversial about that fight? mosley himself admitted that he lost. just because you thought he won doesnt mean it was controversial. cotto looked somewhat vulnerable vs. ndou yet he still won 8 rounds of that fight. torres was a future world champion and so was n'dou (who gives just about any world class fighter fits). shibata flores was a club fighter and a guy vargas used to beat up in sparring. vargas also looked like SHIT vs. wilfredo rivera prior to that fight as well.
Cotto-Mosley wasn't controversial. Cotto won it fairly, a 7-5, 8-4 type decision. I suppose you can be generous to Shane and have it a draw, but you have to really reach to say Mosley deserved to win.
I have no issues posting my card on that 1 either. Someone else was talking BS about that fight and I watched it recently. Sorry no controversy. Here's my score... 1. Cotto's round clearly, how did you have that even? 2. Mosley but close had to watch it twice. 3. Mosley 4. Cotto 5. Cotto 6. Cotto 7. Mosley 8. Cotto 9.Here is where people didn't payattention well. Cotto took a couple of hard shots, however he clearly landed more (some pretty hards shots of his own). HBO was acting like he was hurt or something when he never was. Cotto boxed nicely in 9 because he wanted to not because he had to. 10. Mosley 11. Cotto-Mosley more agressive but Cotto landed more and hard. 12. Mosley<!-- / message --><!-- edit note -->
flores is rubbish. cotto bashed plenty of guys heads in who were that calibur or higher. I was ringside when cotto beat ndou. he looked like death at the scale but still won 9 rounds, I saw no vulnerability. vargas hadn't beaten a good fighter in YEARS prior to fighting delahoya
I'll take Tito's win over Vargas as being more impressive. I think a prime Vargas was better than Cotto.
how? cotto was more experienced and seasoned and was a clear favorite to beat margarito. vargas had what? just over 20 pro fights?
I agree! Vargas didn't have any big wins. Only the tittle of the youngest champion ever at 154 - whatever the hell that's worth. Skill wise Cotto was already superior than Vargas. It's sad to mention the pre Trinidad VArgas as a prime Vargas but his prime was that short.
Exactly. Even Shane Mosley himself acknowledged that Cotto defeated him at the end of the fight. He didn't pull a "I-was-robbed" De La Hoya rant. And btw, ODLH did got a gift in his 'victory' over Whitaker, so that one should not even be mentioned. Oscar's greatest victory was over Chavez, who was still a champ at the time...well a fading champ anyway, with only one official defeat (we all know that the 'draw' to Whitaker was the worst decision ever in boxing history).
