Will Cotto hold the MW title hostage?

[-PBP-]

I don't even think it would have to go that bad for Golovkin for that to happen. He is being held to one of the highest standards in boxing currently, he isn't always going to live up to them.

Yup. Not fair at all. As his competition gets stiffer, his opponents will have more success and his KO ratio will go down. It happens with every fighter.

[Daddy T]

if the title is held hostage and fought over by welterweights it will devalue it immensely.

It would be like if Roy Jones somehow beat a shot Lennox Lewis and then refused to defend the heavyweight title against anyone who weighed over 200 pounds because it's 'good business'

We all know GGG is the best middleweight in the world but lots of people really don't want him to unify the titles/get a shot at the lineal belt.

[White_Knight]

I believe he will. I can't see him fighting Golovkin, who is a monster. He probably won't fight any other middleweight either. Canelo might pull out of the Lara fight if an offer is made by Cotto's people. TBDE might offer a rematch because he has to do something big to keep the Showtime contract from being a huge economic blunder.