Did Miguel Cotto Duck Floyd Mayweather Jr?

Why the fuck are people being so biased against Mayweather on this issue and only looking at it from the pro Cotto standpoint? I don't worship Floyd by any stretch of the imagination, but this article is spot on. After it's all said and done, Floyd called Cotto out at 140. And at 147 neither guy expressed interest in fighting each other and Arum said he'd never match Cotto with a businessman in the lead up to the Mosley-Cotto fight and it is true that Cotto's 2008 road map was laid out. Arum was mentioning every fighter in the book besides Floyd and Williams because of that lame excuse of not getting along with Haymon. Cotto was always calling out Oscar De La Hoya in the lead up to the Margarito fight saying that a De La Hoya-Pacquiao fight was bad for boxing. But then look at what happened later on down the line. Lol.

I'll sound like a broken record and again reiterate, it doesn't matter who calls out whom. Fighters can bullsh!t and say that want to fight someone when they really don't. Others can act like they don't care to fight them but it's probably just a negotiating/ego tactic. It matters when they're willing to negotiate, you know, fights are made with contracts and signatures, not words and a microphone. And when the fight would've been best, in 2008, we didn't hear either side trying to offer a fight. Fukking press conference boxing fans.

at 140 cotto ducked floyd, but at 147 floyd ducked cotto

i think floyd is really good, but people like you that think he would make a top fighter look like an amateur are crazy. especially cotto in his prime, are you kidding. the guy had very close fights with castillo and from all his fights i have watched, i think he was better than. you saying castillo is that much better than prime cotto. oh and lets compare the zab fights. one guy gets a ud the other tko. He made Marquez look like an amateur. Cotto being flatfooted hurts him, but I think in his prime he would have done decent against Floyd.

Cotto did talk about Floyd in the media. He said he needs to stop hiding and that he'd beat Floyd by pressuring him. I rememeber this clearly. Floyd pretty much used every excuse int he book. It's easy to overlook it now because Cotto has lost two times, but two years ago everybody was asking Floyd to fight Cotto and every time Floyd came up with a reason why he shouldn't.

And that was possibly the most poorly written, inaccurate article I've ever seen. No joke, a 14 year old could write a better article.

Bob Arum said Cotto was not ready for Floyd when Cotto was at 140. That's the truth. You can actually find his comments on the internet. So whether he grew balls at 147 or not, he definitely didn't want none at 140 and I believe he knew in his heart that whatever weight they would have fought at he would have gotten outboxed. Floyd would have made Cotto look like an amateur-Boxing circles around him. i think floyd is really good, but people like you that think he would make a top fighter look like an amateur are crazy. especially cotto in his prime, are you kidding. the guy had very close fights with castillo and from all his fights i have watched, i think he was better than. you saying castillo is that much better than prime cotto. oh and lets compare the zab fights. one guy gets a ud the other tko.

The reason Cotto wasn't more vocal about fighting Floyd is because every time the fight was brought up, Floyd immediately dismissed it. And even then Cotto still brought it up to the media, but Floyd had zero interest, so Cotto wasn't about to go around chasing it.

Cotto called out Pacquiao. read his post, he said except pac.

