Roach: "Pacquiao Doesn't Need Cotto Without The Belt"

[bigpunisher531]

Im Glad Cotto Isnt Letting The Pac Team Get everything they want. Pac wants a Welterweight Belt Fight At 147 not 145. Great Job By Cottos Team! Hes Sticking to his Gun And Showing That He Isnt Chasing Anyone, If Manny Wants to Fight Than lest Fight If Not Get the Steppin. You Aint Getting Everything You want!

[fcastro1]

Maybe, but Cotto is gonna be just as big and maybe bigger.

Packy should retire since he'll get dominated in both fights.

cotto bet cash in now because hes going to lose again soon. i dont think he will reach the levels of pac or mayweather.

[raidersal1124]

Good for Cotto! Pac wants to be welterweight champ, then come up to 147 limit like all ther real welterweights champs do it! if you can fight DLH at 147 why cant you fight Cotto at 147?

[znarfv_y2k8]

I have been a member to this site forever now and I have never ever commented until now. What compels me to finally post a comment is the disgust that I feel when I read this bull**** from Roach. The welterweight limit is 147 pounds. It was 147 when Sugar Ray Robinson won the title, it was 147 when Sugar Ray Leonard won it, it was 147 when Cotto won his, SO WHY IN THE **** DO THESE ****ING ******* WANT OR FEEL THAT THE TITLE SHOULD BE ON THE LINE IF ITS NOT AT 147?


I use to have alot of respect for Pacquiao and Roach but after such a ***** move I can no longer feel the same way.


If you want a welterweight title then fight at 147 & if you dont want to fight at 147 then SHUT THE **** UP ABOUT A TITLE!

Manny is the draw, he's the Pound 4 Pound King, he is smaller a 140lb champion, everybody wants a piece of him, they lined opponents to choose from, he sets condition to consider fighting a bigger & strong champion w/ 65 - 35 split purse, a 145lb. catch weight w/ a bigger risk to overcome a 5 lbs difference compared to 2 lbs difference & a belt on the line, it's not all about money but a 7th belt in 7 different weight divisions makes the difference, if successful it's history no boxer has ever done it before even the great Sugar Ray Robinson...So, it is nonsense to fight Cotto w/out the belt, what for?

[switchsouthpaw]

The tug of war is still going for the WBO welterweight title. Miguel Cotto refuses to make it a title fight when he steps in the ring against Manny Pacquiao on November 14 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Pacquiao wants the title to be on the line. The fight is scheduled to take place at a catch-weight of 145-pounds and Cotto refuses to defend the title unless Pacquiao agrees to face him at the full welterweight limit of 147. He says Pacquiao can have the title or the catch-weight but he can't have both. [details]

Why should Manny have it both ways? You want Cotto to drain himself to make weight, so you're at an advantage. Fair enough--you hold the clout to negotiate that, but you can't have your cake and eat it too. The money isn't equitable, so why should Cotto put both his belt and weight on the line?

[BOOMbip]

so he shud get pushed around & forced to do what they want so u can enjoy a fight ? Nah son cotto ain't no *****

I fail to understand how making the most money you have ever made in your career by fighting the p4p best fighter in boxing is a ***** move?


Sometimes you have to make concessions in life to get to the top.

How is letting this fight slide good for Cotto's career?

I think a ***** move would be letting ****** pride get in the way of your future success.

So some people on the internet will say he folded in the negotiations...So the H-E-Double hockey sticks What!...He goes on and beat Manny Pacquiao and he's the one making demands and forcing concessions from his next opponents...

or he can fight Andre Berto...Then try to fight Shane Mosley or Money that may be coming off a Pacquiao win and he will be in the same position in the negotiations again...getting demands imposed on him instead of making them.

If he fights Pac now...and wins...he gets to call the shots in his next fight...why don't you guys see that?

[letsgobrady]

LOL


You are a moron. Are you trying to tell me that Manny is not the biggest fight/draw in boxing right now ?


He's the sports only true superstar, besides maybe Floyd Mayweather Jr, so sure, Cotto can fight other fights. But will any of those fight be half of the magnitude of a Pacquiao fight.

**** NO.


If you think that Manny needs Cotto, more than Cotto needs Manny, you must be one dumb sack of ****.

who can manny fight that will bring him as much money as cotto besides floyd? no cotto can't make as much as he can if he were to fight manny but he can still make alot of money fighting shane,clottey,collazo,williams or berto, what are manny's options? nate campbell,juan urango,timothy bradley

[S.G.]

if they're not happy to wait until mayweather/marquez is over with to pick an opponent, then yes, they do need cotto

[MaynMan]

Hell... by the time the fight starts, Cotto will be above 145 anyway...

[buckdacious]

your exactly right, cotto has more options than manny does these people don't seem to understand that

yep Berto and Clottey rematch. thats not alot of options. we all know that if this fight doesnt happen pacquiao is gonna fight Mosley and Cotto is assed out