Cotto agrees to 40-60 split to fight Shane

[borikua]

G. Leon, How are you going to have Miguel Cotto at number 10 on your list before he fought Zab Judah and now have him at number 11 after he won the fight and is scheduled to fight Shane Mosely next, which coincidentally is a tougher fight than Hatton. That’s just plain ******ed G. I know you might not like Cotto but give props where props are due. - Avid boxing fan from Savannah, Ga. Jose Raul


Leon's Response: Jose Raul you are mistaken. Prior to his fight with Judah Cotto was ranked somewhere in the teens. After he stopped Zab he was elevated to the top 10. With Vazquez stopping Marquez, another top ten pound for pounder, Cotto drops one spot. If Cotto defeats Mosley impressivley or even cleanly he'd be in the top seven. If Mosley beats Cotto impressively or cleanly, he returns to the bottom half of the top ten as well. There's no question Cotto deserves props. I don't know too many undefeated Puerto Rican world champions who would agree to 40-60 to fight Shane Mosley at Madison Square Garden.

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That says a lot about the kind of fighter that Cotto is...

[Gato2012]

Good for Cotto. The money will come in even larger amounts after he wins.

[pesticid]

That's ****** anything less than 50% for Cotto is ******. Cotto puts butts in the seat, Shane not so much.

[Exige Jr]

Big respect to Cotto.

[Easton Assassin]

good for cotto

G. Leon, How are you going to have Miguel Cotto at number 10 on your list before he fought Zab Judah and now have him at number 11 after he won the fight and is scheduled to fight Shane Mosely next, which coincidentally is a tougher fight than Hatton. That’s just plain ******ed G. I know you might not like Cotto but give props where props are due. - Avid boxing fan from Savannah, Ga. Jose Raul


Leon's Response: Jose Raul you are mistaken. Prior to his fight with Judah Cotto was ranked somewhere in the teens. After he stopped Zab he was elevated to the top 10. With Vazquez stopping Marquez, another top ten pound for pounder, Cotto drops one spot. If Cotto defeats Mosley impressivley or even cleanly he'd be in the top seven. If Mosley beats Cotto impressively or cleanly, he returns to the bottom half of the top ten as well. There's no question Cotto deserves props. I don't know too many undefeated Puerto Rican world champions who would agree to 40-60 to fight Shane Mosley at Madison Square Garden.


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That says a lot about the kind of fighter that Cotto is...

Good for Cotto, bout time MONEY wasn't the all consuming prime directive where signing a fight is concerned. Cotto is showing that atleast his is interested making serious fights happen- mad props for that ****, it's rare these days!

[PRboxingfan]

I really thought he was going to get 50-50. He held out for a while and even said that there were other fights out there if his financial needs were not met. I didn't know he was shooting for 40% but that 40% is more than he's ever made, so that's good for him (I think it's between 4-4.5M guaranteed, plus a cut of PPV sales).

[PRboxingfan]

That's ****** anything less than 50% for Cotto is ******. Cotto puts butts in the seat, Shane not so much.

Shane puts people behind the TV sets on PPV events. Just look at both fighter's recent PPVs and you'll see that Cotto isn't a big PPV star but Mosley is (but Mosley can't sell out a venue while Cotto can, go figure!)

[ztrac79]

Damn, this whole time I was thinking Cotto would be getting the bigger of the cut. Props to Cotto, good for boxing.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

That's ****** anything less than 50% for Cotto is ******. Cotto puts butts in the seat, Shane not so much.

Shane has the national name. Cotto can sell the Garden, but he can't sell PPVs without Shane. And PPV revenue FAR exceeds gate revenue.

[-Antonio-]

Mosley being the bigger name deserves the majority share, however something like 55-45 makes more sense.