Miguel Cotto is not ready for Mayweather yet.

[Burner]

So who do you think does deserve to fight PBF?

Nobody..................seriously.

[msagrain]

Nobody..................seriously.

yeh and if nobody fought mayweather, mayweather would not be anyone.

[-Antonio-]

Cotto is as ready as he is ever going to be for lil Floyd!

Yep.

All he's going to gain from now until next fall (granted he wins his fights) is more damage to the head.

[Allucard]

Who has Cintron beat to make him one of the "best" welterweights...

the best fighter he will have fought will be his next fight against margarito...

As far as margarito goes he dropped a fight to williams on points...
williams loses to quintana later on (who cotto beat)
margarito's best wins over quality competition were joshua clottey; golden johnson; and a KO over Kermit Cintron in 5 rounds (i think it was 5 rounds).

neither fighter has fought guys that make me think they can hang with mayweather...

Cotto is clearly the front runner...
he's beaten Paulie Malignaggi; who i consider to be one of the fighters that resemble mayweather the most...true paulie is a lesser talented version of mayweather but we seen cotto could hang with the style that mayweather has....only BIG differences between malignaggi and mayweather besides natural talent is mayweather is a harder hitter than malignaggi and malignaggi tends to be more willing to trade than mayweather...

beyond that they are pretty similar in my opinion and i look at malignaggi as the perfect tune-up fight to fighter mayweather...oscar should be fighting malignaggi instead of forbes in my opinion...

miguel cotto has also been in there with the likes of carlos quintana, ricardo torres, zab judah, and a great of his era in sugar shane mosley...

yes cotto is a pressure fighter like hatton however:
A) cotto is a smarter/more effective pressure fighter than hatton in my opinion
B) cotto is one of the best currently active body punchers in the sport
C) cotto can box. we seen this with mosley...and he was actually doing well with boxing mosley and that says a lot for mosley being a very good counterpuncher.

I think that extra fights wont hurt cotto and i agree with you on that...in fact as much as i want to see the cotto/mayweather fight i also look at it as a chance for cotto to get even better...

Cotto is going to fight a very game and very young gomez who i think he will steamroll and earn a late fight KO/TKO...then he's talking about a fight with Mayorga who is a good fight for cotto...i dont think it helps him prepare for mayweather (due to gomez' inexperience and mayorga being out of his prime somewhat) but its a fight against a name...money will talk for mayweather and a fight against mayorga boosts cotto's name in terms of money...

i think cotto needs to continue to fight high quality competition and i dont think his next two fights are the RIGHT fights to prepare...

do i think it will make THAT much of a difference...no...so long as he fights a top quality fighter before mayweather and judging by mayweather's inactivity that looks like it will be for the next year cotto has time...bob arum and his corner have done a good job with bring up cotto at the right speed against the right fighters at the right time...

so when the fight gets signed with mayweather i think he will be as ready as he can be.

It's not about Cotto being ready so don't make it sound like that. It's about Cotto's opponents being ready to lose. Cotto is making a very "euro" career although he's a black rican. Not being racist, it's just the way it is and everyone knows it.

[C'MONMANG']

It's not about Cotto being ready so don't make it sound like that. It's about Cotto's opponents being ready to lose. Cotto is making a very "euro" career although he's a black rican. Not being racist, it's just the way it is and everyone knows it.

Quintana was UNDEFEATED when Cotto destroyed him. (WAS COTTO FIRST FIGH TTA WELTER, AGAINST A PRIME NATURAL WELTER).. QUINTANA WAS fresh OFF A WIN OVER julio who was UNDEFEATED, IT WAS COTTO FIRST WELTER WEIGH FIGHT..(QUINTANA JUST BEAT PW and undefeated prime welter..

fLOYD FIRST FIGHT AT WW WAS SHOTBAY MITCHELL who Zoo DESTROYED AT 140 THE YEAR PRIOR..A 35 YR OLD SHARMBA MITCHELL..

Floyd cant hold Cotto's JOCK STRAP..P4P FRAUD.

[C'MONMANG']

It's not about Cotto being ready so don't make it sound like that. It's about Cotto's opponents being ready to lose. Cotto is making a very "euro" career although he's a black rican. Not being racist, it's just the way it is and everyone knows it.

Quintana was UNDEFEATED when Cotto destroyed him. (WAS COTTO FIRST FIGH TTA WELTER, AGAINST A PRIME NATURAL WELTER).. QUINTANA WAS fresh OFF A WIN OVER julio who was UNDEFEATED, IT WAS COTTO FIRST WELTER WEIGH FIGHT..(QUINTANA JUST BEAT PW and undefeated prime welter..

fLOYD FIRST FIGHT AT WW WAS SHOTBAY MITCHELL who Zoo DESTROYED AT 140 THE YEAR PRIOR..A 35 YR OLD SHARMBA MITCHELL..

Floyd cant hold Cotto's JOCK STRAP..P4P FRAUD.

[PapiShasho]

What is everyone high on? Demolishing Judah and beating Mosley doesn't get you ready for Mayweather, but beating Cintron and Margarito will?

Can someone go over the long list of accomplished fighters that Cintron and Margarito have beaten, please? LOL.

[C'MONMANG']

What is everyone high on? Demolishing Judah and beating Mosley doesn't get you ready for Mayweather, but beating Cintron and Margarito will?

Can someone go over the long list of accomplished fighters that Cintron and Margarito have beaten, please? LOL.

they have beatin more legit welters then Mosley and Judah,do some research.

[Boxinguru]

Mayweather Is Not Ducking Cotto

MAYWEATHER JR V COTTO IS THE ONLY FIGHT THAT MATTER AT 147LB!

If Cotto really is "the man" to dethrone Mayweather, as many have alluded to then why not let Cotto keep fighting to gain exposure & experience? In all reality Cotto is not a household name & no one knows who he is outside of boxing, but on the flip-side Floyd is a SUPERSTAR!! If the fight was signed today it is a HUGE MEGA FIGHT...at least for Hardcore Fans & some casual fans, but say around this time next yr, if Cotto wins his next few fights (impressively) & gets more national exposure (advertising, other ventures out of boxing) & Floyd is still out there (undefeated) in the mix then the fight becomes A MUST SEE SPORTING EVENT!

It is a BIG difference between the 2 & Floyd understands the business of it! He is just simple waiting for Cotto to gain more "steam" so the risk will be worth the reward... Just for the record WHEN the fight comes off I got Mayweather by 11th T.K.O.

[C'MONMANG']

MAYWEATHER JR V COTTO IS THE ONLY FIGHT THAT MATTER AT 147LB!

If Cotto really is "the man" to dethrone Mayweather, as many have alluded to then why not let Cotto keep fighting to gain exposure & experience? In all reality Cotto is not a household name & no one knows who he is outside of boxing, but on the flip-side Floyd is a SUPERSTAR!! If the fight was signed today it is a HUGE MEGA FIGHT...at least for Hardcore Fans & some casual fans, but say around this time next yr, if Cotto wins his next few fights (impressively) & gets more national exposure (advertising, other ventures out of boxing) & Floyd is still out there (undefeated) in the mix then the fight becomes A MUST SEE SPORTING EVENT!

It is a BIG difference between the 2 & Floyd understands the business of it! He is just simple waiting for Cotto to gain more "steam" so the risk will be worth the reward... Just for the record WHEN the fight comes off I got Mayweather by 11th T.K.O.

you are a fool. Cotto has more fans then Floyd. period. doing reality TV means NOTHING is a bunch of crap.