Miguel Cotto: Boxing's Whipping Boy

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Yup,Cotto has been treated horribly,maybe the current state of the sport is really ugly,anyway warrrr Cotto!!!Funny thing is most people do dislike the fighters like Cotto & the Punisher who fight any & everyone put in front of em,go figure!!

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by Paul Magno


I've been racking my brain to remember a time when a defending world champion with as much credibility as Miguel Cotto, has been treated so dismissively by his opponents, the sanctioning body he represents, and the very promoter who is supposed to have his best interests at heart.

it's true, cotto is a whipping boy

In these last few years, the disrespect tossed at Cotto has been a lesson for all those "good soldiers" in the sport who tow the company line and keep their mouths shut.

towing the company line has made cotto good money though. just imagine if arum let cotto fight floyd at 140 lbs. cotto would be ruined.

The first "dis" came following Cotto's brutal beatdown at the hands of Antonio Margarito.

As everyone knows, Margarito was found to be wearing hand wraps coated with a "plaster-like" substance prior to his bout with Shane Mosley. When people put two and two together, many put a big question mark over all of Margarito's wins, most notably his brutal destruction of Miguel Cotto and the grotesque manner in which he battered Cotto's face.

there's no proof that margo used plaster against cotto. yeah, its su****ious, but there's no proof. this guy could get sued for libel.

Top Rank honcho and alleged member of Team Cotto, Bob Arum, spent most of the "Plaster Gate" scandal defending Margarito and denying the loaded wrap claims...at the expense of the feelings of the victim, Miguel Cotto.

arum is protecting his assets. the company is called Top Rank not Top Cotto. personally, I think margo should be banned, but its out of my hands.

Cotto sat back and remained the strong silent type, only occasionally giving voice to the anger he felt inside for the possible cheat and frustration of having his own promoter defend the fighter who may have, literally, stolen millions from him when his loss ruined the chance of a showdown with Oscar De la Hoya.

I dunno what you wanted him to do... rant like floyd???? that's ******. cotto handled that situation with class.

Then, after suffering a beating that may have been caused by an illegal substance and having his promoter turn his back on him, Manny Pacquiao jumps in and claims the glory that could very well have been his by knocking off Oscar.

yeah.... cotto really needed that win. if only he didn't quit on his knees. he was winning on the scorecards... he just had a little bit left to go.

After all this, Cotto was forced into a nothing fight with Michael Jennings, and a tough battle with Joshua Clottey for a fraction of the pay he would've received from a De la Hoya bout.

lol cotto wasn't forced to fight jennings. cotto loves fighting for vacant belts. he also needed a confidence builder. that's a funny joke.

he also wasn't forced to fight clottey. no one forced cotto to sign that contract. as for the pay... he got no one to blame but himself by quitting. all he needed to do was last a little while longer. he was leading on the scorecards.

All this leads to an eventual big money showdown with Manny Pacquiao where despite being the reigning champ, he is forced to give in to every one of Pacquiao's demands, including an arbitrary 145 lb. limit.

cotto is a sell out. what can you say?

While the blame for this weak negotiating falls squarely on Team Cotto, it should be pointed out that the intermediary, Arum, never once lifted a finger to argue on Cotto's side of the table...despite having just lured Cotto to a two-year extension on his Top Rank contract.

that's a straigt up lie. arum argued for 145 lbs and told team pac it was gonna be at 145 lbs or nothing.

Now, the latest indignity for Cotto is that he's being told to either put up his WBO Welterweight title for the Pacquiao fight or be forced to vacate.

i gotta admit that this is pretty shady.

Cotto's take on this, and in my opinion, the correct one, is that since a World Welterweight title is fought between 140 and 147, it is against the organization's rules to be forced to fight at an arbitrary catchweight for the title.

false. so JCC/Whiatker wasn't for Whitaker's belt??? so SRL never won the lt HW belt??? please. you can't say those fights were fine but because cotto is in this won, its not ok. that's hypocritical.

The WBO, of course, cares little about fair play and professionalism and decided to counter Cotto's correct assertion by making Pacquiao their number one contender at 147, despite only one win at Welter, against an unranked De la Hoya.

i agree, that's pretty shady.

Like it or not, Cotto will put up his hard-earned title, and without a doubt, it should be made clear that he's being forced to. If Cotto balks, he will find himself without the title and it will be Pacquiao's to win anyway.

hard earned? cotto beat jennings for a vacated belt!!!!

How's that for respectful treatment of a veteran champion?

even if cotto beat margo, he'd still be treated the same way if he fought dlh. stop crying. DAMN COTTO STANS ***** SO MUCH. WHEN WILL THE COMPLAINING END.

Beaten with illegal wraps, your cheating conqueror defended by your own promoter, your promotional company allowing you to be ****d in negotiations, and the sanctioning body you represent forcing you to ignore their own bylaws and put the belt on the line...Geesh!

wtf the world doesn't revolve around cotto. stop bitching

It's no wonder guys like De la Hoya and Mayweather opted to be on their own as soon as they reached the top...there's just no loyalty among thieves.

cotto is not as big as dlh and floyd. sorry but true.

The best revenge for Cotto is to come into the Pacquiao fight, saddled with every possible psychological disadvantage, and stop the insanity right then and there with a big win...but, even then, he has to contend with the officials, who are always up for a good screw job, especially if it's in favor of a fighter "about to make history" with seven titles in seven weight divisions.

lol more crying

Judging from all of this, we can all come to the conclusion that Miguel Cotto deserves much better. Much better.

the WBO did cotto wrong. that's about it.