So who should Cotto have fought instead of Gomez?

[letsgobrady]

he probably didn't want a tune up but there was no one to fight the only opponent out there was clottey everyone else already had fights

[Fox McCloud]

collazo just fought 2 weeks ago

I thought we already talked about this... maybe it was someone else.

Anyways, I guarantee you that even though both Collazo and Clottey just fought, they would gladly take Cotto on with less than 6 months rest.

[2501]

collazo cintron or clottey none of these guys are tune ups, very tough fights.
who's the # 1 ranked guy by the WBA. Gomez definately does not deserve a shot, he's done nothing.

According to the WBA's website, Antonio Margarito is the #1 ranked Welter in the world as of Nov/Dec 2007. Cotto is already in the works to fight Antonio Margarito. He is taking Alfonso Gomez as a tune up in the meanwhile. So again, I ask, who should Cotto fight?

[letsgobrady]

clottey is under top rank so you no arum is not going to have him fight cotto now especially as much as he has been trying to make this cotto margarito fight happen he's not going to give clottey a shot at cotto before margarito.after bein dominated by shane and comig off of rehab i'm pretty sure collazo would of wanted a tune up especially since he lost 2 of his biggest fights

[clemente]

good point if margarito is #1 ranked and he's schedule to fihgt him next than its ok.
he definately does deserve a little break. collazo was the former 147lb wba champ, so he should be ranked up there.
hatton beat him, then vacated. the wba should of let collazo fight the winner of quintana julio. but instead cotto got the nod.

[2501]

good point if margarito is #1 ranked and he's schedule to fihgt him next than its ok.
he definately does deserve a little break. collazo was the former 147lb wba champ, so he should be ranked up there.
hatton beat him, then vacated. the wba should of let collazo fight the winner of quintana julio. but instead cotto got the nod.

Thats the point I'm trying to make. Alot of these posters seem to think that this is being treated as a major fight. For some reason, a lot of these posters ignore the fact that this is a set up fight for Cotto/Margarito. A lot of these posters want Cotto to face a legit welter threat to stay active for Margarito even though the Margo fight will prolly only take place around 3-4 months later. A lot of these posters seem to lack common sense.

[Ray*]

Please explain.

Thanks for the chance, For the record i would have like to see Mayweather/Cotto but i think its not entirely down to Mayweather saying NO, See Arum wanted a "Tune up" all along (Nothing Wrong with that) But he went about it the wrong way, Accusing Mayweather of ducking Cotto because he knows the Fans would jump on it.

He makes it look like He wanted a big fight for Cotto but people like Mayweather dont want the fight and the rest arent available, Cintron called Cotto out saying Gomez hasnt done anything to deserve the fight and that him and Cotto should fight in a Unification fight, Arum then said he could make the fight because of Clottey, They then suggest he paid Clottey off so they can go ahead with a Cotto/Cintron Unification but he said he couldnt do and wouldnt do it because his looking to enforce Clottey's mandatory....But all of a sudden he was able to make the Margarito/Cintron fight(Not that am complaining) about that fight, So if he can make the Mar/Cintron fight why couldnt he have made the Unification between Cotto/Cintron?

[2501]

Thanks for the chance, For the record i would have like to see Mayweather/Cotto but i think its not entirely down to Mayweather saying NO, See Arum wanted a "Tune up" all along (Nothing Wrong with that) But he went about it the wrong way, Accusing Mayweather of ducking Cotto because he knows the Fans would jump on it.

He makes it look like He wanted a big fight for Cotto but people like Mayweather dont want the fight and the rest arent available, Cintron called Cotto out saying Gomez hasnt done anything to deserve the fight and that him and Cotto should fight in a Unification fight, Arum then said he could make the fight because of Clottey, They then suggest he paid Clottey off so they can go ahead with a Cotto/Cintron Unification but he said he couldnt do and wouldnt do it because his looking to enforce Clottey's mandatory....But all of a sudden he was able to make the Margarito/Cintron fight(Not that am complaining) about that fight, So if he can make the Mar/Cintron fight why couldnt he have made the Unification between Cotto/Cintron?

Ok, so what your saying is that Cotto should forget about fighting Margarito and fight Cintron instead? Because Cotto/Margo is the important fight here and Gomez is just a scrub that is going to keep Cotto warm for Margo. I like Cintron as a fighter though his performances as of recently have many to question his heart.

I would much rather see Margo/Cotto due to the styles involved. It would make for a much more exciting fight imo.

[Famoso Matador]

People are underating Gomez, he is a live oponent. He is taller than Cotto and has the bigger reach. He has fought decent competition as of late and looked great against Gati. Gomez has also fought at higher weight classes, and bigger oponents than Cotto with success.
I wasn't a big fan of Cotto at the start because I felt he was babied, but now he fights the best in the world. Even his so called "tune up" fights are against good oponents.
I'm not saying Gomez has the edge on Cotto or anything, but i think this fight will be a lot more competitive than people think. Cotto could have done alot worse, look at DLH fighting a 140 lbr in Forbes.

[letsgobrady]

Thanks for the chance, For the record i would have like to see Mayweather/Cotto but i think its not entirely down to Mayweather saying NO, See Arum wanted a "Tune up" all along (Nothing Wrong with that) But he went about it the wrong way, Accusing Mayweather of ducking Cotto because he knows the Fans would jump on it.

He makes it look like He wanted a big fight for Cotto but people like Mayweather dont want the fight and the rest arent available, Cintron called Cotto out saying Gomez hasnt done anything to deserve the fight and that him and Cotto should fight in a Unification fight, Arum then said he could make the fight because of Clottey, They then suggest he paid Clottey off so they can go ahead with a Cotto/Cintron Unification but he said he couldnt do and wouldnt do it because his looking to enforce Clottey's mandatory....But all of a sudden he was able to make the Margarito/Cintron fight(Not that am complaining) about that fight, So if he can make the Mar/Cintron fight why couldnt he have made the Unification between Cotto/Cintron?

wasn't cintron just crying over a hand injury a month ago.he's callin cotto out on fighting gomez he should call himself out on not wanting to really fight anyone but margarito because from what i remember cintron was supposed to fight williams