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Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s) is hoping to get a rematch with Manny Pacquiao if his fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. doesn’t take place. Cotto, 29, defeated Yuri Foreman on June 5th to capture the world Boxing Association junior middleweight title. This was certainly a good comeback fight for Cotto, because he had been taken apart by Pacquiao in a 12th round knockout loss in November of last year.
While it’s nice that Cotto was able to beat Foreman after he injured his right knee in the fight in the 7th, but it would be better if Cotto proved that he’s not a shot fighter by facing someone a little more offensively talented than Foreman. I think Cotto would go a long ways towards proving that he deserves a rematch with Pacquiao if Cotto could at the very least beat someone like Antonio Margarito.
Cotto already has a loss to Margarito and it was a brutal defeat. If Cotto could step up to the plate, fight Margarito and prove that he’s good enough to beat him, then I would feel that Cotto somewhat deserved a rematch with Pacquiao. I still think Cotto would need at least two more wins over talented fighters before I think he would be truly deserving of a rematch with Pacquiao, because Foreman just doesn’t do it for me because he fights for the same promotional company, has no offense, no power and pretty much handicapped by his injury at the midpoint in the fight.
That win is tarnished in my view because of the injury. A win over Margarito would help a little, but not as much as you would think because Margarito hasn’t looked good in his last two fights against Shane Mosley and Ricardo Garcia. Margarito looks nothing like the same fighter he was back in 2008. Something seems to have changed with him after his win over Cotto.
I think the worse thing that could happen is Cotto being matched up against Pacquiao immediately with only the Foreman fight separating his loss to Pacquiao. It’s far too soon for Cotto and Pacquiao to fight again. If they fight now, it’s going to look like a money grab on their part by fighting so soon without any reason. If Cotto had least been competitive with Pacquiao then you could make a case for there needing to be a rematch. But the fight wasn’t even remotely competitive, which makes it seem so wrong to have a rematch now just so Pacquiao can try and win an 8th world title.
I don’t really care either way if Pacquiao wants to collect another trinket to put on his wall but it would be nice if he chose someone else rather than Cotto again. I still wouldn’t mind seeing Pacquiao face Cotto some day, but only after Cotto fights a handful of fighters and beats them. And I don’t want to see Cotto only fighting guys from his same promotional company while in the process of building up to a rematch with Pacquiao. That seems kind of weird and I just don’t trust those match-ups.
Honestly when that was brought up I was not interested. I want to see Pacquiao fight Mayweather so bad that is really the only fight I will accept for either of them. If Pac did rematch Cotto and did it at 154 I would buy the fight.
Many times a fighter has come back in the rematch to whoops some ass after losing the 1st fight. A few adjustments here and there can do wonders. Personally, I think Cotto has a good chance of beating Pac in a rematch.
Cotto def deserves another crack @ pac cuz Pac aint beat his ass enough last Nov. Heres the promo: Pacquiao/Cotto:Suicide..lol
ha ha ha... nice one.. repped
If Mosley would fight like he did against Margacheato... then it would be a good fight. The Mosley who fought Mayweather should look to fight someone like Andre Berto or Luis Collazo if he doesnt want to get completely embarrassed.
It's all about styles. I honestly think that Mosley tried to outbox Cotto which didn't work, but if he comes forward on Cotto like he did Marg, he could beat him.
If Mosley would fight like he did against Margacheato... then it would be a good fight. The Mosley who fought Mayweather should look to fight someone like Andre Berto or Luis Collazo if he doesnt want to get completely embarrassed.
I don't even want to see Cotto get hurt like that...Pacquaio throws piercing shots and Cotto isn't fast enough to avoid them... That short uppercut pacquaio dropped him with, let me know that Cotto can't hang with pacquiao at all. I would love to see pacquaio fight Mosley.. I think that would be a very interesting fight... I would also be interested in seeing pacquioa and williams scarp too...But cotto needs to stay far afr away from margarito and pacquiao.
Cotto looked good against an overhyped Foreman. Cotto looked good compared to his last few fights. He is a great warrior but not the best boxer. He will lose again to Pacquaio, to any top competition at 147 and 154 right now. Maybe another camp or two with Steward will change this slightly but not entirely.
He should look to fight another bum before anything else. Then he should look towards Andre Berto or Tim Bradley before mentioning Pacquaio or Mayweather
as much as i'd like to see miguel beat pacquiao, he's just a little out of his league. maybe he has/will earn a rm, but he'd just be taking a big check to get beat up again.
yes he deserves a rematch. his corner sucked in the 1st fight. now Cotto can beat him, even if Pacquiao is still on steroids for the rematch. Cotto's jab and body punching will be too much for the Filipino to handle
The only reason TR is even talking about this fight is because it would be like giving Pac another title in another weight class on a silver plater. I see no reason for a rematch and honestly think it would be a damn shame if Pacquiao could get another title by simply fighting someone he's already clearly destroyed.
Cotto def deserves another crack @ pac cuz Pac aint beat his ass enough last Nov. Heres the promo: Pacquiao/Cotto:Suicide..lol
Cotto was competitive for a few rounds. Then Pacquaio beat that ass. Shouldve been stopped way earlier than the 12th.
No need for rematch unless there are no other options for either fighter