Cotto: HBO's new posterboy?

[THe TRiNiTY]

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

He takes punches, and might have a short career. Doesn't mean he sells any less tickets while he's fighter, or that his fights get any less exciting. For the time being and for the next few years, he's realistically abigger draw than Mayweaher.. I'm not saying he's a better boxer, because for this argument, that's not important.

[brently1979]

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

That doesn't really matter, he's real at least.

DLH has kids all over the place but hides them because he is a faker and wants the world to think he's a family man etc. But he's nothing more than over paid actor. At least Floyd has his kids around and is proud of them no matter who their mother is.
DLH is the worst at fronting a fake image it make me sick he's so rehearsed it's a joke.

[Derranged]

DLH or Floyd would end the Cotto Express, possibly even Williams/

[passdabutter]

i think de la hoya vs cotto would be the funnest fight boxing could make right now

[pbftxrs316]

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

actually floyd is 30, but your point is well taken. i see cotto being hbo's poster child but as exciting as he is, he will take a lot of punishment especially fighting people like mayweather jr who is hbo's prodigy child. against floyd, gatti was literally destroyed. he had no chance after seeing the 1st round. now, cotto is a different fighter but still he has an excting and crowd pleasing style. but, he is too risky and does get hit a lot. against floyd, he'd get tore up, but if he fought guys like hatton or margarito who fit his style, he'll be okay. i do see him becoming the posterboy for hbo but he weill take a lot of punishment in his upcoming fights if he takes too many risks in pleasing the crowd.

[EliteSoldier]

i think de la hoya vs cotto would be the funnest fight boxing could make right now

Did anyone even watch the last dlh fight? He fought like crap throwing the weakest looking flurries at floyd mayweather... Oscar's only in this game for the money, and he would run against Cotto. He would be too afraid to get hit by cotto, so yeah this fight would be hilarious to watch DLH run!!! It would probably end up cotto ud because of Oscar running like he did against trinidad.

[satori555]

don't print those posters out yet boys. cotto is gonna lose his next fight without a doubt so hold on! only way he wins is if he fights gomez but even then i think gomez ko's the chinless boringicua.

[Technical_Skill]

Why not, cotto is good to watch and has some decent boxing skills, a large fanbase, there is no reason why he cant be the main draw if and when floyd loses or really retires.

[neils7147933]

If Cotto keeps up with the way he is doing/fighting, i can see HBO putting Floyd on the back burner to Cotto. Cotto has a much more crowd pleasing style, doesnt make big fusses about fighting xyz, doesnt cry about who is worthy or not worthy to get into the ring with him, doesnt let money get in the way of big matchups, etc. What do u guys think?

The same Cotto who fought on a competing PPV the night HBO distributed the Tarver-Hopkins fight?

The same Cotto who fought Urkal on Showtime?

He doesn't exactly scream HBO...

[borikua]

He's a better posterboy for HBO than Taylor or Floyd are right now... Don't you agree?