What Cotto must do (in order) to get a rematch with pacquaio

percypercy

its common knowlede that right now nobody would buy into a rematch between cotto and pacman
id say he has to, in order:

1.defeat margarito properly in a final rematch to end the trilogy (ko or tony quits on his stool is acceptable)

2.defeat a dangerous and top 10 fighter at 154 (i.e. canelo or kirkland, martinez can fight him at 154 too) OR fight floyd mayweather and at LEAST look good. i know asking him to beat mayweather is too much and highly unlikely lol

doing that should restore his name back to what it was and most importantly allow top rank to sell a rematch between him and pacquaio. agree?

actionjackson

Nobody needs to see Cotto vs Margo 3, especially not with that eye.

Mayweather doesnt want and more importantly need a Cotto fight.

Kirkland would be great though.

He is with Bob so all he realistically has to do is ask for the Pacman fight.

Mr. Fantastic

Actually it's already in place. Pac looked normal in last fight and Cotto looked good. The sale is there if they want to really make it happen in the next couple months.

Bushbaby

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Originally Posted by percypercy

its common knowlede that right now nobody would buy into a rematch between cotto and pacman
id say he has to, in order:

1.defeat margarito properly in a final rematch to end the trilogy (ko or tony quits on his stool is acceptable)

2.defeat a dangerous and top 10 fighter at 154 (i.e. canelo or kirkland, martinez can fight him at 154 too) OR fight floyd mayweather and at LEAST look good. i know asking him to beat mayweather is too much and highly unlikely lol

doing that should restore his name back to what it was and most importantly allow top rank to sell a rematch between him and pacquaio. agree?

What you really mean is that he must look like hot garbage like Clottey, Mosley & Margarito instead of this 3 ko streak he put together right? But seriously people payed for Pacman-Clottey, nuff said.

Slyboots

All those are good, but if he fights Floyd, I don't think fighting Pac is really important at that point. Cotto will have gotten his enormous payday and if somehow he does manage to beat Floyd, that would put Cotto at the top and that point it wouldn't matter if he fought Pac or not. And I suppose to a lesser degree the same could be said if he defeated Sergio Martinez.

jazluvr

1. A rubber match with Margo makes no sense. His eye is really messed up now and Tony would never quit..i really believe he would rather die than quit. And Cotto don't want nothing to do with him anymore, so that book is closed.

2. Cotto needs to stay away from Floyd and Pac.

Chups

Not what Cotto must do but what fighters must duck or not do.

If Floyd ducks again and Tim Bradley is not available....Cotto is a go.

hougigo

Fight Canelo or JCC jr

COACH WEBB

A rematch for what? He was completely blown out in 09 and somehow in '12 he would deserve (or possibly perform better) another fight? Kinda like the third Morales fight?

I'll pass. The thing is though, it's not so far fetched.

Mr. Fantastic

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Originally Posted by jazluvr

1. A rubber match with Margo makes no sense. His eye is really messed up now and Tony would never quit..i really believe he would rather die than quit. And Cotto don't want nothing to do with him anymore, so that book is closed.

2. Cotto needs to stay away from Floyd and Pac.

If Marg's eye is never the same I agree but if not then a third is a valid fight. Gotta see what the future brings.

actionjackson Interim Champion Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 716 Rep Power: 0 Points: 35,884,126.78 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 35,884,126.78 Donate	Nobody needs to see Cotto vs Margo 3, especially not with that eye. Mayweather doesnt want and more importantly need a Cotto fight. Kirkland would be great though. He is with Bob so all he realistically has to do is ask for the Pacman fight.

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