Floyd-Cotto classic fight

The scorecards where horrendus. That was Floyd last fight on HBO and even the commentators where obviously bias to Floyd, trying to keep him. Cotto won 4 rounds clearly there where 3 swing rounds and Floyd won 5 rounds clearly. Good fight, not great!

sorry i like the sweet science. floyd-cotto was just 2 guys punching each other.

so if you were looking forward to that fight you have no sense? mayweather vs cotto wasn't a poor match-up, to say it was is crazy. cotto against ANY top fighter around 147-154 is AT LEAST a decent scrap. Obviously fans looked forward to it during the build up but no one asked for that fight before it was made. I was looking forward to seeing Crawford vs Gamboa in the weeks leading up to it but no one in the world was sitting around thinking about how great it would be to see them fight before it was announced. It wasn't a bad match up but come on don't act like this is what the real fans wanted, we just kind of accepted it and got into it. It was what it was; it was two guys that people wanted to see fight but it was years after we wanted to see it. If Mayweather and Pacquiao fight in May 2015, the thing would do tremendous numbers because they are big names that we all wanted to see fight. But is it really the fight we wanted to see? No its 5 years too late and essentially a completely different fight. Manny and Floyd are still at the top of the division and I wouldn't be mad if they fought but it really isn't what we asked for, we wanted the fight in 2009-2010. Same with Mayweather-Cotto

I wouldn't say Floyd-Cotto was a great fight, though. It was pretty good. Floyd-Maidana was borderline great

pretty sure everyone wanted floyd-pac not floyd-cotto 4 years later at 154 instead of 147. but hey we got hopkins-jones 2 as well. the fight we all wanted. I'm still waiting for Jones-Hopkins III The series is tied 1-1

Anyone who has any sense. The fight was the biggest in boxing in 2008. In 2012, it was just nowhere near the same. Cotto, while still popular, had taken a couple of high profile beatings already. so if you were looking forward to that fight you have no sense? mayweather vs cotto wasn't a poor match-up, to say it was is crazy. cotto against ANY top fighter around 147-154 is AT LEAST a decent scrap.

cotto fought in everlast MX. oh, the irony. Did he really? :lol1: I didn't know that.

Great fight between 2 hall of fame fighters. Wish it could have happened in '08 but it is what it is. They still put on a great show.

according to who? and who are these hardcore boxing fans that you're talking about? i surely hope you're not talking about nsb, lmao. all of my folks/friends follow boxing hard and they were looking forward to this fight going in. i know the bar is raised to crazy heights when talking about floyd but a fight against cotto is a good scrap for anyone at 147-154, including floyd. cotto was past his prime(so is floyd) but he wasn't shot to sh*t like everyone wants to believe. Anyone who has any sense. The fight was the biggest in boxing in 2008. In 2012, it was just nowhere near the same. Cotto, while still popular, had taken a couple of high profile beatings already.

It was a little late, but whatever. It was still a highly anticipated fight and a damn good one. In boxing, unfortunately, not everything comes at the perfect time. It's not like Cotto was shot or anything, and he has proven that. I was super pumped for that fight and never bought into the whole "Floyd's gonna Gatti Cotto" nonsense.

In 2008 it was the biggest fight in boxing It just wasnt the same in 2012. For me, it was a let down. Every round that went by just made me mad that we got the watered down version of the fight instead of the classic we could have gotten when they both were prime.

cotto fought in everlast MX. oh, the irony.

No it doesn't prove it. Mayweather and Cotto had become household names with huge fanbases. It was always going to do well on PPV. If Mike Tyson came back, it would do great on PPV - doesn't make it a good idea. The vast majority of hardcore fans thought it was a poor match-up that was years too late. according to who? and who are these hardcore boxing fans that you're talking about? i surely hope you're not talking about nsb, lmao. all of my folks/friends follow boxing hard and they were looking forward to this fight going in. i know the bar is raised to crazy heights when talking about floyd but a fight against cotto is a good scrap for anyone at 147-154, including floyd. cotto was past his prime(so is floyd) but he wasn't shot to sh*t like everyone wants to believe.

It was a decent fight, not a classic. Now srl/hearns, that was a classic... Two cats in their prime for all the marbles...

So by your logic Floyd's fight against Maidana was under 1m Buys more like 650k so that tells u. No one wanted to see that right? actually your numbers are off by more than 200k but whatever......how did you assume that was my logic?

No-one was enthused about the fight when it eventually happened. In 2008, when it had masses of heat? Floyd was on vacation. Still, good fight. Pacquiao has about 15 better ones. Yeah, I said it. 1.5 million buyers say you are a lie

many hardcore fans still wanted to see it and the numbers prove it. No it doesn't prove it. Mayweather and Cotto had become household names with huge fanbases. It was always going to do well on PPV. If Mike Tyson came back, it would do great on PPV - doesn't make it a good idea. The vast majority of hardcore fans thought it was a poor match-up that was years too late.

1.5 million ppv buys, yet it's not a fight that people wanted to see......nsb logic for you. So by your logic Floyd's fight against Maidana was under 1m Buys more like 650k so that tells u. No one wanted to see that right?

Look I originally liked the fight, but ive since been persuaded that Cotto was trying to "Resto" Floyd out there. He had gloves with no padding! Too many fighter's is dyin'. That wasnt a real fight, it was a crime scene. stop trolling and talk boxing.

The reaction of the hardcore fans was that this fight was years too late. many hardcore fans still wanted to see it and the numbers prove it.