Cotto: HBO's new posterboy?

[JoeR]

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...

Yes, that indeed happened. But I think HBO realized that it was a mistake. Arum had that date separated for Cotto to fight in MSG the night before the puertorican parade. Along comes Tarver/Hopkins and HBO decided to go with them. Then Cotto/Quintana went to showtime cause Arum dint want to give in to HBO, dont recall the reasons. After that, HBO bought the Cotto-Urkal fight knowing it would not be a big attraction, but they wanted it to ensure they got the Cotto/Margo fight ( which turned into Cotto/Judah ). I doubt that will ever happen again. HBO wants Cotto full time now.

[jamesbrown]

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

this is a great post!!!
Cotto = great for boxing
Cotto's style = bad for health and career longevity

[jamesbrown]

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.

Oscar vs Cotto is the best fight that could be made right now for both imho...
Cotto would get that big win or Oscar could be a greedy rich prick basksin in the glory of taking out the young gun

[borikua]

this is a great post!!!
Cotto = great for boxing
Cotto's style = bad for health and career longevity

Cotto has said to the local media a few times that he plans to retire when he's around 30-31 years old.

[mikec]

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

Or how about the fact that PBF is a degenerate gambler and in time he will be the michale vick of boxing when he gets caught ******** himself out of debt.

[kayjay]

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.)

Half the people in NY don't speak English. That's statistics, nt hyperbole.

[BrooklynBomber]

Half the people in NY don't speak English. That's statistics, nt hyperbole.

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