Let's get right to it:
Everyone seems to think a Cotto-Canelo fight is not happening this year so Canelo doesn't count. And with all this talk about legacy, meaningful fights and money fights, fighting Marco Antonio Rubio doesn't make any sense either.
So who are we left with?
Austin Trout.
Fighting Trout is just the type of non-PPV, stay busy fight Cotto needs right now.
The fight can be sold as Cotto wanting to avenge a loss and if successful, could act as a foreshadowing of-sorts for a potential Mayweather rematch.
Cotto is putting the finishing touches on his legacy and attempting to avenge all of his losses (except maybe the one against Pacquaio due to catchweight reasons etc etc) would be a great way to go about finishing his career. I mean who could fault a fighter like Cotto for wanting to avenge a lost? ;)
Seriously though. Golovkin has said he is willing to come down to 154 for a big fight, so Cotto really has no excuses for not fighting him this year. Cotto should just drop the belt if he wont fight Golovkin. Or fight Trout. At least by fighting Trout he could save face. Fighting anyone else, at this point, can't be justified.
This is the perfect time to make Trout vs Cotto 2. I see Angel winning the rematch by decision in MSG. I would like to see this on regular HBO.
Roach doesn't make a difference. Trouts style gives Cotto fits. This is what I would call for people who are falling for this so called new Cotto a Trap Fight.
Cotto would smack him around the ring like she should have the 1st time. Trout should avoid that fight for his health's sake.
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Cotto would smack him around the ring like she should have the 1st time. Trout should avoid that fight for his health's sake.
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More money than a Rubio fight, and less risk of him getting hurt.
Cotto made 1 million for the Trout fight. MSG was not sold out. Trout has 2 loses in a row.
HBO/Top Rank got him twice that to fight Delvin Rodriguez.
More money than a Rubio fight, and less risk of him getting hurt.
More likely that Cotto loses to trout than rubio.
Trout is High Risk, High Reward
Rubio is No Risk, Low reward.
If cotto is looking for a good stay busy fight... A fight with Kermit cintron would be ideal.. In NYC or PR this fight would give cotto an opponent he can sell tickets with, plus it's a PR fight, cintron will probably fight cheap, and cotto should look great in the fight..
He wanted to do something no other Rican had done, nothing to do with loyalty, Cotto is only loyal to money at this stage of his career.
There's money in a Trout fight?
Why did Cotto turn down 10 million to fight Canelo and fight Sergio under Top Rank instead? He's a loyal man.
Cotto knows the plan. He's not risking it all to go fight Austin Trout again.
He wanted to do something no other Rican had done, nothing to do with loyalty, Cotto is only loyal to money at this stage of his career.
You do realize that Cotto is working with TR, not for TR.
Why did Cotto turn down 10 million to fight Canelo and fight Sergio under Top Rank instead? He's a loyal man.
Cotto knows the plan. He's not risking it all to go fight Austin Trout again.
Trout won the first fight 11-1. Trout fought a tough Lara and got robbed by a game Canelo. Cotto fought a shot Delvin, and a shot Sergio. Trout has been tested more. Roach makes no difference. Cotto is not a test for trout.
LOL stop this ridiculous nonsense about robberies already! No one was robbed against Canelo. Nor Trout neither Lara. Both were tight fights no way that they were robberies and the majority of the boxing fans actually think that Canelo won both fight so stop tell this robbery bull**** over and over again and get over that Canelo won both fight by narrow decision though I guess you really wanted to see him lose and get schooled like against Mayweather.
I don't see why Haymon would object to Trout fighting Cotto. If they make the fight at 155, Trout could challenge for the belt. I don't see why Haymon wouldn't push for an opportunity like that. Trout is useless right now.
Not Haymon. Arum. Why would he do it?
Are we forgetting that Trout is an Al Haymon fighter?
It's not happening.
I don't see why Haymon would object to Trout fighting Cotto. If they make the fight at 155, Trout could challenge for the belt. I don't see why Haymon wouldn't push for an opportunity like that. Trout is useless right now.
Trout won the first fight 11-1. Trout fought a tough Lara and got robbed by a game Canelo. Cotto fought a shot Delvin, and a shot Sergio. Trout has been tested more. Roach makes no difference. Cotto is not a test for trout.
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