Cotto is a HUGE ----> ?????

[anonymousboxing]

Why does Cotto always fights for vacant belts, and never fights the champions
for those belts?[/FONT]

You question an olympian who 17 fights into his career was ranked #1 light ww by WBA, then defeats Pinto for his WBO jr ww title, defends it 6 times to:

Bailey 28-4
Corley 29-3
Abdulaev 15-1
Torres 28-0
Branco 36-1
Malignaggi 21-0

4 of which had more professional wins under their belts than Cotto? 2 undefeated's? And Abdulaev (the worse record) was the guy who beat him in the olympics.
2 champion quality opposition:
Malignaggi - IBF champ
Torres - WBO champ


Then came Quintana! Is it Cotto's fault Hatton stepped down in weight to facate the WBA title ?
Quintana's not a nobody. He was able to tarnish Williams record, wasn't he? But if that isn't enough.
As champ who did Cotto avoid?
He fough Urkal - twice European Light-Welterweight and EuropeanWelterweight champion
Mosley - "mr. hall a famer"
Zab - former undisputed welterweight champion

was daring enough to fight the most feared ww Marg, and is willing to step back in the ring with him again.
Williams want Cotto, yea, but Cotto has unfinished business with Marg first.
He's willing to fight Cintron and Berto.



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[Horus]

You question an olympian who 17 fights

WHY DO PEOPLE NEVER ANSWER THE DIRECT QUESTION GIVEN TO THEM, INSTEAD THEY RANT...!!

You still didnt answer the question

Why does Cotto always fights for vacant belts, and never fights the champions
for those belts?



Cotto does well against fighters who are looking to become champions.
CONTENDERS:
Bailey (CONTENDER AT THE TIME)
Corley (CONTENDER AT THE TIME)
Abdulaev (CONTENDER AT THE TIME)
Torres (CONTENDER AT THE TIME)
Branco(CONTENDER AT THE TIME)
Malignaggi (CONTENDER AT THE TIME)

But 7 years into his career what we dont know about Cotto yet to a certain extent is

• How would Cotto do against a reigning Champion, who is in his prime, young and looking to validate himself.

7 years into Cotto career, and Cotto cannot say to himself I actually Beat the Man to become the Man.
But Cotto and his supporters wants to say "I am the Man now, because I won his title while he was gone."

To me Cotto is like the New York Knicks when Jordan Left in His Prime, yeah they are the Eastern Conference champions, but
who did they beat to get there...????

Thats why we have words like CHAMPION and CONTENDER.

Yes Cotto has a good resume for a fighter who is an up and comer and who is trying to make a name for himself.

But Cotto should be past that point of his career where he is trying to make a name for himself,
and he should be at the point of his career where he is validating himself.

• That is a huge difference.

Cotto understood that, thats why he took the fight with Margarito, to Validate himself.

And what did him in is the lack of preparation and training throughout his career cause him to fail against Margarito.

• and Also Margarito Showed that unike a contender, a Champion will finish the job when he has opponent hurt.

[deevel79]

if you answer my Cotto question i will be happy to get into this discussion with
you where we both promise to answer direct questions...no rants
just direct answers....

Why does Cotto always fights for vacant belts, and never fights the champions
for those belts?

You're asking a question that cannot be answered by any one fan. Find out what Bob Arums email address is, and shoot him an email asking him. If u feel that he is intentionally avoiding opponents who hold titles, then he will be the only person who would be able to answer your question.

[Cote]

WHY DO PEOPLE NEVER ANSWER THE DIRECT QUESTION GIVEN TO THEM, INSTEAD THEY RANT...!!

You still didnt answer the question

Why does Cotto always fights for vacant belts, and never fights the champions
for those belts?

Because it's less dangerous. It's low risk big reward.

Casual fans only look to the poster and see that he's a champion and don't try to explain to them all this thing that he doesn't have a win over a current champion.

He has a big promoter that puts him in good position in the rankings to get fights for vacant titles.

I'm a boxing fan only for about a year. And I downloaded a few fights of him because there was a lot of talk about him. I became a fan of Cotto. But now I'm a bit more knowledgeable and get the point of that post where you talked of Duran. I think he has all to be a great fighter. Maybe the greatest puertorican of all time. And I think that he is wasting all that talent.

I'm still a Cotto fan and think that if he win the rematch with Margarito, that is gonna believe in himself more than ever and will look only for the best.

[Horus]

Because it's less dangerous. It's low risk big reward.

Casual fans only look to the poster and see that he's a champion and don't try to explain to them all this thing that he doesn't have a win over a current champion.

He has a big promoter that puts him in good position in the rankings to get fights for vacant titles.

I'm a boxing fan only for about a year. And I downloaded a few fights of him because there was a lot of talk about him. I became a fan of Cotto. But now I'm a bit more knowledgeable and get the point of that post where you talked of Duran. I think he has all to be a great fighter. Maybe the greatest puertorican of all time. And I think that he is wasting all that talent.

I'm still a Cotto fan and think that if he win the rematch with Margarito, that is gonna believe in himself more than ever and will look only for the best.

