Comments Thread For: Floyd Mayweather: Top Rank Protected Cotto From Me

[jjbj2]

Floyd why don't you fight with Cotto:

- He isn't famous enough.
Cotto at the time is a rising Junior Welterweight and undefeated.

- He isn't a PPV attraction.
Cotto has only done a few PPVs numbering a few hundred thousands.

- He lives far away in an island.
Floyd was recorded that Cotto lived to far away for a fight between them to materialize.

- I am taking a vacation.
Floyd was recorded that he is taking a vacation just after beating Ricky Hatton.

[Canelo Phresh]

neither. im the truest boxing fan you'll ever meet.

riiiiiiiiiight..........

[gayfish]

I thought Cotto lives too far in Puerto Rico?

he will always live too far. thats the way floyd wants it to be.

[Carpe Diem]

"I was trying to fight these guys," Mayweather said. "I was calling all these guys out. I was asking for these guys a long time ago. If I couldn't get 'em, I couldn't get 'em."Cotto used to be at the Top Rank gym every day, according to Mayweather. ("He was a fan," said Ellerbe. "He was always very respectful.")

"The Cotto fight never happened," Mayweather said, "because Arum was like, 'De La Hoya has gone, Mayweather's done a couple fights with another promoter, I don't know if he's gonna be with me that much longer. So before I let him beat my fighter and leave, I'd rather not let that fight happen."

"We asked for that fight," Ellerbe added. "Me and Floyd both sat in Bob's office and asked for that fight when we were with him. They would never let us anywhere near him."

"No, it's not that," corrected Mayweather. "We asked for the fight and they said OK, but first they used [Henry] Bruseles -- he had the same style, from the same stable -- as a test." ("A crash dummy," in Ellerbe's description.)

"[They said] we'll see how this fight is gonna play out," Mayweather said. "They did, and they said, 'No' [after Mayweather dominated Bruseles and stopped him in the eighth round in January 2005]."

Cotto has "always been Todd's personal pet project, coming up through the ranks," said Ellerbe, referring to Top Rank president Todd duBoef.

"They would never, never put Cotto nowhere near Floyd. Then, after Floyd became his own boss and he's generating all these record revenues, then all of a sudden when he wins a fight, that's when they start saying, 'Oh, he was afraid of the bogeyman.'"

"When I was with Top Rank, I was the best fighter they ever had," Mayweather said. "That's the [nonsense] Arum feeds everybody. If Arum is paying you all, please let me know. So we got Bob Arum, when I'm with him, he says, 'Ain't nobody can ever beat this fighter. He's the best I ever had.' Right? But then when I left and I become my own boss, suddenly it's, 'He's scared of Antonio Margarito.' All the fighters they say I'm scared of are Arum fighters.

[gayfish]

riiiiiiiiiight..........

ask me anything. got my education from strugg.

[puga]

no floyd....you protected yourself from cotto and margs by retiring.....stop with the lies junior...

[Canelo Phresh]

ask me anything. got my education from strugg.

lmao!!! Who ru buddy? i like u now.

[gayfish]

lmao!!! Who ru buddy? i like u now.

im the poster whose gonna save your WWE watching ***** ass from being ignorant. and you're very welcome.

[Canelo Phresh]

im the poster whose gonna save your WWE watching ***** ass from being ignorant. and you're very welcome.

i only watch when THE ROCK is on. beyond that its worthless

[Dan Gutierrez]

Cotto is a well known fighter and Floyd Mayweather is a chicken. Miguel Cotto can eat chicken Floyd alive.