Cotto ready to climb another mountain, as De La Hoya and Mayweather pad their account

It is becoming embarrassing and a bit demeaning to the boxing public when we are forced to listen to Floyd Mayweather Jr. 39 – 0 (25 KO’s) and Oscar De La Hoya 39 – 5 (30 KO’s) pontificate about the talent, or lack thereof, Miguel Cotto 32 -0 (26 KO’s). Last month on ESPN, Mayweather Jr. actually sat and asked Brian Kenney, “What has he (Cotto) done?” Who has he fought? Sadly Kenney allowed that ridiculous statement to fly unwarranted as Floyd plugged his upcoming acting role on the WWE. Mayweather Jr also used the excuse that he and Bob Arum (Cotto’s promoter) do not get along, and hinted that if Cotto obtained another promoter he might

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consider a fight. Now that’s funny, considering Bob Arum promoted Mayweather Jr. in 30 + fights. I can see how hard it would be to do one more for 8 to 10 million. Mayweather Jr. doesn’t seem to think Cotto puts meat in the seats. Maybe he ought to get on a plane and travel to Atlantic City sometime. Cotto can bring a big crowd and a Mayweather Jr. match-up would break box office records. I guess Mayweather forgets that before he fought Arturo Gatti and De La Hoya, he could barely fill an arena. Or maybe he forgets being booed out the ring against Carlos Baldomir, or the teary and whiney goodbye that followed at the post fight press conference as he quit boxing. With all his talent and all his ability, he doesn’t have the common sense to buy a DVR and actually watch and listen to some of the crap that he says and does on Television. Any person with a half a brain can see that he is afraid of Miguel Cotto. Fans know it, Cotto knows it, and most importantly, Mayweather himself knows it, and it shows.