By Ricardo Lois

Critique is the fuel powering certain elements in the boxing media. Miguel Cotto, Puerto Rican superstar in the making, has received his fair share of jabs from boxing's journalistic community.

One of the critiques regarding Cotto's career argue the level of competition which the twenty-four year old native of Caguas, Puerto Rico has faced in his twenty-two bouts has been limited. Some boxing minds will go as far as saying that Cotto has been coddled as a professional.

A counter point to those who present the previous argument regarding Cotto is simple, Miguel Cotto career has been managed in an appropriate, if not near perfect manner.

Case and point. Saturday night, in his twenty-third professional contest, Cotto will veteran advisory DeMarcus "Chop Chop" Corley. The flamboyant Corley is not an undefeated fighter, yet possesses skills and abilities to give any junior welterweight a difficult night.

Remember, two of Corley's three defeats are at the hands of a pair of boxing's finest gladiators: Zab Judah and Floyd Mayweather Junior.

An analysis of two of the finest junior welterweights recent opposition leaves Cotto's team in the position to argue that Corley is as an equal or better opponent than Floyd Mayweather Junior or Arturo Gatti's challengers. Mayweather recently knocked out an over matched Henry Bruseles and Gatti dominated an old James Leijas.

Can anyone truly argue that Bruseles and Leijas are better fights at this point in their careers than Corley?

Boxing, like most human endeavors, is in the midst of a digital information era where news is presented to the public at a mind-boggling speed. Gone are the days in which fans read their updates in daily local newspapers or in The Ring Magazine's monthly issues.

New information about professional boxing is available to readers each and every day. Some significant, some trivial garbage. Being plugged into constantly updated boxing news sources has blurred the perception of not only fans, but also some writers.

Though some figures in boxing want fighters pushed along at a dangerously rapid pace, it makes no sense for the development of the sport or the fighter.

In twenty-two fights Cotto has faced fellow former Olympic prospect Kelson Pintor, Lovemore N'Dou, Victoriano Sosa, tough competitor Carlos Maussa, Cesar Bazan and Justin Jukko.

Not a poor resume for a twenty-four year old with a twenty-two fights docket and much better level of competition than Floyd Mayweather Junior or Arturo Gatti had after twenty-two fights.