Comments Thread For: Sergio Martinez: I Would Love To Fight Miguel Cotto

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As a Cotto fan, the Martinez bout is not something I'd like to see...Cotto would get destroyed, maybe not KO'd by a single punch but I think Martinez would outbox him and punish him for 12..Cotto-Williams would be more competitive

Williams does nothing for me.

I'm with PaulF, Cotto/Marg II is in the pipeline.

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The only reason most people on here consider Cotto an underdog in this fight is because Martinez blasted Williams out but watch the way it happened. Williams was completely out of position with his right hand down around his waist moving into a very unorthodox windmill overhand left that Martinez threw with everything he had. I do think Cotto is the underdog but I think the fight is a lot more competitive than most think and Cotto and Steward have the skils and strategic ability to win that fight, especially if Martinez is desperate enough to come down to 155.

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like ive said before, Cotto wins a MW belt and he is back in the saddle for another superfight against Mayweather or Pac, plus he picks up a 4th div and another belt. Somebody needs to put this into his little chubby buddies ear. Realistically 154 doesn't hold much for him concerning money or legacy.

I can't really argue with anything you said there.

But this issue is about managing the risk/reward.

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it would not have mattered if Margarito was paying 100:1 vs Manny, nobody was ever going to collect that bet.

If Cotto loses, then his career is pretty much over.

I suppose it all depends upon how long Cotto intends to fight, and what his other options are at this point in time.

I think that PaulF may be right, batten down the hatches for Cotto/Marg II.

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Las Vegas - BoxingScene spoke to Team Sergio Martinez after his Las Vegas press conference, which took place over the weekend at the MGM Grand. Martinez, who is now widely regarded as the number three pound-for-pound fighter in the world has previously said that he would like to face Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather, who are regarded as the two best fighters in the world.

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Shoulder performance after injury is always very unpredictable.
Just ask MLB pitchers. Heal first. Then we will see.

If everything's right, make the fight at 154!!! Cotto will win at that weight!!

Cotto's too small for 160!

156? hmmm...

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I can't really argue with anything you said there.

But this issue is about managing the risk/reward.

e.g.
it would not have mattered if Margarito was paying 100:1 vs Manny, nobody was ever going to collect that bet.

If Cotto loses, then his career is pretty much over.

I suppose it all depends upon how long Cotto intends to fight, and what his other options are at this point in time.

I think that PaulF may be right, batten down the hatches for Cotto/Marg II.

there's nothing wrong with cotto losing to the #3p4p middleweight king sergio. but if he loses to cheato his career is definitely over. if i was cotto i would fight sergio, much higher reward than cheato.

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there's nothing wrong with cotto losing to the #3p4p middleweight king sergio. but if he loses to cheato his career is definitely over. if i was cotto i would fight sergio, much higher reward than cheato.

exactly, well said. and the reward could be very lucrative if he would win the pacman sweepstakes - a possible beatdown....

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The only reason most people on here consider Cotto an underdog in this fight is because Martinez blasted Williams out but watch the way it happened. Williams was completely out of position with his right hand down around his waist moving into a very unorthodox windmill overhand left that Martinez threw with everything he had. I do think Cotto is the underdog but I think the fight is a lot more competitive than most think and Cotto and Steward have the skils and strategic ability to win that fight, especially if Martinez is desperate enough to come down to 155.

I'm not too sure about that, I don't think so. The writing has always been on the wall for Williams because he has shocking defence and does not fight behind a jab.

Most folks are going by Williams I, and the Pavlik fight. The second P-Will fight just proved where Serg is at power-wise. Sergio predicted that, he said that he had made significant improvements to his power, and that he was gonna knock Williams TFO.

Martinez is a beast who is on top of his game, you could see that heading into the second Williams fight. A lot of people predicted a Martinez KO, I did, as did a number of others.

On the other hand, it is difficult to tell where Cotto is at right now. How much does he have left? How has he adapted to 154?

My personal feeling is that Steward could be a bit of an X-factor for Cotto, but again, that is difficult to gauge at this point. They have not been together for very long, so we only have the Foreman fight to go by. Unless anybody has some inside info on how that partnership is working out?

Also, Cotto is a welterweight, and Martinez is a big JMW.

Look you could be right, maybe Cotto would be right there in that fight.

I'd like to think so, I would love to see some good things happen for Miguel.

Maybe I am getting ****** in a little bit here, because I have always liked Cotto, but my boy Serg is in the zone right now.

Maybe this could be a good fight, what does everyone else think?

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there's nothing wrong with cotto losing to the #3p4p middleweight king sergio. but if he loses to cheato his career is definitely over. if i was cotto i would fight sergio, much higher reward than cheato.

Very good point, but the Margarito fight is personal.

I could see Cotto drawing a line in the sand if he had to.

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Sergio will fight Zbik or Andy Lee.

Would love to see the Lee fight.

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It is my sincere belief that Cotto is too slow, too weak and too shot to bother Martinez.