Miguel Cotto: "De La Hoya vs. Pacquiao Hurts Boxing"

[gibo]

YOU ALL CAN TALK ALL YOU WANT, BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT OSCAR IS TAKING THE EASY ROAD TO VICTORY, BY FIGHTING AN OPPONANT THAT HAS FOUGHT ABOVE 130LBS ONLY ONCE, WHILE MORE SUITABLE AVAILABLE CHALLENGES ARE THERE FOR THE MAKING!!!! OSCAR DELAHOYA IS A FRAUD PLAIN AND SIMPLE!!!!!!

[guzi815]

regardless of who said it.....the message is accurate.

[Hagler★]

well said by the warrior man

[dondi330]

Cotto have the right to speak out, but wait for his turn if ever ODLH want to fight him, since ODLH express himself that he is willing to fight Cotto, since he lost to Margarito that's is now a difference story.

I can see how phillipinos(0r Pac fans) are good with this fight. Pacman is in a win win situation...if by some miracle he wins he is even greater and paid, if he loses , so what he lost to a bigger man who was looking for a lil guy with no threat and he still paid. But when Cotto talks about bad matchup he is talking about the man that controls the money in this fight ..Hoya. If anything Pacman is taking a huge chance and has a huge heart. On the other hand De La Hoya is taking what chance, considering his past competions, won or lost, Hopkins, Trinidad, Mayweather, Whitaker, Mosley, Mayorga, Sturm,Chavez.....who in that list can Pacman beat?

[Foodie One]

I can see how phillipinos(0r Pac fans) are good with this fight. Pacman is in a win win situation...if by some miracle he wins he is even greater and paid, if he loses , so what he lost to a bigger man who was looking for a lil guy with no threat and he still paid. But when Cotto talks about bad matchup he is talking about the man that controls the money in this fight ..Hoya. If anything Pacman is taking a huge chance and has a huge heart. On the other hand De La Hoya is taking what chance, considering his past competions, won or lost, Hopkins, Trinidad, Mayweather, Whitaker, Mosley, Mayorga, Sturm,Chavez.....who in that list can Pacman beat?

"lil guy with no threat" I think you've made a bad assessment of ODLH's opponent. JAT

[v.cassiusali@ya]

cotto may be in right in some points. paccquiao is too small to fight delahoya. but he also forget to mention that in boxing, money... i repeat... money matters above all.

nobody boxer in the world would refuse to fight a much bigger opponent if he is paid triple the amount he should get in ordinary championship fights.

pacquiao is just too lucky to have a destiny with olden boy when almost all boxers out there dreamed to have a fight with delahoya not because of fame or glory but because of money... i repeat... money.

when hopkins took the fight with delahoya, nobody took notice of their size difference.

[dondi330]

cotto may be in right in some points. paccquiao is too small to fight delahoya. but he also forget to mention that in boxing, money... i repeat... money matters above all.

nobody boxer in the world would refuse to fight a much bigger opponent if he is paid triple the amount he should get in ordinary championship fights.

pacquiao is just too lucky to have a destiny with olden boy when almost all boxers out there dreamed to have a fight with delahoya not because of fame or glory but because of money... i repeat... money.

when hopkins took the fight with delahoya, nobody took notice of their size difference.

I did and many people took notice of that size difference. I also predicted Hopkins by knockout (the only thing that suprised me was that it was a body shot) wasnt suprised it happened just didnt see it ending in body shot. And we all know its about money(when are people going to stop stating the obvious?) I work for a living, I am also good at what I do and guess what I do it for the money! Baseball, football, basketball...oh guess what? they make money.....really? no?

[johncs08]

i find this article very funny

[BOOMbip]

Hypocritical on the surface...

But come on this is what we all thought before that fight.


We didn't know the little guy could **** with the big boys.

Now we do.


Hindsight is 20/20



Ya know!

[Mr. Fantastic]

See the difference now though is that Pac is going up 1 weight division instead of 2. He's the lineal champ at 140 so it doesn't look as bad as Oscar's.

In a way it can be hypocritical of him, but it depends on how you see it.