Comments Thread For: Not So Fast On Miguel Cotto vs. Canelo Alvarez

[radioraheem]

I'm not saying the fight won't happen, nor am I rooting for it to fall apart. I'd love to see this fight. I'm just calling bulls(p)it on Oscar's claims. The fight is not as close as he is suggesting is the case, and Oscar is looking for leverage that, quite frankly, his side doesn't have.

Exactly!

[Beater_of_ass]

first of all this site reported that haymon was trying to steal cotto as a rumor, there wasnt even a known source for that...
and just because the OP says cotto has no network contract doesnt mean is true, it was previously reported by several sources including pena, de la hoya & kevin iole among others that cotto has a network contract... but i guess jake donovan is a more trusted source for you...
just think about it, the main reason canelo goes to hbo is for the cotto fight...

Who knows why Canelo went to HBO, couldn't it be that he said he wants to fight on cinco de mayo and he can't do that on Showtime if Mayweather has the date. There are multiple scenarios on why he could have left, but this article has a direct quote saying Cotto can fight who he wants so I'm going to take the most recent information.

Cotto's already had a two fights with HBO, where is there any information stating he had three? What we do know is Roach said he thinks Cotto is a free agent because, as Roach said, "he's good about that." Now there is a second article confirming that.

Rumor or not if Canelo was Cotto's best option that fight would be done already. That's obviously not the case and where there's smoke, there's fire. The Manny/Floyd fight talk started as a rumor, turned out to be true I have no reason to think that everyone is still keeping their options open, or eliminating possibilities.

[jbpanama]

Cotto's best Option is FRAUD,

and FRAUD's best Option is Cotto....

At 160, Cotto has a Chance against FRAUD, and

Slim and None against GGG or the El Cinnamon Gato!!!

Win or lose, Our Hero will Hang Khan out to dry...
and fight Cotto, @156# Catchweight, for the MW Strap, in May...

[MrRolltide91]

Who knows why Canelo went to HBO, couldn't it be that he said he wants to fight on cinco de mayo and he can't do that on Showtime if Mayweather has the date. There are multiple scenarios on why he could have left, but this article has a direct quote saying Cotto can fight who he wants so I'm going to take the most recent information.

Cotto's already had a two fights with HBO, where is there any information stating he had three? What we do know is Roach said he thinks Cotto is a free agent because, as Roach said, "he's good about that." Now there is a second article confirming that.

Rumor or not if Canelo was Cotto's best option that fight would be done already. That's obviously not the case and where there's smoke, there's fire. The Manny/Floyd fight talk started as a rumor, turned out to be true I have no reason to think that everyone is still keeping their options open, or eliminating possibilities.

wasn't cotto negotiating a fight between manny and floyd but chose floyd because he didn't want to fight manny at a catchweight in 2012?

[ElMeroChingon]

I just hope Canelo vs Cotto gets made.

I would be upset if it's Mayweather Cotto, I'm personally tired of rematches, just wasting everyone's time, Top fighters are not fighting new names, extending their resume's, giving fans fights we would like to see. Instead we get these predictable boring rematches.

Mayweather fight Pacquiao
Cotto fight Canelo.


it's that simple.



These are two of the best matchups for 2015, hands down. Not easy to pick a winner on either one.

[HeroBando]

wasn't cotto negotiating a fight between manny and floyd but chose floyd because he didn't want to fight manny at a catchweight in 2012?

No, he still liked the catchweight then, just like he liked it 6 months earlier vs Marg:

http://www.boxingscene.com/cotto-pacquiao-fear-me-mayweather-go-154--48943

It was after Floyd, when Pac agreed to cw, that he didnt like it any more. Didnt like the money either, so he went on to look like a midget vs Trout and lose and storm out of the ring, for a cool million

[Beater_of_ass]

wasn't cotto negotiating a fight between manny and floyd but chose floyd because he didn't want to fight manny at a catchweight in 2012?

Yes, but when Cotto joined Roach not fighting Manny was one of Freedie's conditions. They'll never fight again... unless Cotto loses and then leaves Roach of course.

[icha]

Who knows why Canelo went to HBO, couldn't it be that he said he wants to fight on cinco de mayo and he can't do that on Showtime if Mayweather has the date. There are multiple scenarios on why he could have left, but this article has a direct quote saying Cotto can fight who he wants so I'm going to take the most recent information.

Cotto's already had a two fights with HBO, where is there any information stating he had three? What we do know is Roach said he thinks Cotto is a free agent because, as Roach said, "he's good about that." Now there is a second article confirming that.

Rumor or not if Canelo was Cotto's best option that fight would be done already. That's obviously not the case and where there's smoke, there's fire. The Manny/Floyd fight talk started as a rumor, turned out to be true I have no reason to think that everyone is still keeping their options open, or eliminating possibilities.

we will find out very soon, in the meantime here is some info from freddy roach who seems to have the same opinion as de la hoya...

El veterano entrenador reveló que el campeón peso mediano puertorriqueño está muy cerca de llegar a un acuerdo con el mexicano Saúl 'Canelo' Álvarez para un combate que tendrá lugar el 2 de mayo y en el que expondrá su corona del Consejo Mundial de Boxeo (CMB).
El escenario aún no ha sido seleccionado, aunque Texas y Nueva York continúan como fuertes candidatos.
Además Roach reiteró que 'Canelo' es la principal opción para Cotto, tan seguro como en un "100 por ciento", aunque el mismo no ha sido firmado tal y como ha trascendido por recientes declaraciones del promotor de Álvarez, Oscar de la Hoya.

http://www.espndeportes.com/news/story/_/id/2251443/roach-insiste-sera-cotto-canelo

[doobear]

LMAO well damn tell em how you really feel.

[doobear]

No, he still liked the catchweight then, just like he liked it 6 months earlier vs Marg:

http://www.boxingscene.com/cotto-pacquiao-fear-me-mayweather-go-154--48943

It was after Floyd, when Pac agreed to cw, that he didnt like it any more. Didnt like the money either, so he went on to look like a midget vs Trout and lose and storm out of the ring, for a cool million

??? That's not what the article said at all it was clear pac wanted to fight at catch weight cotto said we'll fight this time at my weight Pac chickened out. Comprehension is key when reading