Williams Calls Out Cotto...But Guess What?

Margarito vs Cotto next? Top Rank CEO Bob Arum plans to meet with Team Margarito to discuss future plans which may include a fight with WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto. "I'm not going to abandon Antonio Margarito," said Arum after Margarito lost his WBO welterweight title in a close fight to Paul Williams on Saturday night in front of a soldout Southern California crowd. "I'm going to sit down next week with Sergio Diaz and Francisco Espinoza, his two managers, and discuss a possible Cotto fight." Dunno how likely that is...but Williams could fight Mosley in the meantime, which seems like a hell of a fight to me. For whatever reason, a Margarito-Cotto fight appeals more to me than a Williams-Cotto fight, even after last night. Maybe its the whole Mexican Puerto Rican rivalry...they always rise to the occasion against each other. Also Margarito hits harder than Williams, it seems more likely they would sit there trading huge shots for the fight. Although honestly, any combination of the top Welterweights excites the hell out of me, haha. ________ Ferrari Tr History

I hope cotto fights shane then when pauls had some more big fights then challenge paul for both belts. Im just wondering how long do you think paul will last at welter as he's massive and i'm sure it's only a matter of time before he cant make the weight and has to move up.

Can't blame Cotto for taking on Mosley. I wonder who's next for Paul.

I wanted to see Cotto vs Williams,but major props to Cotto for taking the Shane fight,its gna be a hard task

In his post fight comments new Champion Paul Williams said he wants the man Margarito was supposed to fight next... Miguel Cotto, too bad Bob Arum has just confirmed that Top Rank is already in discussions with Golden Boy Promotions to put on a mega fight with Shane Mosley. It's a great fight to promote and apparently it's already in the work And that was coming straight from Bob Arum himself.. Cotto has bigger fisht to fry, nonetheless, I think Williams vs Cotto would be a great fight! Hard to pick there. For now, Williams should aim for CINTRON.

This is the beginning of a golden couple of years for welter boxing..very similiar to the Sugar Ray,Hearns, Hagler and Duran time

surely we arent stil playing pickem?

Yeah, Margarito-Cotto is a bigger fight because of the Mexican/Puerto Rican factor. It has 2 HUGE built in demographics which would sell out almost any venue in US and generate 400k buys. Also that fight was signed before Margarito agreed to fight Williams. Its only narrow minded haters that can come up with reasons to illogically fault Cotto for taking Mosley. Mosley is just as dangerous if not more so than Paul. Mosley is better for Cotto's legacy and Mosley would bring in more money. On top of that the window to fight Mosley is smaller than against Paul. Now tell me why should Cotto fight Williams before Mosley?QUOTE] I hear you... To start the unification... Mosley doesnt have a decent win at WW since DLH in 2000... More respect... Margarito just lost to Williams. Williams should fight Cotto because Margarito was signed to fight him next. I can probably come up with a few more...

Cotto-Mosley will be the damndest thing you ever saw.

i think, and i'm sure a lot of u will disagree, but i don't care, cotto would beat williams, mosley, and mayweather... like i said, almost all of u will disagree, but i don't care, it don't matter what anyone else thinks

Mayweather v Hatton v Cotto v Mosley and the winners fighting each other? The welter division could bring boxing back on the map. That sounds quite nice.

So cotto is fighting mosley next? Awesome =D, though is he still set to fight De la hoya? Wasn't that going to happen? I hope DLH fights before May 3rd also. Hell maybe he can fight williams in the meantime.

How about Hatton :banana: LOL, I can picture that little midget with his pigmie arms trying to punch at Paul Williams. It would look like a little kid trying to beat up his big brother while the big brother just holds him at bay by palming his forehead. Bad match-up, it would look like a circus event.

Well, he was set to fight Margarito if he won... You mean to tell me that the Williams fight would generate any less than the Margarito fight would have. Especially now that we've seen Williams in a BIG fight against a very good opponent... Yeah, Margarito-Cotto is a bigger fight because of the Mexican/Puerto Rican factor. It has 2 HUGE built in demographics which would sell out almost any venue in US and generate 400k buys. Also that fight was signed before Margarito agreed to fight Williams. Its only narrow minded haters that can come up with reasons to illogically fault Cotto for taking Mosley. Mosley is just as dangerous if not more so than Paul. Mosley is better for Cotto's legacy and Mosley would bring in more money. On top of that the window to fight Mosley is smaller than against Paul. Now tell me why should Cotto fight Williams before Mosley?

What a surprise... Arum was setting us up for the duck weeks ago. Williams is the NEW most feared man in boxing... lmao, funny, but from a business standpoint I can kinda see where he is coming from, "take the big money with SSM - Cotto, let PWill fight some more fights to get his name out there, maybe a Margarito rematch , which seems more likely given the breaking news and lack of an opponent unless he fights Cintron, or something with the winner of Hatton - Mayweather", meanwhile he's banking on Cotto to win against SSM to set up a bigmoney fight with either Hatton or Mayweather, and then after that if Cotto looses he's already a megastar so it won't matter but also keeping hope that PWill retains his title so that Cotto can fight him for the title setting up another PPV spectacular staring Miguel Cotto....but then again I'm high so this is all speculation:439:

Told you we'd get at least one :nonono: . I predict anoth 3-5 before this thread dies. Well, he was set to fight Margarito if he won... You mean to tell me that the Williams fight would generate any less than the Margarito fight would have. Especially now that we've seen Williams in a BIG fight against a very good opponent...

If you win call out the strongest person in the division that is all boxers dream even after winning a title you have more support

Well then who's next for Williams. I say that he can only get a fight with a Margarito rematch, Clottey, or possibly Cintron. I think the Margarito fight was great but I dont really want to see a rematch right now. Id love to see the other 2 fights. The problem is that even though most people like both Williams & Clottey, the fight just isnt big enough for it to happened. That leaves Cintron and I think that is entirely up to Manny Steward. I think Cintron's camp will trust Manny and Manny is definatly truthful. He'll tell you straight up that Williams is a bad matchup and we need to stay away from him or he'll say that were a bad matchup for Williams and we could knock him out. How about Hatton :banana:

Well then who's next for Williams. I say that he can only get a fight with a Margarito rematch, Clottey, or possibly Cintron. I think the Margarito fight was great but I dont really want to see a rematch right now. Id love to see the other 2 fights. The problem is that even though most people like both Williams & Clottey, the fight just isnt big enough for it to happened. That leaves Cintron and I think that is entirely up to Manny Steward. I think Cintron's camp will trust Manny and Manny is definatly truthful. He'll tell you straight up that Williams is a bad matchup and we need to stay away from him or he'll say that were a bad matchup for Williams and we could knock him out.

What a surprise... Arum was setting us up for the duck weeks ago. Williams is the NEW most feared man in boxing... Told you we'd get at least one :nonono: . I predict anoth 3-5 before this thread dies.