Cotto vs Lara

I think Cotto should fight Lemiux @ 160 lbs, Interesting match-up Cotto has the experience & Lemiux has the size advantage...

Lara needs to give Delvin Rodriguez his rematch.

It's an interesting fight. Cotto is better going forward now than when he fought Trout. I think I would still pick Lara. It might be a good fight but after that show Lara put on against Canelo I don't know if I want to see it.

I like the style matchup.

Not really. I don't really like Cotto that much, I was happy to see Trout beat him. And Canelo. But some guys are so boring, I never want to see them again. You can pretty much put Lara and Rigo in this group for me. I never want to see them fight. EXACTLY. It makes no sense for cotto to fight lara if he wants to make money there are many fighters who bring more money and will bring a better fan friendly fight. Simply Lara doesn't bring much to the table and is far more likely to push fans away then bring additional fans to a Cotto fight. Cotto won't think for a sec about fighting that boring track star. I've been rough on cotto the last few years but would never criticize him for ignoring Lara.

But I'm sure you had no issue with seeing De La Hoya fight again after he ran around the ring against Trinidad Idiotic comparison. Oscar ran the last 3 rounds AFTER dominating the fight and embarrassing Tito making him look like an amateur at times. Bad look for Oscar he got terrible advice from his corner. But it was only last 3 rounds and he already built up a reputation for fighting and pleasing fans. Lara ran all fight long and doesn't have the same built up goodwill or fan base Oscar had to rebound like Oscar did. Plus he has done nothing since that fight to change the narrative that he's a boring runner. You cant give away tickets for his last 3 fights and he gets booed in his own showcase fights. He had a chance on the big stage with Canelo and blew it and the stink from that fight makes most fans not want to see him again. Comparing him to Oscar is just foolish. Oscar remained the biggest draw in boxing after the tito fight. Lara under every metric you want to is hurting from how he fought canelo.

Lara beats Cotto. People that say "i don't want to see Lara fight" really mean "Lara would probably beat the fighter i like". Not really. I don't really like Cotto that much, I was happy to see Trout beat him. And Canelo. But some guys are so boring, I never want to see them again. You can pretty much put Lara and Rigo in this group for me. I never want to see them fight.

I meant to say I just now heard about the Cotto-Kirkland fight on boxing scene top headlines.

I just read about on boxing scene top headlines. I am surprised Cotto took this fight. Cotto has everything to lose and nothing but the money he gets for the fight to gain. Kirkland has everything to gain and nothing to lose. If Cotto wins so what. Cotto is supposed to beat the guy who Canelo crushed so easily and he gains no prestige for winning. Kirkland still can punch very hard with both hands. If Kirkland gets lucky and KOs Cotto it's by far a career best win and his stock goes way up. If Cotto gets KOed by Kirkland it's a disaster for him.

It would be like Cotto v Trout, but worse for Cotto.

I never heard a word about Cotto fighting Kirkland. Canelo beat Kirkland so easily that beating Kirkland now wouldn't mean much. Cotto put up a hell of a fight with Canelo and he was the lineal middleweight champ prior to that loss. Cotto is on a much higher level thank Kirkland and would be a huge favorite to beat him. Lara is on about the same level as Cotto as far as his prestige as a fighter goes. A win over Lara would be a good win for Cotto. I think Lara would edge Cotto out with his speed and long range boxing skills. Lara can punch hard as well. Lara doesn't bring in the money so I can't imagine Cotto agreeing to such a high risk and low paying fight.

But I'm sure you had no issue with seeing De La Hoya fight again after he ran around the ring against Trinidad While I did criticize DLH for running the last 3 rounds against Trinidad, it was different. He did it for only 3 round, Lara did it for 10 against Nelo. DLH didn't talk his way into a Trinidad fight nor claim he was going to break Trinidad's face, the way Lara did of Nelo. DLH didn't interrupt a Trinidad press conference to beg for the fight, Lara did. You talk that much sh*t and can't back it up, you don't deserve another big fight IMO.

No interest in seeing Lara in a big fight again. If Cotto fights on PPV don't want to pay to see Lara run around the ring, the way he did with Canelo.