Why Mayweather IS ducking Miguel Cotto.

[illmaticfighter]

I am a big mayweather fan but i am dissappointed that floyd isn't interested in fighting cotto.

Hopefully cotto calls him out and their becomes a bigger demand for the fight.

[boxingfan4life]

note: I used the Ring Magazine welterweight rankings for this post which could be found here (http://thering-online.com/ringpages/ratings2.html)

I also used a bracket system that most tournaments would use.

As we all know Floyd Mayweather acquired the Linear Championship by defeating Carlos Manuel Baldomir in 2006 after having defeated the number 3 ranked contender in Zab Judah @ the time.
(I'd also like to point out that besides these two.. Mayweather has NEVER fought another top ten ranked welterweights)

Currently Miguel Cotto is the number one contender to the welterweight crown.

He has fought both Mosley and Quintana who are currently ranked 2nd and 3rd.

Quintana eliminated Paul Williams who is currently ranked 4th, and Wiliams eliminated Margarito who is ranked 5th.

Margarito eliminated Cintron (who is currently ranked 9th) and Clottey (who is 7th) for a title shot.
Quintana>Williams>Margarito>Cintron and Clottey

By defeating Shane Mosley he takes Collazo (who is ranked 8th) out of the picture as well.
Shane Mosley>Collazo

He also beat Judah (who is ranked 6th)

So who is left? NOBODY.
The Play-offs are over and it's time for the championship game..
In any other sport this would NOT be acceptable yet for some reason it is in boxing?

Nothing but facts..

And to those fake boxing fans who act like they get a share of what a fighter makes bitching about the money isn't right. With great fights comes great money.. Hatton v. Mayweather was a success because of the promotion behind it. Before nearly nobody knew who Hatton was here in the states.. That did not stop the fight from being made. Cotto had more fans in the states then Hatton did Pre-Mayweather fight and for a big fight such as Mayweather v. Cotto they would not have to travel across an ocean to see it. We are boxing fans.. and we should be worrying about seeing great fights not how much a fighter is getting payed anyways.



Anyway, I know the fight will never pop off but I just though I would clear some ishh up.

yeah i definitely agree with on the money part. i honestly think that floyd is ducking cotto because his excuse doesnt make sense. how would fighting another young determined undefeated welterweight champion that everybody knows not make enough money

[Sin City]

yeah i definitely agree with on the money part. i honestly think that floyd is ducking cotto because his excuse doesnt make sense. how would fighting another young determined undefeated welterweight champion that everybody knows not make enough money

agreed. this one fight, just this one fight would re-establish his credibility and if he won would not only silence a lot of critics but also satisfy them.
Everyone is not out to see Floyd lose.. they just want to see him fight the best.
If he did this there would be no ifs, ands, or buts about it.

[fxdwng]

Why Floyd won't face Cotto. Two reasons;

1) He'll get beat.

2) He's too busy with his acting/wrestling career. Hell, he might even be on to recording an album now.

IF they DO end up fighting, it won't be for years when they're trying to stage the inevitable "I should be retired but I can't seem to leave" PPV event.

[Sin City]

bumped for the peanut gallery.

[TexasTitan]

All Mayweather wants to do is take fights hes positive he can win and make millions.

Honestly, if that was you, how does that sound bad?

[Clegg]

Honestly, if that was you, how does that sound bad?

Because he claims to be the greatest boxer of all time.

Ali fought the best when he was at his peak. Then when he got a bit older, he still fought the best(Foreman). He believed he was the greatest to the extent that he fought Larry Holmes, despite being years past his best.

Look at what Foreman did to Frazier and Norton. He destroyed two great fighters. He looked like an unstoppable monster. Ali still wanted to fight him. If someone like that was at welterweight now, Floyd would refuse to be in the same country as him.

Ali, in his late thirties, fights a peak Larry Holmes. Mayweather, at his peak, ducks Margarito and Cotto. That's the difference between the mentality of a fighter who believes he is the greatest, and a fighter who is scared of the best fighters out there and wants to rip off the public by fighting people everyone knows he can beat.

Mayweather talks as if he thinks he's Ali, but chooses who to fight as if he's Tye Fields.

[ExecutiveOutlaw]

its really sad and funny to see the lengths people go to try to prove floyd is ducking

when its as simple as: Floyd will fight whoever will make him the most money. Period

[warp1432]

I think anyone suggesting that Floyd ducked Cotto before and ducked top Welterweights is ******.

De La Hoya is much bigger challenge then Antonio Margarito and Ricky Hatton is a much bigger challenge then then 6-10 (for Floyd anyway. I realize that Collazo gave Ricky a good amount of problems, but Floyd would box collazo's socks off)

It's not like Mayweather was fighting Gomez and Brsusles in the mean time. He gave us some great fights and they were worthy challengers.

Now however it's time to set up to the big plate and fight Cotto. I'm pretty sure he said that he'd be willing to fight Cotto if Arum wasn't with him too (ESPN FNF "in this corner" thing on ESPN.com).

You established 2 things Devious:

1. That Cotto is the clear #1 contender (obvious for a long time now)
2. That umm....something about Hatton.

Do you honestly think that Floyd should have fought Cotto first then Hatton? Cotto was way unproven at the time. He had a big win over Judah and some other noteable ones, but Hatton had a big win over Tszyu and a shot Castillo plus some noteable ones. Hatton was way more deserving then Cotto at the time.

That and why ***** and moan about that when we got to see Cotto-Mosley? We got to find out how good Cotto really was and it was a good fight.

He just needs to fight him now. I'll give him a pass on De La Hoya, but he needs to fight Cotto after that or he is ducking him.

[Cobrita]

note: I used the Ring Magazine welterweight rankings for this post which could be found here (http://thering-online.com/ringpages/ratings2.html)

I also used a bracket system that most tournaments would use.

As we all know Floyd Mayweather acquired the Linear Championship by defeating Carlos Manuel Baldomir in 2006 after having defeated the number 3 ranked contender in Zab Judah @ the time.
(I'd also like to point out that besides these two.. Mayweather has NEVER fought another top ten ranked welterweights)

Currently Miguel Cotto is the number one contender to the welterweight crown.

He has fought both Mosley and Quintana who are currently ranked 2nd and 3rd.

Quintana eliminated Paul Williams who is currently ranked 4th, and Wiliams eliminated Margarito who is ranked 5th.

Margarito eliminated Cintron (who is currently ranked 9th) and Clottey (who is 7th) for a title shot.
Quintana>Williams>Margarito>Cintron and Clottey

By defeating Shane Mosley he takes Collazo (who is ranked 8th) out of the picture as well.
Shane Mosley>Collazo

He also beat Judah (who is ranked 6th)

So who is left? NOBODY.
The Play-offs are over and it's time for the championship game..
In any other sport this would NOT be acceptable yet for some reason it is in boxing?

Nothing but facts..

And to those fake boxing fans who act like they get a share of what a fighter makes bitching about the money isn't right. With great fights comes great money.. Hatton v. Mayweather was a success because of the promotion behind it. Before nearly nobody knew who Hatton was here in the states.. That did not stop the fight from being made. Cotto had more fans in the states then Hatton did Pre-Mayweather fight and for a big fight such as Mayweather v. Cotto they would not have to travel across an ocean to see it. We are boxing fans.. and we should be worrying about seeing great fights not how much a fighter is getting payed anyways.



Anyway, I know the fight will never pop off but I just though I would clear some ishh up.

Mayweather > De La Hoya > Mayorga > Forrest > Mosley >

Hatton > Tszyu > Judah > Witter >

Castillo > Casamayor > Corrales > Freitas