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Though Cotto may care to re-evaluate after losing to Canelo, prior to the fight he was quoted as saying Lovemore Ndou was his toughest opponent.

http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/qa-love ... u-8-314493

Pacman almost ended his career then we have the Trout/Mayweather

ClivePatrickLyons wrote:Pacman almost ended his career then we have the Trout/Mayweather

So who said this about Lovemore they must be pulling his leg

Like a Boss wrote:Though Cotto may care to re-evaluate after losing to Canelo, prior to the fight he was quoted as saying Lovemore Ndou was his toughest opponent.

http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/qa-love ... u-8-314493

N'dou beat Malignaggi in that fight in Manchester I thought he was ahead by 3 or 4 rounds. Very unlucky.

Surely Margarito was Cottos toughest opponent physically in the first fight and mentally in the rematch.

Oh, of course most comments will be along the lines, "nah, he's wrong. Surely one of the big names were his toughest fights". Why does his toughest fight have to be a 'big name'?... Why can't it be the fight that he remembers as his most exhausting, or against an opponent that he thinks is a very tough opponent? N'dou was a tough mofo that fought the best of the best, and always gave a good account of himself. Good on him for getting a mention from one of the all time great warriors of boxing!

Most fighters when asked who their toughest ever opponent was will name a guy they beat rather than one they lost to.

johnswan1 wrote:Most fighters when asked who their toughest ever opponent was will name a guy they beat rather than one they lost to.

You're right in a way there. I don't think he would want to give credit to Margeritto anyway, considering the 'plaster paris' saga. But someone here mentioned Canelo... Really? Canelo threw sfa punches and didn't particularly trouble Cotto, although winning well.

johnswan1 wrote:Most fighters when asked who their toughest ever opponent was will name a guy they beat rather than one they lost to.

There is a bit of a trend for that.

Lairdy wrote:Oh, of course most comments will be along the lines, "nah, he's wrong. Surely one of the big names were his toughest fights". Why does his toughest fight have to be a 'big name'?... Why can't it be the fight that he remembers as his most exhausting, or against an opponent that he thinks is a very tough opponent? N'dou was a tough mofo that fought the best of the best, and always gave a good account of himself. Good on him for getting a mention from one of the all time great warriors of boxing!

Good call.

I remember years ago Roberto Duran being asked about opponents and he said "nobody ever hit me harder than that aboriginal from Australia"."

That guy he was referring to was of course Hector Thompson. Whom Duran may have stopped inside 8 rounds, but left a mark none the less.

I highly doubt this is true, but it was definitely one of his first really tough fights. I remember I only had Cotto winning 115-113. Lovemore Ndou for a time was a tough out against anybody.

I think some guys might consider their toughest fight as their first Truly difficult fight of their professional career because at the time they'd never been through anything like that, and it forces them to raise their game for the future so that next time they face a similarly difficult opponent they know what they're in for.