Cotto vs Floyd @ 154 5/5/2012

[SERVILEV]

Wont get that far, Pacq Mayw is going down in may2012!
Wish Mayw would fight both Marg and Cotto! I think Mayw would struggle
with both!

[SCtrojansbaby]

It does make Floyd the most money outside of a Pac fight.

a Floyd vs Khan fight would make WAAAAAAAAAY more than a Floyd vs Cotto fight

[1dcsailor]

It won't happen...Bob Arum is his promoter.

[BoZz]

Arum said that the fight might not happen because Pacquiao had a serious cut in his last fight , who is the biggest puzzy of all time now ?




Arum: Maybe May 5th isn’t a good date for Pacquiao-Mayweather , Pacquiao has a serious cut
December 5th, 2011 :

By Chris Williams: It looks like Bob Arum is already trying to get out of matching his cash cow fighter Manny Pacquiao against Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 5th, because Pacquiao sustained a bad cut in his last fight against Juan Manuel Marquez. Is Arum stalling for time? As soon as Mayweather beats Pacquiao the gravy train is going to come to a screeching halt. I smell fear.

Arum said “It doesn’t have to happen on May 5. If Floyd wants to fight Pacquiao, maybe another date is preferable given the fact that Pacquiao had a serious cut in his last fight. So there’s no magic in May 5 as far as we’re concerned. There is magic in a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight.”

Isn’t six months enough time for Pacquiao’s cut to be healed? Why would he need even more time? I saw close ups of the cut and it didn’t look like a cut that needed six or more months for it to heal. Is Arum looking to get out of the fight so he can continue matching Pacquiao up with his Top Rank stable fighters? We’ve already seen Pacquiao fight Top Rank stable fighters Joshua Clottey, Antonio Margarito and Miguel Cotto.

Do we need another delay in the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight for Pacquiao to fight another one of them?

Mayweather Jr. said he wants to fight on May 5th, so Arum needs to try as hard as he can to make the fight between Mayweather and Pacquiao. Arum can work quickly when he wants to. He arranged the Pacquiao-Clottey fight practically overnight. But that was after they gave up on the Mayweather fight due to Pacquiao not agreeing to the cutoff date that Mayweather wanted for blood tests for performance enhancing drugs.

I’d hate to see Arum put off the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight even longer and risk Pacquiao getting beaten by someone. He’s clearly slipped a notch as a fighter, and I can see him getting beaten by one of these guys sooner or later unless Arum matches him up with some soft targets.

http://www.************.com/2011/12/...a-serious-cut/

damn that old scumbag is such a liar

[borikua]

a Floyd vs Khan fight would make WAAAAAAAAAY more than a Floyd vs Cotto fight

Not sure about that.

[SCtrojansbaby]

Not sure about that.

The fight would be a HUGE seller for sky in the UK and Khan would draw just as many fans as Cotto to whatever venue they choose.

[gmc_rfc_06]

No thanks.

Not a fight I'd like for Miguel, there's big fights out there that can be made. His promoter doesn't want Floyd anyway, so it's unlikely.

[Ray*]

I still dont get what the fascination in cotto fighting Mayweather, For me personally the appeal for this fight on a level playing field is somewhat gone, I see Cotto getting beat comprehensively, Too slow, too damage, too easy to hit, too easy to corner and then stamina in questioned especially against a fighter like Mayweather who paces himself well, The only thing Cotto has for Mayweather would be his timing and even that would play into Mayweather's hand easily.

[borikua]

I still dont get what the fascination in cotto fighting Mayweather, For me personally the appeal for this fight on a level playing field is somewhat gone, I see Cotto getting beat comprehensively, Too slow, too damage, too easy to hit, too easy to corner and then stamina in questioned especially against a fighter like Mayweather who paces himself well, The only thing Cotto has for Mayweather would be his timing and even that would play into Mayweather's hand easily.

Yeap, just like Pac should have wipe out Marquez. Cotto does pretty good against boxers.

[jack_the_rippuh]

Mayweather beating Cotto would do nothing for Floyd legacy-wise. He already won the 154 title.

If Cotto can beat Pacquiao in a rematch, then that might attract Mayweather a little more.

The thing what killed things for Cotto was when he loss to Pacquiao. If he never loss to Pac, after avenging the Margarito loss, people would've still looked at him as an elite fighter.