It would be a shame if Cotto had to go to those lengths just in order to secure a fight with Floyd. Ricky Hatton never called Floyd out. All he did was say that his 4 rounds were more exciting than Floyds whole career. What did Baldomir, Gatti, Sharmbe, Bruseles, etc.. do in order to secure a fight with Floyd? I dont recall them having to go to extravagent lengths in order to get Floyd in the ring.
The difference is Cotto has a chance to beat him, and Mayweather knows that. Same reason Tarver had to go through all that BS to get RJ to fight him. Jones saw something in Tarver and he ended up being right. Should have avoided him forever.
How do you know Mayweather knows that? You say that as if it is a fact.
Why wouldn't he? If he's a professional, he studies film just like other fighters do, and how teams do in other sports. You think he just goes into every fight blind? He might say he does, but come on now. He studies the weaknesses on film, and he exploits them in the fight.
Like someone else said, Cotto "makes no cents" for him, but Gatti and Baldo did?
I see Floyd doing more damage to Oscar this time around.
That boy is just good. I think he beats Oscar, Cotto and then needs to hang them up. If his body is "breaking down" like he and his therapist claims, a loss is guaranteed if he continues.
LOL his body isn't breaking down. It's a setup to the excuse he'll use after his first loss. The kid has barely taken any punishment in his whole career.
4 1 cotto ducked Mayweather when he was offered the chance to fight him he said he wasnt ready. now he calls out Mayweather but its to late.
Cotto didn't duck anyone, I'm sure it had more to do with his handlers at that time. You really think May was begging for a Cotto fight before? If he's all about his money, and even NOW, after Cotto demolished Judah and beat Mosley and is the guy EVERYONE wants to see May fight he's making excuses, what makes you think he would've fought him before Cotto had all the big name victories?
Floyd is fighting Oscar because he'll make a lot more money, and Oscar doesn't have many fights left. He can do that and Cotto can keep building his resume since he's younger and has a lot left, so there's no rush to fight Cotto yet.
If Cotto beats Gomez and Margarito/Cintron, the fight will happen. I can't think of any scenario where it doesn't unless Floyd just retires, but I really think the Cotto/May fight is coming after Cotto/Gomez and Cotto and the winner of Marg/Cintron.
This fight is not going to happen. With the mainstream attention that Floyd has, he dosent need this fight right now to prove anything.
BS...this fight is going to happen unless Cotto loses one of his next fights.
I'm a big Cotto fan, and I would think what I already think...that Floyd is one of the greatest of all time. That's the main reason I want them to fight, because Floyd is so good, but no way you can count Cotto out 100%. Would be a great fight.
He's already an all-time great, but fighting Cotto would pretty much leaveno doubt to anyone else. There would really be no one else for him to beat after Cotto.
Can we stop with the fucking "Mayweather needs to wait for Cotto to get bigger" shit? That is NOT the reason the fight won't happen if it doesn't (I think it will eventually).
Cotto IS ALREADY BIG. He beat Judah. He beat current and former world champions. He's beaten undefeated knockout artists. He beat fucking Mosley. Who can he fight to make him bigger? Margarito? Williams? LOL. Cotto is fresh off beating a legend who most people had as the favorite, so let's get off that whole excuse, that has nothing to do with it.
The ONLY fight he can take before Mayweather to make him bigger would be DLH, and if he beats him in a more convincing fashion than Mayweather did, Floyd-Cotto would be a huge mega money fight and there would be no excuses left.
Oh, and while I agree that Cotto improving his english can only help, not hurt him, Trinidad never bothered to try and look how far he got. It has far more to do with Cotto's demeanor and personality than him not speaking perfect english.
That being said, I don't see how it can possibly be construed as racist when someone mentions that.
its common sense.. floyd will fight cotto once he beats a few bigger names.. end of 08..
floyd is very smart when it come to business..
Once Cotto beats a few big names like who...Judah and Mosley? One guy which Cotto beat more conviningly, and another Floyd never fought?
Cotto has nothing left to prove, and only person left to fight is Floyd, and he knows that. I'm not complaining, the guy just fought, but the fight is ready to be made. None of that "fight a few more big names" shit. Anyone else Cotto fights now would be a step down.
Why are the Cotto Fans so scared of Williams....
