Cotto: HBO's new posterboy?

[THe TRiNiTY]

Maybe he's not the BEST welterwieight in the world. BUT, he's a guy with a big following and he fights his ass off. He's humble, but is a beast in the ring. What's not to like about the guy. I agree with thoughs who said it's not EXACTLY about winning with him. As long as he entertains the way he has been. He'll always be a bigger draw than Mayweather.

Think about it like this.. Cotto can't speak English (not fluently anyway), and he gets MSG packed two years in a row, and beats both opponents. Before De La Hoya, this was Mayweathers attendance records fo his fights (I exclude The DLH fight, because reasonable people would assume it had a lot to do with DLH, not all, but a lot..)

Judah - 15,000 or so..
Mitchell - 7,000 or so..
Gatti - 13,000 or so.. (It WAS sold out, I'll give him that)
Bruseles - 4,000 plus..
Corley - 6,000 or so..

Added up, that's around, 45,000 in total.

In Cotto's TWO MSG performances from the last two years, he's gotten aroudnd 20,000 each year (give or take.) That's around 40,000 in just two fights. Compared two the 45,000 in FIVE fights for Mayweather. he deserves to be the poster boy right now. Maybe Arum gives Cotto soft fights, that's not Cotto's problem. I believe COTTO himself would fight anyone. Lose to some of them, but he's make it way more entertainig than a Mayweather win. (And I'm not REALLY a Mayweather hater, I actually like how he puts on clinics, it's just not the kind of fight you write home about. Cotto fights, tend to be closer to that thought-process.)

[oldgringo]

Maybe he's not the BEST welterwieight in the world. BUT, he's a guy with a big following and he fights his ass off. He's humble, but is a beast in the ring. What's not to like about the guy. I agree with thoughs who said it's not EXACTLY about winning with him. As long as he entertains the way he has been. He'll always be a bigger draw than Mayweather.

Think about it like this.. Cotto can't speak English (not fluently anyway), and he gets MSG packed two years in a row, and beats both opponents. Before De La Hoya, this was Mayweathers attendance records fo his fights (I exclude The DLH fight, because reasonable people would assume it had a lot to do with DLH, not all, but a lot..)

Judah - 15,000 or so..
Mitchell - 7,000 or so..
Gatti - 13,000 or so.. (It WAS sold out, I'll give him that)
Bruseles - 4,000 plus..
Corley - 6,000 or so..

Added up, that's around, 45,000 in total.

In Cotto's TWO MSG performances from the last two years, he's gotten aroudnd 20,000 each year (give or take.) That's around 40,000 in just two fights. Compared two the 45,000 in FIVE fights for Mayweather. he deserves to be the poster boy right now. Maybe Arum gives Cotto soft fights, that's not Cotto's problem. I believe COTTO himself would fight anyone. Lose to some of them, but he's make it way more entertainig than a Mayweather win. (And I'm not REALLY a Mayweather hater, I actually like how he puts on clinics, it's just not the kind of fight you write home about. Cotto fights, tend to be closer to that thought-process.)

Great post.

[C.Y.]

Plus not to mention him overcoming his injury from the accident he had, never anything negative said about his personality or his personal life. He definately is the up and coming face of HBO.

not tryin to rain on the cotto parade or anything
whats the situation with his child outta wedlock with another woman??
i understand he fathered another kid with another woman outside of his marriage recently

anyways he could end up being the poster child for hbo i guess
but floyd is still around and will be for a few more years

it depends
i can see cotto possibly losing to margarito if they fight
cotto would lose to floyd if they fought
and he could end up losing to williams due to his reach and punch output if they fought

[deevel79]

not tryin to rain on the cotto parade or anything
whats the situation with his child outta wedlock with another woman??
i understand he fathered another kid with another woman outside of his marriage recently

anyways he could end up being the poster child for hbo i guess
but floyd is still around and will be for a few more years

it depends
i can see cotto possibly losing to margarito if they fight
cotto would lose to floyd if they fought
and he could end up losing to williams due to his reach and punch output if they fought

What does his marital status have to do with him being HBO's posterboy? If you want to get deep into family issues, wasnt Floyd charged with domestic violence for beating his girlfriend?

[-Antonio-]

Even if he loses, he will get the Gatti treatment because of how exciting his fights are.

[C.Y.]

What does his marital status have to do with him being HBO's posterboy? If you want to get deep into family issues, wasnt Floyd charged with domestic violence for beating his girlfriend?

no ****rider u misunderstood my point
i wasnt tryin to critisize cotto
i was wondering if anyone could shed some light on that situation cuz i only heard a few things about it and im sure there was more to it

and as far as the domestic violence with floyd and his girl
she admitted to lying about floyd hitting her and she admitted she was the one who hit him

but only God and they know what really happened

[Gareth Ivanovic]

Poor chin? Has he ever been ko'd? Has he ever been knocked down and unable to come back or finish? Cotto took bombs from Torres and came back to win via KO.

Im always puzzled by saying Cotto has a weak chin. I mean yes he's been stunned or buzzed a few times, but only KD once by Torres and when you see the KD it looks like he was pushed to the ground.

As for being the posterboy he could be with his fan following, the huge crowd he gets at fights, and also his decent PPV numbers. Then also for sure he's exciting style and willing to fight and pressure his opponent the whole fight.

[JoeR]

I believe HBO would prefer Cotto over Mayweather to be their poster boy. Just saying that cause Cotto is perceived to be a good humble guy, while PBF is perceived as the "villain". Nevertheless; Cotto is not yet HBO poster boy, he still needs that HUGE win. If he beats Mosley in dominating and/or impressive fashion he will probably be there.

[deevel79]

I believe HBO would prefer Cotto over Mayweather to be their poster boy. Just saying that cause Cotto is perceived to be a good humble guy, while PBF is perceived as the "villain". Nevertheless; Cotto is not yet HBO poster boy, he still needs that HUGE win. If he beats Mosley in dominating and/or impressive fashion he will probably be there.

Floyd has no choice BUT to play villain. Nobody likes/liked him anyway.

[Allucard]

You kids never learn Fighters who fight like Cotto and so early in their cereers start taking the punishment Cotto has already have very short careers. By the time he hits 30 (Floyd is 31) he will be slowed down to Gatti's speed and reflexes. It's bound to happen. Then we'll laugh as you quickly let go of Cotto's cold nuts to grab the next hyped fighter who has a win over Judah