Comments Thread For: Miguel Cotto Passed on 12/13 Return, Back in 2015

[Fetta]

Why can't canelo and cotto fight each other in December?

Isnt HBO out of budget?

[Evol]

Why take that long a layoff in general? Its not like he has to recover after the Martinez fight. Kinda disappointing really/

He has to recover from balling out of control. Let the man rest and enjoy himself.

[ElMeroChingon]

Good, I support this decision a 100%. I want him to go a 100% into that Canelo fight, it will be a physically demanding fight. Better not risk an injury... it's time for this fight to finally happen.

Canelo should do the same or they should just go ahead and agree to fight in December / January.

Let them fight in May and take away Mayweather's May date, that way he has to fight Pacquiao to even compete, we the fight fans win either way, sounds like a plan

[Don Pichardo]

Doesnt want to lose to ruin big fight

I think there was a riff in camps. Cotto didn't want to go to philipines to train as roach was wanting since he is busy with pac. Seems to me cotto wants to 100% dedication for his fights. I suspect he will fight in Jan/Feb. There will still be three months for a May fight. So he passed on split training with pac and training in a place he didn't want to. He learned his lesson from trout with half assed training. I will be disappointed if he doesn't fight before may. Long layoff are not going to be good if he ends up in the ring with mayweather/GGG/Canelo.

[Assteroid Field]

I think there was a riff in camps. Cotto didn't want to go to philipines to train as roach was wanting since he is busy with pac. Seems to me cotto wants to 100% dedication for his fights. I suspect he will fight in Jan/Feb. There will still be three months for a May fight. So he passed on split training with pac and training in a place he didn't want to. He learned his lesson from trout with half assed training. I will be disappointed if he doesn't fight before may. Long layoff are not going to be good if he ends up in the ring with mayweather/GGG/Canelo.

This right here. Roach said Cotto wouldn't go to the Philippines, so he was planning on having Somodio cover Cotto for 4 weeks at wild card, then Roach would be back for the last 3 weeks.

I can't make sense out of what some people are saying. How is he having a long layoff, or likely to avoid injuries for a May 2015 fight when he's fighting CLOSER to the date. In any case it'd be too short of a rest period between fights.

[nycsmooth]

Worst thong cotto did was beat Sergio, now he won't face any credible MW/GGG....

[MrRolltide91]

Isnt HBO out of budget?

I didn't know that

[PRBOXINGCOTTO]

This is roach fault PAC does not need him to beat a bum in chris

[Butt stuff]

...and that was the last time anyone ever saw the Middleweight Championship.

Cotto, the longest reigning Lineal Middleweight Champion in history with a record '0' consecutive defenses.

[Hougigo]

I didn't know that

Yea, they're running short.

GGG/Rubio and Donaire/Walters Oct 18
Kovalev/Hopkins Nov 8
Terrence Crawford/ maybe Grandovich Nov 29
Canelo/TBA Dec 6 or 13
Timothy Bradley Dec 6 or 13

Also Ruslan and Andrade still coming back with a possible Rios
Ward being gone should've freed up some money, but most likely going to Canelo in a last minute move

plus they've been shrinking their budget recently.

Isnt HBO out of budget?

If Cotto/Canelo did fight, it would be PPV