Why should Cotto fight Williams? How has Williams proven himself or earned the right for this fight? This would be a step back for Cotto, and Margarito has always been overrated in my book.
Williams needs to take the long, hard road to the top like Cotto did, and EARN his chance.
Funny how you say the boxing community was hyping Margarito, and now you're hyping Paul Williams, when he's only beaten the long list of legitimate fighters like Margarito, umm...oh that's it.
Wait until you see him in with the type of group Cotto has ALREADY beaten, guys that were undisputed champions, or went on to hold a title belt after Cotto clobbered them. The boxing community only wants to talk about Cotto now because HE'S UNDEFEATED AND HAS BEATEN A SHITLOAD OF GOOD FIGHTERS INCLUDING MOSLEY. He deserves the hype. Williams? Not so much.
I'd lose a little respect, because it does seem like he's ducking Cotto...He knows Cotto is an undefeated star right now, so there's no reason not to fight him if he really wants to fight the best out there unless he sees something in Cotto that he'd have trouble with...on the other hand I'd pay to see Pacman vs. FM anyday.
I might've thought about this years ago, when I never really saw Calzaghe fight, but from the thrashing he gave Lacy, I've watched him dominate all of his opponents, and the guy is a champion. To call him overrated is just dumb.
Floyd doesn't need to prove anything anymore, he will already go down as one of the greatest of all-time, but either retire, or fight Cotto if he beats Hatton. Those are really his options.
If he retires, I'd have no problem with it, but if he's gonna stick around at the twilight of his career, then fight the biggest and best like every other legendary fighter in boxing history, and win or lose you'll still be respected.
No other fight right now would bring Mayweather more money than a Cotto fight, end of story. All of this assuming Mayweather even gets by Hatton, which is far from a sure thing.
I actually disagree with most people and think Mayweather would need a Cotto fight more than Cotto would. Cotto can easily fight De la Hoya and make as much if not more money than a Mayweather fight, but who is Mayweather going to fight?
He already beat DLH, he has no other options other than Cotto, Cotto has plenty of options because he's an action fighter who people love to watch.
the fact that discussions like these are ALWAYS brought up when speaking of Floyd means he does and this isnt restricted to the internet. stop saying that, its already cliche and predictable.
Uh no. What's cliche and predictable is for every great fighter to put up with this BS like Roy Jones did. Retire now or later, he's already an alltimer, case closed. You're wrong, period.
Cotto would just turn the volume all the way down while he smacks the ribcage.
Let's stop with the bullshit already, Cotto wouldn't have trouble with Margarito at all, let's stop bringing up his name because it isn't going to happen, and if it ever does, it was a waste of time.
Only worthy opponents I see right now are Mayweather and Hatton.
go to any barbershop, talk to any groups of boxers/boxing fans and you'll find some hesitation to call him the the "UNDISPUTED" p4p king.
Uh, no...you won't. You think I've never been outta my house? It is WIDELY accepted, and by widely I mean the VAST MAJORITY agrees, that he is the pound for pound king right now, Cotto fight or no Cotto fight.
The only people who question are the few on this site who like to go against majority opinion so that they can stand out and get some attention, but seriously.
My first thought when I read the thread title was Corrales-Castillo 1, then I had to think a little about older fights, but the video above confirms it. Corrales-Castillo 1.
I think Cotto's best chance in this fight is to come forward...Everytime I've seen marg struggle is when he's moving back or dodging punches, and when I've seen him to good is when he's constatly plowing forward throwing nonstop punches, and his OPPONENTS are the one moving back trying to escape the barrage.
Cotto has to make him respect his power early, and we'll be in for a really good fight, that I don't see going the distance.
And he didn't dominate Paulie or Urkal because Urkal didn't want to fight, and Paulie is a slick boxer who was able to avoid too much punishment early, but eventually you saw his face after the fight. He stayed up because of pride, not because he ever had a chance in that fight, and I STILL gave those guys more of a chance than I give Gomez beforehand.
Cotto is crushing so many guys before THEY become great, that we don;t know how good they are. Paulie hasn't lost since then, Quintana, who got demolished by Cotto, went on to beat Williams, and so on.
So we don't really know yet how good Cotto can be, or how good his opponents are or can be. It's similar to how Roy Jones steamrolled his opponents early on, including Toney and Hopkins, and look how good those guys turned out to be.