If Sergio Martinez Isn’t Too Big for Miguel Cotto Then Why Is He Too Big for Floyd?

[Curtiz]

Cotto is a big WW
Floyd is a small WW


Thats the difference.

[boliodogs]

Cotto is too small for Martinez and if the fight happens Martinez should beat him easily and probably knock him out. When two fighters are equally good the bigger fighter almost always wins. Those old time great fighters you talked about got beat when they gave up too much size to other good fighters. For instance Bob Fitzsimmons won the heavyweight title at a weight of 167 by beating Corbett who weighed 182 pounds. When Fitzsimmons defended the title against 212 pound Jeffries he got KOed in the 11th round. Mayweather wants to make history by retiring undefeated in a career of fighting good fighters. He will not risk his 0 trying to make history by beating such dangerous bigger fighters as Martinez, or GGG or even Lara. Fighting Canelo at 152 is about as big a risk as you will ever see Mayweather take. If Cotto does beat Martinez Mayweather would fight Cotto because fighting Cotto is a pretty safe way for Floyd to make "history".

[junior gong]

http://thaboxingvoice.com/if-sergio-...yweather/21519

Moving up in weight and fighting in multiple weight divisions is nothing new in boxing and has been going on since the early days of the sport. People tend to look at fighters like Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather and heap a great amount of praise on them for starting at such low weight classes and climbing all the way up to the junior middleweight limit while becoming multiple weight division champions in the process. By no means am I making light of their accomplishments but similar feats have been accomplished many times in the past and somehow failed to get mentioned when this topic is frequently discussed in boxing circles.
People either don’t know the history or choose to ignore it because they are so wrapped up in the phenomenon of some of today’s stars. Bob Fitzsimmons, a fighter whose career spanned from 1885-1914, won titles at middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight. Most people already know about the great Henry Armstrong, who fought in the 1930’s and 40’s. Armstrong held the featherweight, lightweight, and welterweight titles simultaneously. He even challenged for the middleweight title in a bout that ended in a disputed draw against Ceferino Garcia. Former welterweight and middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson started his career in 1940 at 134.5 pounds and eventually challenged for the light heavyweight title before his career came to a close. A more modern example is Roberto Duran. He turned pro in 1968 at 119 pounds and ended up moving all the way up to light heavyweight before he ended his career. Duran was a champion at lightweight, welterweight, junior middleweight, and middleweight.
When these men fought there weren’t as many weight classes as there are today, so there’s really no telling how many championships they would have won if they fought today. I suspect the number would be greater than the amount already on record. These men also moved up in weight to find new challenges for themselves because there was either no one left to fight in the divisions that they were fighting in or they couldn’t find worthy opponents to fight at their respective weight class and they had already cleaned out their divisions.
This brings me to the topic of Floyd Mayweather. He seems to be in a similar situation currently in the welterweight division. Outside of a potential blockbuster money making fight against Manny Pacquiao, who else out there would be an interesting opponent for Floyd at welterweight? It doesn’t seem like there are any at the moment in my opinion. It certainly isn’t Amir Khan.
Although it seems that former three division champion Miguel Cotto has already beaten him to the punch, I feel that an interesting match up would be against current WBC Middleweight Champion Sergio Martinez. Miguel Cotto chose this option while already having a lucrative ten million dollar offer on the table to fight Saul Alvarez. Cotto wants to make history and become the first Puerto Rican fighter to win titles in four weight divisions. Win lose or draw, he feels the fight with Alvarez will still be there for him in the future.
I feel Floyd should take the same route. Win or lose against Martinez, he can always go back down to welterweight and fight Pacquiao for that mega payday. For years people have been criticizing Maywether’s choice of opponents, but I doubt anyone would have anything bad to say about him fighting the lineal middleweight champion Martinez. Plus a win over Martinez would most certainly put an exclamation point on Floyd’s legacy.
The die hard Mayweather fan’s will say that Martinez is too big for Floyd, but is he really? Martinez rehydrates up to 168 pounds on fight night. Mayweather’s former opponents Oscar De La Hoya, Victor Ortiz, Robert Guerrero, and Saul Alvarez all rehydrated up to around that same weight and even more. De La Hoya was actually bigger than Martinez when he fought Floyd. Floyd has been giving up as much as twenty pounds to his opponents, so why all of a sudden does it matter now?
If the five foot seven inch Miguel Cotto, with a sixty seven inch reach, isn’t too small for Martinez then why is the five foot eight inch, with a seventy two inch reach and presumably best fighter in the world, Floyd Mayweather? If Cotto is up to the challenge then why not Mayweather?
Mayweather’s last fight against Saul Alvarez broke the record for the highest amount of revenue ever grossed for a boxing event and sold 2.2 million PPV buys. Without Manny Pacquiao or any other viable opponent I suspect that his next fight will fall significantly short of that, so I say bring on Sergio Martinez and a chance to make history.

Because piss stained, bumsniffing floydspastics say so, thats why!

[junior gong]

Cotto is a big WW
Floyd is a small WW


Thats the difference.

Floyd is the reigning LMW champion, so no.

[Kagami Taiga]

Yes cotto and Floyd are the same size. And cotto and Martinez are the same size. When was the last time cotto came in the ring weighing close to 150? Why do ppl have to be so ******ed around here?

[Wenpire]

Ummmm because cotto is bigger than Floyd?

[lx!!]

cotto has balls is the difference while floyd had a clit n vagina

^^^ this/ plain & simple

[KermitTheKiller]

Floyd is afraid to lose his figure. he wants to stay slim for his bigger boy friends

[hugh grant]

Cotto has balls is the difference while Floyd had a clit n vagina

This.
All this talk of Sergio vs Floyd is just that talk.....no action on Floyds part, and hardly any talk as well, Floyd don't talk about things that scare him.

But in steps Miguel, and Floyd talks about the Maidanas and Khans of this world. Don't get me wrong, Maidana and khan are decent fighters, but you expect the no1 in the sport to just give a little extra, or more in this case.

[Light_Speed]

Floyd started two divisions below Cotto. So Cotto needs to move up to 168 to equal Floyd's accomplishments.

As for Cotto fighting anybody with no hesitation, remember when he dismissed Martinez 2 years ago because he didn't bring enough money?

http://youtu.be/z4pkq6G3bhw?t=1m50s