Mayweather knows exactly what he's doing by ducking Miguel Cotto

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  • KING •
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    Mayweather knows exactly what he's doing by ducking Miguel Cotto

    After Cotto's 5th round TKO win, Bob Arum was asked by a reporter what he thought Mayweather might think about the Puerto Rican powerhouse now. His response drew laughter at the post-fight press conference. "Mayweather sat at home and watched the HBO doubleheader of the knockouts by Cotto and Margarito. And then he probably signed on to a flight to Mars."

    Arum didn't stop there. He even had some veiled but critical words about HBO. "If he considers himself the best pound fighter in the world he should fight the best out there. No question about that. Enough people have raised that - What about Cotto? What about Margarito? Well he ain't having any of that. You know who he's gonna fight? He's gonna fight a nonsense fight again with De La Hoya which they're gonna try to sell based on his father working De La Hoya's corner. And then cursing each other out and making spectacles of themselves. And HBO will empower them by doing a 24/7 and a whole nine yards. And then he's gonna fight Ricky Hatton. Imagine that! Ricky Hatton!"

    http://www. east side boxing.com/news.php?p=15226&more=1

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    My favorite part of the article was -

    I asked Bob - Isn't it your job to sell Cotto vs. Mayweather to HBO, to make that fight happen? His response ******** Floyd as the sole obstacle. "HBO can't do it. HBO would love to do it. But they can't do it. Mayweather IS A COWARD. A PSYCHOLOGICAL COWARD. He's AFRAID TO LOSE. As long as some writers are gonna vote for him as Fighter of the Year, because he beat a 400-pound guy, didn't he? Then it's gonna empower him. You gotta understand, he's a psychological coward. He's afraid to lose."

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    • fallenJWW
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      #3
      I beleive the fight will happen.......eventually. This Hatton fight is something Hatton WANTS to do....its not set in stone, so dont count on a 100% chance of it happening. And I can guarentee you if people keep bashing floyd, hes going to have something to say about it. He's not going to be able to just sit back and take it...thats not the way PBF is.

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      • supermandathoe
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        #4
        Bob sounds like a grumpy old man. Why is a promoter talking so much?

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        • THE REED
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          #5
          Originally posted by supermandathoe
          Bob sounds like a grumpy old man. Why is a promoter talking so much?
          Cuz hes a promoter?

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          • supermandathoe
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            #6
            Originally posted by reedickyaluss
            Cuz hes a promoter?
            he sounds like the fighter? Would he like a sparring match or something?

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            • THE REED
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              #7
              Hes doing exactly what hes supposed to be doing.

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                #8
                Originally posted by reedickyaluss
                Hes doing exactly what hes supposed to be doing.
                Logic doesn't apply to the Floyd fans man. LMAO.

                You ever wonder why Cotto always says - "Whoever Top Rank puts in front of me I'll fight"?

                Bob Arum is the hype machine behind Cotto who will put him where he needs to be.

                Bob is now trying to place him in front of Cotto.

                Is that clear enough for you "supermandathoe"...?

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                • Mickey Gomez
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                  #9
                  People who criticise promoters for promoting are so 1990.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by mickey gomez
                    People who criticise promoters for promoting are so 1990.
                    The 90s were the best though. Glad to see noone noticed my sarcasm though, maybe it's because it was typed.

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