Comments Thread For: Cotto’s anti-establishment stance leaves GGG powerless

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

By Lyle Fitzsimmons - For the contrarians who lament the muddled state of championship boxing and suggest we simply do away with sanctioning bodies and ignore their self-serving rules, you have a hero in your midst.

Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce Miguel Cotto.

The World Boxing Council’s middleweight kingpin (for the time being, at least) struck a blow for title-level disorder Saturday night, but it wasn’t when he dispatched a bloated, non-combative Daniel Geale.

Rather, the Puerto Rican star made his biggest statement after the fight, when he confirmed that his next trick would be to once again step through the Mexico-based organization’s mandatory challenger – Gennady Golovkin – to engineer a pay-per-view match later this year with Saul “Canelo” Alvarez.

The WBC’s president was smiling in the ring after the TKO and has suggested his alphabet group will sign off on a Cotto-Alvarez match – even though Alvarez holds no belts and has defeated no middleweight contenders – with the proviso that a pre-fight contract be drawn up guaranteeing Golovkin’s got next. [Click Here To Read More]

[Barcham]

WOW! Another rehash of what we have been posting about around here for months now. And once again... here is the important part...

The WBC’s president was smiling in the ring after the TKO and has suggested his alphabet group will sign off on a Cotto-Alvarez match – even though Alvarez holds no belts and has defeated no middleweight contenders – with the proviso that a pre-fight contract be drawn up guaranteeing Golovkin’s got next.

Unfortunately Cotto and Canelo refuse to sign such a contract so I guess Cotto will be stripped. Now I'll sit back and wait for all the Cotto jockstraps to come in and ask for proof that Sulaiman actually said that, because every time I have posted that info over the past couple of weeks I have basically been called a liar.

[The Problem Child]

Kneeguel Chocha is a ****ing coward. Nahul Can'telo Futuralvarez is another little bish coward as well.

Golovkin MURDERS BOTH, on the same night.

[joesaiditstrue]

i don't think anybody really wanted or expected Cotto to fight GGG, but what most of us wanted was for him to be stripped if he didn't

hopefully this is what happens, cotto can go back down to 154 since he claims he isn't a middleweight, and can no longer hold the lineal title hostage

[Build That Wall]

Cotto is a diva that needs to be punished. He needs to be made an example of. GGG needs to bash this Diva's brains in.

[Bigg Rigg]

Cotto vs Canelo coming soon.... Big drama show!!! GGG just has to fall back for now.

[whitelightning8]

By Lyle Fitzsimmons - For the contrarians who lament the muddled state of championship boxing and suggest we simply do away with sanctioning bodies and ignore their self-serving rules, you have a hero in your midst.

Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce Miguel Cotto.

The World Boxing Council’s middleweight kingpin (for the time being, at least) struck a blow for title-level disorder Saturday night, but it wasn’t when he dispatched a bloated, non-combative Daniel Geale.

Rather, the Puerto Rican star made his biggest statement after the fight, when he confirmed that his next trick would be to once again step through the Mexico-based organization’s mandatory challenger – Gennady Golovkin – to engineer a pay-per-view match later this year with Saul “Canelo” Alvarez.

The WBC’s president was smiling in the ring after the TKO and has suggested his alphabet group will sign off on a Cotto-Alvarez match – even though Alvarez holds no belts and has defeated no middleweight contenders – with the proviso that a pre-fight contract be drawn up guaranteeing Golovkin’s got next. [Click Here To Read More]

I dont know how Lyle can follow boxing for so long and be so wrong so often. Cotto is not the middleweight champion, he's the 157 lb champion. I stole this from someone earlier but didn't feel like figuring out who. He's petrified of Golovkin, has nothing to do with bucking the alphabet titles. Get it together Lyle.

[nycsmooth]

If Alvarez beats Cotto as I think he will, Cotto will retire..

[MDPopescu]

Are there any advanced negotiations for the Cotto-Alvarez fight? Did Floyd choose his September opponent?

[RawDawgHasSpokn]

I don't think Cotto or Canelo will fight GGG in the near future. I tab Canelo to win over Cotto and Cotto to go down to 154 or should I say 152 for the remainder of his career. Future looks bright for Canelo if he can take the straps for 160 and unify at 154.

1 more thing, I wouldn't be surprised to see Floyd try to steal away Cotto for Sept. 12th.