Should Cotto retire if he loses to Pacquiao?

[Navyboxer1109]

If Cotto loses to this midget, not only should he retire, he should jump off a bridge and smash a river float.

Regardless of the fact that you're a Cotto hater, and a Cotto fan hater as well, he still has a lot of good fights left in him. He's already proposed to retire soon, regardless of his standing in the boxing world, words he said himself, so no need to ruin a perfectly good river float.

[..WaRSpencE..]

LMAO if the TS is who I remember..I think I read that Cotto was an "*******" toward him when he ran up on him like a groupie..and ever since then he jumped on Mayweathers "charismatic kindness" and became a hardcore Cotto hater.. talk about bein butt hurt!

now he should retire if he loses a catchweight battle against the JrWW Lineal Champion?..

and you guys wanna keep callin Pacquiao a "former 106lb fighter" yea..he was 16 yrs ago!..tell him to even try and make 135 or much less 130 now..and watch his lil ass crumble like his "idol" De La Hoya!!..

[Kevin Jesus]

TS you gotta make a poll for these kinds of threads.

[Iceta]

Pacquiao may be the #1 P4P fighter in the world, but to me, I don't see what's so impressive about Cotto beating him. He's probably going to blow up to Middleweight and have a big size advantage on him just like Floyd did with JMM. Cotto's fans just can't admit that he is mediocre and doesn't have the ability to move up in weight class. You guys complain about Paul Williams, but at least he is moving up the latter and not looking down. The only three fighters that Cotto has fought that he didn't either have a size or strength advantage against he either barely won or quit. I don't have Cotto anywhere near a P4P list.

[DonTaseMeBrah]

LMAO if the TS is who I remember..I think I read that Cotto was an "*******" toward him when he ran up on him like a groupie..and ever since then he jumped on Mayweathers "charismatic kindness" and became a hardcore Cotto hater.. talk about bein butt hurt!

now he should retire if he loses a catchweight battle against the JrWW Lineal Champion?..

and you guys wanna keep callin Pacquiao a "former 106lb fighter" yea..he was 16 yrs ago!..tell him to even try and make 135 or much less 130 now..and watch his lil ass crumble like his "idol" De La Hoya!!..

LMFAO!!!!!!

[Jiddu Dali]

I don't know if this topic has been made, but I was discussing this with some friends yesterday, and we pretty much agreed that he should. He has not seemed himself lately, and even if this has been because he has been fighting good comp, he should quit while he's still healthy. He has handled his money well, and I think he's financially secure.

If a small dude like Pac manages to beat him, I think he should fight some average fighter here in PR as a farewell fight, similar to Tito-Cherifi. He could still beat some other WWs even if he loses to Pac, but why push it? He'd have taken a lot of punishment. I was just watching the Margarito fight last night, and that **** was brutal. It was nearly Tito-Vargas level.

Retire after 2 losses?

[El Angel]

Lose to the #1 P4P fighter in the world and you should retire? I disagree. Granted Pacquiao is smaller, but I don't see any shame in losing to Pacquiao. Margarito rematch, Mosley rematch, Clottey rematch and even Berto would still be there.

[tito yuca]

To everyone who has answered with the same "retiring after just 2 losses is ******", y'all must be forgetting the beatdown Margarito put on this dude. Losing 20 times by decision is not as bad as losing just once in that fashion. Ask Fernando Vargas or Meldrick Taylor what a brutal KO defeat can do to your health and your career.

I bring this up because, like I said in the original post, he has obviously shown he has declined. Losing to Pac would be the biggest evidence that he is not the same fighter he was years ago. He truly has no business losing to such a small dude. I ask if he should retire because of his health. Of course he could still beat other fighters out there, but it would be detrimental to his health in the long run. Most people here don't seem to understand that.

[baracuda]

no...he's only 28....a lot of great fights to be made.....