Pretty simple one. With Margarito being deported back to Mexico, Cotto has an open date for his June showdown. Assuming he gets by Jennings, and I do just that, who should he fight next?
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a couple easier fights, resting, rebuilding.... all sound like protecting to me.
cotto can slide with jennings because it was after a major ass whuppin but the next fight has to be atleast against berto.
the only way I can forgive cotto/arum for a couple easy fights is if cotto struggles with jennings.
Pretty much exactly how I feel.
Doesn't mean he's protecting him. After the run that Cotto had, he could just need a couple of EASIER fights. There was Gomez, but he's had a rough run.
He could just be resting him, or giving him a bit of a rebuilding period.
Nothing wrong with that after the tear he had.
a couple easier fights, resting, rebuilding.... all sound like protecting to me.
cotto can slide with jennings because it was after a major ass whuppin but the next fight has to be atleast against berto.
the only way I can forgive cotto/arum for a couple easy fights is if cotto struggles with jennings.
and yet we probably wont see these fights this year
Doesn't mean he's protecting him. After the run that Cotto had, he could just need a couple of EASIER fights. There was Gomez, but he's had a rough run.
He could just be resting him, or giving him a bit of a rebuilding period.
Nothing wrong with that after the tear he had.
Assuming Cotto gets by Jennings :
Like alot of other folks in this thread, I think Berto and Collazo have unfinished business. So neither of them.
Mosely or Clottey would be fine. I kind of lean toward Clottey just cause' it seems like a long time since we've seen him fight and I'd like to see him back in the mix near the top of the division. For that matter, Mosely/Clottey is also a fight I wouldn't mind seeing.
All these fights are good fights for Cotto but I'd prefer him to fight Berto first in MSG day before the PR Parade setting up the rematch with Mosley in the fall 2 years after they first fought. Collazo and Clottey have to be further down the list as possible opponents due to losses and lack of marketability.
It's funny because you meant that as an insult like the belts mean anything.
They do mean something, to the fighter that holds them IMO. No one likes to walk to the ring with a belt and leave with without one.
Cotto is probably going to fight for another vacant title....
why would he mess with a pattern that has given him so much success in his career...
It's funny because you meant that as an insult like the belts mean anything.
Cotto is probably going to fight for another vacant title....
why would he mess with a pattern that has given him so much success in his career...
The winner also gets a Mayweather boat makeover on their personal yatch.