Someone help me understand this about the Canelo-Cotto fight..

[SeekDaGreat]

This little thing called Pacquiao/mayweather...

You're not factoring in that the fight would have been pushed back. You thibk they would have stuck to the May 2nd date? They would not.

[racer59]

They weren't planning on going head to head with nobody. There wouldn't be 2 ppvs the same night. They wanted to push Floyd off the date completely. And if they did, that would also kill their buys. That makes no sense at all to do. Oscar has khan also.

June 13. 6 weeks. Would have been better than may.

How do you know? You really don't know more about the situation than anybody else here. Everything you've posted so far has been conjecture.

If Floyd would have fought anyone else, that would have been on his team to decide.

June may be better, but you can either afford it or you can't.

[racer59]

Why couldn't Canelo wait until June? I don't get it.

Because he really wants to fight in May. What's not to get.

[KillaMane26]

Got to look at the facts.

Cotto had a damn good shot at beating Floyd if they were to fight again. Which would be the biggest win of his career. And if he beat Floyd, it would mean fighting (faded) Pacquiao up at middleweight, even if he had to switch trainers again. Decent chance of winning that too. And lots of money.

Cotto also had a good chance at beating Canelo, but I don't think he's interested in the possibility of getting his ass stomped out by a Mexican at the point. And if he won? People are going to say he just beat a hypejob that Floyd exposed anyway.

Yeah, it was a lot of money. But any fight Cotto is in is going to be a lot of money.

HMMM....Negative

[AllBoxingAD]

The fact is that Canelo and Cotto both werent commited to fighting each other.

Canelo tried to use Cotto as a pawn to help him get the May date.

Cotto is all about keeping his options open, he has no preference as long as he gets things his way.

[PACnPBFsuck]

The fight would have been pushed back. No question.

Not according to Oscar, he said that Canelo is fighting May 2nd unless Floyd vs Manny is made.

Now let's say Floyd and Manny went different ways, Oscar was gonna go ahead with his PPV against Cotto on May 2nd also, unless you read something different.

[SeekDaGreat]

Canelo didn't know Floyd Pac was getting made
Cotto didn't know Floyd Pac was being made
Cotto didn't know if he was going to get a rematch with Mayweather.

Cotto knew a fight with an amount of money he had never made before and an amount of money he might never be offered again was on the table and he didn't take it.

Who even know if he would have accepted it had Canelo waited, those words can straight from Cotto's advisor. He might have, might not.

It just looks like he really didn't want the Canelo fight.

[SeekDaGreat]

Not according to Oscar, he said that Canelo is fighting May 2nd unless Floyd vs Manny is made.

Now let's say Floyd and Manny went different ways, Oscar was gonna go ahead with his PPV against Cotto on May 2nd also, unless you read something different.

Okay lets say all that happened as you say it would, was it still a career high payday or not?

[SeekDaGreat]

Everything you guys are saying is probability. Probably this, possibly that.

What we know is that Cotto was going to get a career high payday regardless of what transpired and he didn't jump on it.

[SeekDaGreat]

The fact is that Canelo and Cotto both werent commited to fighting each other.

Canelo tried to use Cotto as a pawn to help him get the May date.

Cotto is all about keeping his options open, he has no preference as long as he gets things his way.

Not sure what other options you need when you're offered the guaranteed biggest payday of your life, where you're Aside, and the potential of a flexible date.