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[Guest_Fitz_*]

Ok, so how do you compare the careers between these fighters?

1. Judah-Spinks
2. De La Hoya-Mosley
3. Cotto-Vargas
4. Hamed-Hatton

Judah-Spinks
Both fighters were undisputed welter weight champions, and both split fights 1-1 between each other, though that has been Judah's only key career win. Spinks at least still has a decent win against Mayorga which is already better than anything else Zab has done. He has picked up a few more decent wins along the way.
Judah had the more potential, and more upside to him, but didn't live up to it. At this stage, I think Spinks has had the better career.

[Big Slim Sweet]

I've got Mosley over Oscar pretty clearly, and have elaborated on it in the past. Just tougher, willing to take on any and all without manipulating the situation. In late 2008 when Margarito was considered a welterweight killer and Pacquiao was considered a lightweight bunny, Shane targeted the killer and Oscar tried petting the bunny.

They both fought (and lost to) great competition. Oscar fought Tito and Hopkins, but used a catchweight to fight for Hop's title, and I've always had my suspicions about the legitimacy of that fight anyway. Shane fought Forrest and Winky twice each, going for immediate rematches despite his obvious physical disadvantages in those matchups.

Oscar was stopped twice. Shane stopped never. I like Shane's career better. I think it's hard for a lot of people not to give Oscar extra credit for his celebrity, but this is about what they did in the ring.

As for the other matchups:

Spinks over Judah. Barely, in a mostly who cares attraction.
Cotto over Vargas, though it's tough to not think about what Fernando's career could have been if he hadn't been thrown to the wolves so soon.
Hamed over Hatton. He was more skilled. Hatton has that one big win over Tszyu, but it was so tainted. Both men lost to the very best in humiliating fashion.