Comments Thread For: De La Hoya Admits Cotto-Canelo Negotiations Are Tough

[Dagomba]

Beating the lineal MW champion of the world, crippled or not is better than anything Canelo has done since. He's at least looked better in every fight than Canelo, with the exception of Angulo and a paralyzed Sergio is 10x's the fighter Angulo is.

Do you honestly think HBO executives and promoters look at their fights and say "Well Cotto did look better against his opposition than Canelo, he beat the MW champion bla bla bla..."

No man they look at numbers and revenue. Whoever pulls the better numbers get what they want. This is difficult because they're both powerhouse names and they both have leverage. Neither side can afford to let this fight go though so this is why it's tough, both of these divas want to get what the want.

[Da Boxer]

Cotto is waiting, also Mayweather for the Khan fight, if Khan lose, Cotto will be the guy vs Mayweather on May 2, I heard that here in Puerto Rico in a interview to Miguel yesterday before today boxing card here of Wilferedo Vazques, he and May will do it if Khan lose, if Khan win, he will go with Canelo on May 2.

Very interesting. I did not see but I was on the phone with my father and he stated that Miguel was about to be interviewed. Ill call him and see if he can recall.

[Da Boxer]

Styles makes fights, Cotto moves a lot in and out, gets in to punch and then gets out, truth of the matter is that he's an excellent tactician but if Canelo catches him good it's over, and Canelo has been there with 3 of the most slickest boxers on this time Trout, Mayweather and Lara.

You could argue that Lara won the fight but it was a close one, and there were some rounds where Lara was afraid of Canelo you could tell by that upper that cutted him above the eye. Cotto is a good mover but Lara is a Hell of a Mover, Canelo is gonna catch him and Cotto is gonna go down, easy as that.

Jose Cotto hurted him when he was 17........he's 24, been there with the best of the best and he hasn't been hurt, believe me Canelo has a solid chin.

He was NOT 17 dumbazz he was 20 years old.

[MrRolltide91]

Very interesting. I did not see but I was on the phone with my father and he stated that Miguel was about to be interviewed. Ill call him and see if he can recall.

What happen?

[icha]

update to this topic, arum told espn yesterday that he wants the fight on 5 de mayo weekend at Dallas...he says he is very confident they could make it happen there...
there is the link if someone wants to translate the most important parts...

http://www.espndeportes.com/news/story/_/id/2233062/

Bob Arum está convencido de que la pelea entre Miguel Cotto y Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez puede concretarse el próximo 5 de mayo, en el estadio de los Dallas Cowboys en Arlington.
"Nada está asegurado aún, pero creo que las negociaciones con todas las partes van en buen camino", dijo Arum en Macao, China. "Creo que el estadio de los Cowboys sería el lugar ideal, por muchas razones, incluyendo la capacidad".
"Espero que la pelea, la cartelera, todo se concrete y podamos llevarla a Dallas", dijo. "Tenemos muy buenas experiencias allá con las dos peleas de Manny (Pacquiao)".