Did Cotto duck Mayweather? March 9th, 2010 By Alexander Fugate People first became interested in a Maywether-Cotto match-up around 2005 when both fought at 140 pounds. However, most thought Cotto still needed some more experience before stepping up to someone as good as Mayweather. This was pointed out by Chris Ackerman of Doghouseboxing.com on October 16, 2005 when he reported, “…no one in the Cotto camp is foolish enough to look for it (a fight with Mayweather) anytime soon. They know, as do most analysts, that Cotto has a lot of things to work on before he is ready for the likes of Floyd Mayweather.” At the time Kosta Tszyu, Ricky Hatton, Floyd Mayeather, and Arturo Gatti were all in the 140 pound division; Hatton retired Tszyu and Mayweather dismantled Gatti. Cotto never fought any of these fighters who sat atop the division he fought in. A Mayweather-Cotto bout seemed inevitable in 2007 or 2008. At the end of 2006 Mayweather had unified the WBC, IBF, IBO, IBA, and Ring magazine championships and was the lineal champ. Despite all these titles, no offer came from Cotto. Then after Mayweather defeated Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton in 2007, he was considered the number one pound for pound fighter by every credible source and one of the biggest draws in boxing history. For Cotto a fight with Mayweather would have wielded him his biggest payday and with a win, recognition as one of the best pound for pound fighters in the world, if not the best. However, Cotto never made any offer to Mayweather and instead, in January 2008, agreed to fight Alfonzo Gomez. Gomez was a journeyman who had appeared on The Contender television show, with amazingly few known opponents. This bout was scheduled on the undercard of Margarito-Cintron II. This was done to built up hype for a Cotto-Margarito showdown. Michael Swann of CBSsports.com reported, “No one expected Gomez to beat Cotto or even provide much of a challenge.” Mr. Swann went on, “Cotto needed a tune-up bout… in preparation for his July 26 meeting with the Kermit Cintron-Antonio Margarito winner.” So a month after Mayweather knocked out Ricky Hatton, Cotto had his next two bouts already planned, with neither of the opponents being named Floyd Mayweather Jr. This is an interesting move if Cotto really had any desire to face Mayweather. If Cotto was so intent on facing Mayweather why did he schedule his next two fights without attempting to get Mayweather in the ring with him first? And as we all know, Margarito gave Cotto a gruesome beating; a beating many suspect Margarito accomplished through wrapping his hands with a plaster-like substance. Regardless of if Margarito cheated against Cotto or not, after that fight Cotto was in no condition to fight Mayweather. After beating Michael Jennings, Cotto won a controversial decision over Joshua Clottey that left most analysts with the believe that Cotto was damaged goods at best and shot at worst. After Clottey, Cotto was quick to sign to fight Manny Pacquiao. This fight made him plenty of money, but Cotto was forced to weigh-in at 145 pounds, lighter than his normal weight. Cotto agreed to this catch-weight despite his well known history of severely struggling earlier in his career to make 140 pounds. Also, Cotto was only offered a 35% cut of the purse. Despite the big payday, Cotto suffered another beating and severely damaged his marketability. Throughout his entire career, Miguel Cotto never made one offer to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. At 140 pounds, no one realistically thought Cotto was experienced enough for Mayweather and Cotto never fought any of the top four fighters at that weight. When Mayweather won numerous belts at 147, no offer was forthcoming from the Cotto camp. When Mayweather received a $15 million guarantee against Hatton, where was the $10-$20 million offer from Cotto? No where, instead he scheduled Gomez, and the winner of Margarito-Cintron II. If one actually looks at the facts, there is no argument to be made that Mayweather ever ducked Cotto. However, there can be a strong argument made that Cotto ducked Mayweather despite Floyd possessing numerous titles and a potential record payday for Cotto. Good read...

Those Pacfarts are still making shit up. They can't handle the truth just like they pretended that it was Floyd who gave up on the Floyd VS Manny fight first. Those Pacfarts don't care about informative facts.

Didnt Cotto said Mayweather keeps reasoning out that he wasnt that marketable nor a big name even though he keeps winning, and they cant fight a guy who really doesnt want to fight him.

Cotto always said he would fight anyone they put in front of him. (They) is a keyword because he's talking about top rank he leaves that up to them to take care of. And Mayweather never called for Cotto either so this thread is pointless. And those saying Mayweather doesn't have to call anyone out is bullshit. Bottom line Cotto never ducked anyone and he doesn't call out anyone and if he gets the chance to fight Mayweather I'm sure he'll take it.

"I don't want to fight Cotto, Zab Judah gave him trouble." "Cotto needs to be a CEO, otherwise i won't fight him." "Cotto lives in Puerto Rico." "Cotto is too green"

For those saying PBF didn't call out Cotto since when does the P4P #1 fighter and champion call out challengers for his spot? When did that become the way it worked? Challengers always issue the challenge and call out the champ not the other way around.

Cotto (rightfully so) did not want any part of Mayweather at 140. At 147, Cotto never made a mention of Floyd until Floyd retired. Im not sure you call it ducking, because Floyd wasnt calling Cotto out, but it was fairly evident that Miguel did not want to fight Floyd Mayweather.

I think cotto wanted the floyd fight in 2008, after he beat mosley but at 140 i dont think he did

Bob Arum said Cotto was not ready for Floyd when Cotto was at 140. That's the truth. You can actually find his comments on the internet. So whether he grew balls at 147 or not, he definitely didn't want none at 140 and I believe he knew in his heart that whatever weight they would have fought at he would have gotten outboxed. Floyd would have made Cotto look like an amateur-Boxing circles around him.

keeep up the the good fight of truth and breaking down the pactard lies lol, i don't care who duck who between floyd and cotto. the truth now is majority of the boxing fans believe that floyd duck pacquiao and you could do nothing to twist the mind of the boxing fans. now that really hurts the flomos heart. :crying:

i cant believe that some posters here are saying that cotto ducked floyd :lol1: