Cotto Slams DuBoef: He Lied, Won't Wait on His Crumbs!

By Miguel Rivera

WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto confirmed his new promotional deal with Roc Nation Sports and responded to the recent comments that appeared on BoxingScene.com .

Cotto feels Roc Nation Sports will take him to new heights and help his company achieve new things in the sport of boxing and beyond - like promoting concerts in Puerto Rico.  

In the BoxingScene article, Top Rank President Todd duBoef said he was disappointed with the way Cotto conducted himself on a business level by ignoring phone calls, emails and other forms of communication.

DuBoef told BoxingScene - "I'm disappointed in their conduct across the board. People can make business decisions and I may not agree with it, but I'll tell you what, when you talk about a relationship - conduct is everything. 'You don't act that way if you know how to handle relationships and it's in your DNA to be professional."

Cotto was offered $10.5 million dollars for a May fight with Saul "Canelo" Alvarez but for whatever reasons the two sides were unable to reach an agreement.

Cotto was promoted by Top Rank for his entire career - until the promotional deal ran out in December 2012. He then did two fights with Golden Boy Promotions as a partner, against Floyd Mayweather and Austin Trout, and then came back to work with Top Rank on a fight by fight basis against Delvin Rodriguez and Austin Trout.

"I have nothing to discuss with Todd duBoef. We talked long before this. Even before the fight with Delvin Rodriguez. We were told about things that would be given to us and he shook my hand. At the end of the road we received nothing. I can't continue waiting for the crumbs that Todd wanted to give us. There are opportunities that can not be missed. And this is bigger than what Todd presented to us, so we moved on," said Cotto to El Vocero.

"I think the confidence we had for many years has been misunderstood. He played, lied and broke his word. Someone's word is very important. He gave it to Gaby (Gabriel Peñagarícano), Hector (Soto) and Bryan (Perez). Then he went to Miguel Cotto. The decision maker in my group is me. It is Todd duBoef who [I should] feel disappointed [with]."