Miguel Cotto Is The New "Golden Boy"

[cortdawg25]

I'm sorry guy. You're a good poster but some of the **** you've posted in this thread overrating Baldomir, Gatti and leaving out Mitchell just cant be overlooked as it hasnt by the other posters in this thread. Normally, when discussing boxers and their careers, the only actual opinions that can be considered and respected are of pundits, analysts and hardcore boxing fans and let me tell you, the majority never gave them a chance. Floyd played it smart by choosing to fight the Welterweight Champion when the title was held by someone he and everyone with any knowledge of boxing knew he could beat. and Gatti? Really? Did you ever see Gatti fight before he faced off with Mayweather? What about Mitchell? MITCHELL! All these dudes could have been tune up fights for him.

So when someone says, "If Floyd were to do it, it would be travesty right?", as mentioned above, he HAS done it but they werent treated as tune ups, they were treated as headlining fights with predictable and an inevitable outcomes.

The funnier thing is that Floyd fans are crying "double standards" yet fail to acknowledge a certain fact or ignore it for the sake of their arguement.

This is a showcase fight to build anticipation for his fight with Margarito.

Now, why is that not being mentioned? What does it matter that Cotto is facing Gomez if he is facing a legitimate ex title holder anyway? Cotto likes to be active and I am very appreciative that he is one of those fighters that would like to fight more often because I get to see him fight again. So this notion that Cotto is just cherry picking is pretty null in void and just a way for Floyd stans to try to point out some hypocrisy that doesn't exists.

But let us discuss another interesting fact that Floyd stans are also ignoring, prolly on purpose.

If he faces of with Gomez and Margo this year, that means he has faced 8 fighters in 3 years.

What other elite fighter is doing this? Floyd certainly isn't. Bernard Hopkins certainly isnt. Jermaine Taylor didn't. Only one I can think of is Kelly Pavlik and HIS record doesn't hold as much weight as Cotto's relatively speaking.

So again, what's the big deal?

I think u looking at it more as Cotto hate. I'm not trying to knock cotto, almost everything that u and others have said is true. He has been doing a lot lately, meaning last yr. But what the threadstarter is trying to say is: If Cotto is on Floyd's level and truely a viable opponent, why is he fighting Gomez? Now i don't think Cotto is on Floyd's level so I don't have a huge uproar boiling inside asking "why Gomez". But with that said, is fighting Gomez getting u any closer to Floyd fight which u so surely desire. Don't u think beating and defeating titleholders and top notched comp will make your argument to fight Floyd so much stronger. i know for almost fact that fighting Gomez is not going to help u in search of Floyd. I mean u are either trying to stay active and improve your game or you are trying to get Floyd, which is it?

[cortdawg25]

floyd won his first title in 98, his career started in 96,

you right!

[C'MONMANG']

I think u looking at it more as Cotto hate. I'm not trying to knock cotto, almost everything that u and others have said is true. He has been doing a lot lately, meaning last yr. But what the threadstarter is trying to say is: If Cotto is on Floyd's level and truely a viable opponent, why is he fighting Gomez? Now i don't think Cotto is on Floyd's level so I don't have a huge uproar boiling inside asking "why Gomez". But with that said, is fighting Gomez getting u any closer to Floyd fight which u so surely desire. Don't u think beating and defeating titleholders and top notched comp will make your argument to fight Floyd so much stronger. i know for almost fact that fighting Gomez is not going to help u in search of Floyd. I mean u are either trying to stay active and improve your game or you are trying to get Floyd, which is it?

THERE IS NO ARGUMENT. HE IS THE #1 RANKED WELTER. HE JUST BEAT ANOTHER TOP WELTER IN SSM.

WHAT IS FLOYD DOING TO FURTHER HIS RANKING AT WW? FIGHT JW'S AND ODLH. COTTO DOESNT NEED SOMEONE WHO HAS ALREADY STATED HE WONT FIGHT HIM THREE TIMES AND DOESNT EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COTTO IS THE ONLY FIGHT THAT "MAKES SENSE"..

Floyd is ducking/avoiding Miguel Cotto

[2501]

I think u looking at it more as Cotto hate. I'm not trying to knock cotto, almost everything that u and others have said is true. He has been doing a lot lately, meaning last yr. But what the threadstarter is trying to say is: If Cotto is on Floyd's level and truely a viable opponent, why is he fighting Gomez? Now i don't think Cotto is on Floyd's level so I don't have a huge uproar boiling inside asking "why Gomez". But with that said, is fighting Gomez getting u any closer to Floyd fight which u so surely desire. Don't u think beating and defeating titleholders and top notched comp will make your argument to fight Floyd so much stronger. i know for almost fact that fighting Gomez is not going to help u in search of Floyd. I mean u are either trying to stay active and improve your game or you are trying to get Floyd, which is it?

I've already addressed concerns like yours in the post you quoted.

[cortdawg25]

THERE IS NO ARGUMENT. HE IS THE #1 RANKED WELTER. HE JUST BEAT ANOTHER TOP WELTER IN SSM.

WHAT IS FLOYD DOING TO FURTHER HIS RANKING AT WW? FIGHT JW'S AND ODLH. COTTO DOESNT NEED SOMEONE WHO HAS ALREADY STATED HE WONT FIGHT HIM THREE TIMES AND DOESNT EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COTTO IS THE ONLY FIGHT THAT "MAKES SENSE"..

Floyd is ducking/avoiding Miguel Cotto

If there is no argument, then what have we been talking about since Dec 8th. And in almost the same sentence, u call SSM a top WW, then call hatton and Oscar something else. lol, that's funny! And Cotto needs him, everyone in boxing around his weight does.

Fact is Gomez ain't helping!

[Kobe Bryant]

It's a rule on here you can't disagree with Cotto fans.

[C'MONMANG']

If there is no argument, then what have we been talking about since Dec 8th. And in almost the same sentence, u call SSM a top WW, then call hatton and Oscar something else. lol, that's funny! And Cotto needs him, everyone in boxing around his weight does.

Fact is Gomez ain't helping!

please explain why that is funny or just

[cortdawg25]

I've already addressed concerns like yours in the post you quoted.

what did u say?

[cortdawg25]

please explain why that is funny or just

It's funny because SSM is no more a top WW than Hatton or Oscar

[TopDawg]

Miguel Cotto is a young, talented boxer, but he will never reach the status of Oscar De La Hoya.