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  • WetSexyLlamaPR
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    Cotto Article on Training Camp and Money

    Translated from El Nuevo Dia www.endi.com

    Caguas - The summer 2008 apparently will be one long and warm in the Gymnasium Bairoa, the 'factory of champions' in which the sovereign welterweight of the World Association of Boxing, Miguel Cotto, has built its career on the quadrilateral.

    With a view toward the battle that will assure the greater market that have earned up to now, before the Mexican champion of the FIB, Antonio Margarito, the boricua closed day before yesterday the one that was its first week in the gymnasium, in an afternoon that caused lit up to the precinct as if was a sauna.

    And to think that still they lack 10 weeks more, what will do of this training, according to the champion, the most long one in comparison to its last fights.

    "Usually they are between eight and 10 weeks, but this time are going to be almost three months", said Cotto upon finishing its session of exercises of yesterday, a pair during the day after signing the contract in which assures, obtained the terms that wanted for its regular fight of July 26 in The fertile plain, in which only will not seek to retain its scepter welterweight of the AMB, but To seek the one that snatched Margarito to the also puerto rican one Kermit Cintrón April 12.

    It was in this billboard, when Cotto beat to the Mexican one Alfonso Gómez to extend its unbeaten one to 32-0 with 26 nocauts.

    "That fight finished when should finish, but we turn out well of that commitment and therefore we could return here fast to the ring".

    "I have to heat. Itself it cannot be left for last minute. The muscles at times contract and they begin to bother (at the beginning of the training). Ourselves begin with so much time of anticipation so that the muscles go falling in form for the day of the fight", added.

    And although this initial work will be seen interrupted the coming week with the promotional tour that begins this Monday in Mexico and that will include stops in The Angels, New York and Caguas, Friday 23 of May, Cotto is conscious of the importance of the same one by the effect that can generate in the sales of the television system to pay for seeing.

    "The tour is going to be quite good; we are going to visit four cities. A little extensive and I understand that is going to be a little extenuante for us. But we are going to comply with her and I understand that all is going to leave well and the event is going to be also of quality".

    "We will continue coaching there it does not matter what we are doing, each time that there be opportunity".

    ¿And the chavos?

    Although does not it be accustomed to speak of the money that generates in its battles, Cotto affirmed that obtained what expected.

    Seconds later, when him was mentioned that had transcended that he aspired to $5 million, he was limited to say that also he obtained some "guarantees".

    "Yes. They gave us what we expected and there is certain type of guarantees. We are happy so much the business as the group. They were guarantees of several cositas", said without needing.

    With that in mind, there they should be good motives to work of good spirit in spite of the agobiante heat and the humidity of the 'factory'.

    Although the work of the first weeks is light, according to it described Cotto.

    "... To run, to come to do a light work", continued, describing the initial phase of their preparation, "to go being accustomed the body to what approaches, that are intense sessions, extenuantes... We expect that these first weeks be good for the remainder of the training".
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    It still can't wrap my head around the fact that Cotto gets 5 million from his own company to fight Margarito, and Mayweather and Mosley were both offered at least 8 million at a time that neither one of them could (seemingly) draw as big of an audience.

    I've already talked about why I think that is - but it still feels ****ed up that Arum is giving him that much less for the same fight. And Cotto has more to lose than Mosley did. What did Mosley have to lose? And he turned it down anyway.

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      Looks like a fair share of the PPV proceeds, in the form of "cositas" are going Cotto's way.

      As it should be.

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        Originally posted by Addison
        It still can't wrap my head around the fact that Cotto gets 5 million from his own company to fight Margarito, and Mayweather and Mosley were both offered at least 8 million at a time that neither one of them could (seemingly) draw as big of an audience.

        I've already talked about why I think that is - but it still feels ****ed up that Arum is giving him that much less for the same fight. And Cotto has more to lose than Mosley did. What did Mosley have to lose? And he turned it down anyway.
        Yup. That was his whole argument during the negotiations on the contract from what I understand and why it didn't get signed for a while there. It was pretty sad when people started saying Cotto's "fear" was the rationale for not signing the contract instead of the above.

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          Originally posted by WetSexyLlamaPR
          Yup. That was his whole argument during the negotiations on the contract from what I understand and why it didn't get signed for a while there. It was pretty sad when people started saying Cotto's "fear" was the rationale for not signing the contract instead of the above.
          Is that confirmed though? It would have been my position of course.

          I wonder what Arum responded with if that's what they were asking him.

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            Originally posted by Addison
            It still can't wrap my head around the fact that Cotto gets 5 million from his own company to fight Margarito, and Mayweather and Mosley were both offered at least 8 million at a time that neither one of them could (seemingly) draw as big of an audience.

            I've already talked about why I think that is - but it still feels ****ed up that Arum is giving him that much less for the same fight. And Cotto has more to lose than Mosley did. What did Mosley have to lose? And he turned it down anyway.
            The reason Floyd (and previously Oscar) bought out of Top rank is because of the cut that Arum takes. In fact, Mayweather has an active lawsuit against Arum.

            Think about it... Cotto is making $5 mil to fight Margarito. Meanwhile, Mayweather made $10 mil for the Baldomir fight. Doesn't quite seem fair.

            But the reality is that the GATE doesn't pay fighters big money...PPV BUYS does. So, until Migs can prove that he is a PPV star, he will get (relatively) low bucks.

            Side note: Pacquiao makes WAAAY less than he should given his solid PPV nums.

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            • sterling
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              WAR COTTO! see hes taking peanuts just to beat on a mexican now thats a true champ.

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                #8
                doesn't matter he'll probably leave arum if arum leaves him out to dry.

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                  Originally posted by WetSexyLlamaPR
                  Yup. That was his whole argument during the negotiations on the contract from what I understand and why it didn't get signed for a while there. It was pretty sad when people started saying Cotto's "fear" was the rationale for not signing the contract instead of the above.
                  yep..............this is how i felt

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                    Yeah Cotto had a lot o froom to bargain with Winky, Mosley, and Floyd all being offered a lot more money. He's probably going to be getting a significantly higher percentage in the PPV buys than Marg.

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