"I think he has all to be a great fighter. Maybe the greatest puertorican of all time. And I think that he is wasting all that talent"



When is Cotto going to understand that fighting for vacant titles is not
making his situation better, but worst. Because THOSE FIGHTS ARE NOT VALIDATING HIM. BUT RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT HIM.


Like you said, he is wasting his talent.!

he is still trying to make a name for himself instead of validate himself.

[ELHURACAN58]

You question an olympian who 17 fights into his career was ranked #1 light ww by WBA, then defeats Pinto for his WBO jr ww title, defends it 6 times to:

Bailey 28-4
Corley 29-3
Abdulaev 15-1
Torres 28-0
Branco 36-1
Malignaggi 21-0

4 of which had more professional wins under their belts than Cotto? 2 undefeated's? And Abdulaev (the worse record) was the guy who beat him in the olympics.
2 champion quality opposition:
Malignaggi - IBF champ
Torres - WBO champ


Then came Quintana! Is it Cotto's fault Hatton stepped down in weight to facate the WBA title ?
Quintana's not a nobody. He was able to tarnish Williams record, wasn't he? But if that isn't enough.
As champ who did Cotto avoid?
He fough Urkal - twice European Light-Welterweight and EuropeanWelterweight champion
Mosley - "mr. hall a famer"
Zab - former undisputed welterweight champion

was daring enough to fight the most feared ww Marg, and is willing to step back in the ring with him again.
Williams want Cotto, yea, but Cotto has unfinished business with Marg first.
He's willing to fight Cintron and Berto.



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Pwned

Dont forget Abdullaev was the gold medalist in those same Olympics

[Horus]

Because it's less dangerous. It's low risk big reward.



I'm still a Cotto fan and think that if he win the rematch with Margarito, that is gonna believe in himself more than ever and will look only for the best.

Thats what this pattern of fighting for vacant titles is telling me too...

Low and medium risk for big reward.

Why else are all your titles are vacant belts.

[BMWM3P]

if you answer my Cotto question i will be happy to get into this discussion with
you where we both promise to answer direct questions...no rants
just direct answers....

Why does Cotto always fights for vacant belts, and never fights the champions
for those belts?

Even for you this is a pretty ****** question. He took what was available to him at the time and he proved that he was the champion by defending his belts against the top contenders and ex champions of the divisions he was in. Was he supposed to say no to those opportunities? Just so a fool like you couldn't question the validity of his achievements.

If you want serious discussions on your questions, then maybe you shouldn't make such meaningless and obviously biased threads.

[Horus]

Even for you this is a pretty ****** question. He took what was available to him at the time and he proved that he was the champion by defending his belts against the top contenders and ex champions of the divisions he was in. Was he supposed to say no to those opportunities? Just so a fool like you couldn't question the validity of his achievements.

If you want serious discussions on your questions, then maybe you shouldn't make such meaningless and obviously biased threads.

See it wouldnt be a problem if this wasnt a pattern.!!! but this is a pattern.

Low/Medium risk for Medium and big rewards.


Cotto does well against fighters who are looking to become champions.
CONTENDERS:
Bailey (CONTENDER AT THE TIME)
Corley (CONTENDER AT THE TIME)
Abdulaev (CONTENDER AT THE TIME)
Torres (CONTENDER AT THE TIME)
Branco(CONTENDER AT THE TIME)
Malignaggi (CONTENDER AT THE TIME)
Carlos Quintana(CONTENDER AT THE TIME)
Oktay Urkal(CONTENDER AT THE TIME)


But 7 years into his career what we dont know about Cotto yet to a certain extent is

• How would Cotto do against a reigning Champion, who is in his prime, young and looking to validate himself.

7 years into Cotto career, and Cotto cannot say to himself I actually Beat the Man to become the Man.
But Cotto and his supporters wants to say "I am the Man now, because I won his title while he was gone."

To me Cotto is like the New York Knicks when Jordan Left in His Prime, yeah they are the Eastern Conference champions, but
who did they beat to get there...????

Thats why we have words like CHAMPION and CONTENDER.

Yes Cotto has a good resume for a fighter who is an up and comer and who is trying to make a name for himself.

But Cotto should be past that point of his career where he is trying to make a name for himself,
and he should be at the point of his career where he is validating himself.

• That is a huge difference.

Cotto understood that, thats why he took the fight with Margarito, to Validate himself.

And what did him in is the lack of preparation and training throughout his career cause him to fail against Margarito.

• and Also Margarito Showed that unike a contender, a Champion will finish the job when he has opponent hurt.

MY POINT IS THIS:

When is Cotto going to understand that fighting for vacant titles is not
making his situation better, but worst. Because THOSE FIGHTS ARE NOT VALIDATING HIM. BUT RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT HIM.

Question like: Why does Cotto all of a sudden want to fight for the WBO belt now that Williams vacant it, Knowing all along Williams was reaDy to fight him.


No Matter what you say. Cotto has not validated himself as a great fighter.
he has made a name for himself as a good fighter on the cusp of greatness.
but he has not validated himself as a great fighter.

THIS IS THE PROBLEM
he is still trying to make a name for himself instead of validate himself.

[juancho]

idk why you asking me?