Team Mayweather: "Cotto Not Important"

[Bobby Shaw]

spoken like a true ball licker

Did I state any material misstatements?If I did please point out.

[muppetman]

Did I state any material misstatements?If I did please point out.

i rest my case....your avatar says it all..........lol

[Addison]

Bing. Hit the nail on the head. This is a risk reward situation. As big as the reward for a Cotto fight would be, the risk is even bigger.

That's the logical next step. At least, that's what it feels like they're telling us anyway..

[supremelygifted]

I think many puerto ricans would travel to vegas to support cotto number 1. Number 2 why couldn't the fight be made in ny, it would be huge there. when floyd fought ndou he was the number 1 pound 4 pound in the world and couldn't sell out in his HOMETOWN!!!! Cotto has a solid fan base, and a win over floyd would make him world known.

Don't underestimate how popular he is, there was a documentary about him here in the UK a couple of years ago on prime time sky sports, and all his fights are shown here. Some of my friends who only casually watch boxing know who he is.

Ok, how many UK will fly over to see him fight like they do Ricky or Joe C. ? Second, have you ever been to Grand Rapids,Flint, or Saginaw Michigan? Not much of ANYTHING would sell out there due to economics and unemployment. Thats' a fact! I bet if they fought anywhere but NYC or Puerto Rico, Cotto wouldn't sell out. Also, the UK would sell out if you and I fought because they have the best fight fans in the world bar none!

[Bobby Shaw]

Needs to position himself?

Should he wear a clown suit and do the hokey pokey while screaming, "Floyds a scared ******!"

Floyd OWES Cotto the fight being that he ducked Margarito.

But either way - once Cotto smashes Tony there will be no place for him to hide.

=]

Owed is not the right word.
Each man is responsible for his own career.Cotto is happy with his progress if he wasnt he would have changed his management.Noone owes anyone anything here,at the end of the day maximise gains in the short time of your career and thats what Floyd does.

Floyd knows anything can happen at anytime and while he can,he will make the most money.

[Antwuan Maxx]

I see the Mayweather fans are eating Floyd's bull**** right up. Fact of the matter is, Floyd isn't nearly the draw he claims to be, nor is Cotto as small time as he's trying to lead you to believe. Prior to facing De La Hoya, Floyd had never cracked 400k PPV buys, and his fight with Baldomir had less than 10K in attendance in a city where Mayweather resides, which was even less than the attendance for Cotto-Gomez. Of course the ratings for Cotto-Gomez weren't up to par; there was a dueling card on Showtime the same night. I know many people who tuned into the Showtime card live and caught the HBO card on replay because they felt the outcomes on HBO were forgone conclusions. But anyway, it's not a coincidence Mayweather did big number with De La Hoya and Hatton, those are without a doubt the two biggest draws in the sport. If he's such an attraction, he wouldn't worry about another fighters drawing power. Because if it he's the ticket seller, and the other guy supposedly isn't, then Floyd would be able to demand a larger portion of the pie. But I honestly believe, he's sitting back hoping for Cotto to lose, so he can dismiss him as being unworthy, even though it wouldn't be the first time he fought a fighter coming off a loss. He'll hope to use that as crutch to justify pointless rematches with De La Hoya and Hatton.

[fullcontact2320]

if mayweather is not gonna fight cotto then he should just retire

[RL_GMA]

So after Cotto beats Margarito, who do people expect him to fight next?

Names like Clottely, Mayorga, Quintana, and even a rematch with Shane Mosley have been brought up. But realistically, are either one of those fights going to make him that much better than he already is? He would've beaten 3 former WW champs (Mosley, Quintana, Margarito) by then. What more do they want??

[sunny31]

But then as long as Floyd has bigger fights that fight will never happen,cotto might need to fight Oscar as well to generate numbers and put him in the same league as Floyd.he needs to talk about hatton as well,he has never pushed to have a Hatton fight.It seems like cotto has only pushed for Mayweather.Cotto Hatton will bring money and numbers.

There are many options for him.If his team is good they will land him fights

Why would he fight oscar first? I keep making the same point but it doesn't seem to be sinking in...Why doesn't floyd do for cotto, what oscar did for him? Hatton would never fight cotto, hatton is too small, and has already stated that he would only fight floyd at welter. If Cotto beats margarito he will be a undefeated unified welterweight champion, that has to be the fight after oscar not hatton.

[RisAri0]

I say let the anticipation build...this is just all pre-pre hype build up for both men to fight in late 2009. Let Cotto continue to dominate 147 and let Floyd take care of his rematches. The more both camps talk about each other, the more we talk, and the more the public demands for a much anticipated legendary night.