Cotto Refuses To Fight Pacquiao Below 145-Pounds

[MakeDamnSure]

I hope Cotto will not be overwhelmed by Arum's offer and will stand up with his statement....Mosley is for Cotto and Mayweather is for Pacquiao...nothing else..

[andrew14]

he will never have a mega if he didnt get this one. he's bigger than manny.

smaller than ODLH. he can make a catch weight. when manny step in the ring

he weights 147-148. cotto weights 155-160 in the ring.

[Mr. Philadel]

Cotto will probably weigh 145 at the weigh-in for the Clottey fight......so Roach and Manny wont take that......they wanna zombie to beat up on .......props to Cotto!!!

[darn]

pacquiao doesn't have to fight cotto. he don't need cotto. cotto needs pacquiao

[skullduggery]

looks like money and pooty will face off then

[aztec_warriors]

Cotto is the first smart one out all the dumb-asses that MP has fought... that's how Team MP tries to win fights.

MP and his team always try and win the fight before MP even gets in the ring... they did it with EM by making him fight weight drained - now they're trying to do the same to Cotto. If you "CALL" somebody out you should fight them at their weight. MP team is a pick and choose or bring them in weight drained or old. the only reason they fought Hatton is because he's a slightly bigger dumb version of David Diaz - and Mayweather's leftovers. JMM keeps out-doing MP by consistently fighting the better competition... yet again

[borikua]

pacquiao doesn't have to fight cotto. he don't need cotto. cotto needs pacquiao

Cotto doesn't need Pac. He knows that his business is at 147. Who can Pac fight besides the winner of Floyd/JMM that could make him more money than a Cotto fight?

[Roxas]

cotto is the first smart one out all the dumb-asses that mp has fought... That's how team mp tries to win fights.

Mp and his team always try and win the fight before mp even gets in the ring... They did it with em by making him fight weight drained - now they're trying to do the same to cotto. If you "call" somebody out you should fight them at their weight. Mp team is a pick and choose or bring them in weight drained or old. The only reason they fought hatton is because he's a slightly bigger dumb version of david diaz - and mayweather's leftovers. Jmm keeps out-doing mp by consistently fighting the better competition... Yet again

word......

[Left2body]

pacquiao doesn't have to fight cotto. he don't need cotto. cotto needs pacquiao

There are only 4 mega stars in the 140lb-147lbs. They are Pac, PBF, Cotto and Mosley.

All but Pac fight at WW. Cotto has more natural options (in his weight class) than Pac. The only mega fighter that can possibly fight below 145lbs is Mayweather.

Cotto doesn't need Pac. Cotto can have huge paydays with PBF and Mosley. Not to mention the huge Mexico vs Puerto Rico pay-day Cotto can have if he rematches/grudge match with Margarito.

As much as people dislike Margarito after his disgraceful plaster inserts they would still like to see him fight Cotto even if no one else.

[prsi]

he will never have a mega if he didnt get this one. he's bigger than manny.

smaller than ODLH. he can make a catch weight. when manny step in the ring

he weights 147-148. cotto weights 155-160 in the ring.

I disagree. Cotto can have several great prize fights, Cotto-Mosley II, Cotto Maywether(if Maywether accepts) and one fight that can probaly create even bigger expectations if Cotto keeps on winning is a rematch after Margarito serves his suspencion.

Alll these fights can generate lots of hype and revenue, similar to the fight Cotto-Pacquiao. True probably Cotto-Pacquiao can sell more than Mosley-Cotto. But if Cotto beats Clottey and probably Mosley if he is next, Cotto will be on his way to the top 3 P4P and every fight could be a Mega fight.

I beleive Manny is great for the sport and it is boxing biggest and best image, but if your camp is going to brag about beating welterweights, you have to beat fighters the weigh 145 and higher.