If Trout beats Cotto, who should he fight after that???

[Hougigo]

Since Bundrage wants no part of him.... I'd want to see him vs Canelo, Lara or Kirkland.

[pugilistprophet1994]

Trout is not gonna beat Cotto. Cotto is much too skilled. Who should Cotto fight next after Trout though?

[SCEN3RY]

Well, at this rate, according to NSB he should fight Golovkin...everybody should fight Golovkin.

Trout is a good technical fighter, just kind of waiting for that big fight, and he got one. We'll see if some of that hype was real. I've gone on record at least once...maybe just once...about some of Cotto's flaws/predictability after watching Mayweather - Cotto again, but I'm not entirely confident Trout does the job. One thing about Trout I wouldn't like in this fight is his habit to keep his right hand low, you can't do that against Cotto who throws a lot of hooks - and this is especially evident after Trout jabs, his hand [instinctively?] retracts to his waist line (one could suspect this is exactly the kind of flaw Team Cotto saw). You would be telegraphing the time at which Cotto should throw his signature left hook to the head. Plus, I don't think Trout has the power to keep Cotto at bay. It's a good fight, I'm just not convinced Trout could pull it off. In the months to come, I'll try to find a few more Trout fights to watch, so that I may gather a more concise prediction.

[4Corners]

he has said he would be willing to fight ward for the right money and perhaps a catchweight. not sure what exact articles to link you to them, but i'm sure if you search around, you'll run into one. the difference the poster you quoted is saying is that martinez is willing to come down to 154 (even 150) to fight mayweather, while ward wants martinez to move up to 168. martinez has fought and won titles at 154 while he had never had a fight above 160. see the difference?

I'm saying Martinez is a solid MW, he really is. He may not be a big MW, but he's a solid MW. Floyd is a solid WW, maybe not a big WW, but a solid one. Floyd fighting at 154 is him campaigning way above what he should be fighting at. If Martinez fought at 168, he'd be campaigning at a weight class above what he probably should be, just like Floyd would be doing by fighting at 154, which he has.

All I was saying is that if Floyd should absolutely 100% have to fight at 154 against Sergio, a weight Floyd would be campaigning out which is a weight class above what he should be, why shouldn't Sergio absolutely take a risk and go above what his weight class should be and fight Andre Ward.

I realize Floyd's fought at 154 twice, yes he actually went a weight class above what he should be at, while Martinez has yet to do that. That's all.

I want Floyd-Sergio to happen, will it happen, I don't know. I know one thing, it doesn't absolutely have to happen. Floyd has to fight Pacquiao, while Martinez should honestly be focusing on Geale, Golovkin, Quillin/N'Jikam, and cleaning out MW to make his legacy.