Cotto's team says they wont vacate WBC title

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Cotto won't be stripped, at least not before the fight. No way will the WBC give up that huge sanctioning fee.

WBC has no choice. Golovkin is the official mandatory defense and Cotto must fight him next or Golovkin must come to an acceptable agreement to step aside. No agreement, Cotto will be stripped if he attempts to defend the title against anyone else. WBC has no control over the situation. GGG and K2 will get a court injunction if required to stop the fight.

But will he fight him at 160? That has been the real question.

Golovkin is the mandatory defense and there can be no conditions such as a catchweight applied to a mandatory defense. The fight will be at 160 if it was to happen. If Cotto has a problem with that, he can vacate.

Of course, both he and Canelo have to sign the agreement first. Something they have yet to do.

[Hougigo]

WBC has no choice. Golovkin is the official mandatory defense and Cotto must fight him next or Golovkin must come to an acceptable agreement to step aside. No agreement, Cotto will be stripped if he attempts to defend the title against anyone else. WBC has no control over the situation. GGG and K2 will get a court injunction if required to stop the fight.

They can do it and risk getting sued... or see if they have anything to save their ass like when Cotto beat Martinez and said Rubio would only fight next if Martinez won

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True, but he's gonna fight him and cotto's has never been a guy to "duck" people like these other posters here claim.

By not fighting Golovkin in his next fight, as he is mandated to do as WBC champion, Cotto is effectively ducking GGG. His fans can no longer claim that Cotto has never ducked anyone.

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They can do it and risk getting sued... or see if they have anything to save their ass like when Cotto beat Martinez and said Rubio would only fight next if Martinez won

It's not a risk of getting sued, it is a certainty. Loeffler has stated in no uncertain terms that if there is no signed agreement, they will force WBC to strip Cotto of the title. And the last time something similar happened, WBC went to court and lost and almost closed their doors as a result. I can go to the WBC web site and easily find at least a half dozen statements from Sulaiman and the WBC that Golovkin is the mandatory defense for Cotto and that he MUST ABSOLUTELY FIGHT HIM AFTER HIS VOLUNTARY DEFENSE. These posts go back to the day GGG won the interim title from Rubio, and are repeated quite often since that day.

WBC have less to stand on than Martinez does with his shot to crap knees. No agreement, they must strip Cotto or end up in court. If it goes that far, there may no longer be a WBC title belt in ANY weight class or ANY sanctioning fees for them to collect from ANY fight.

[King Man]

If Cotto fights Golovkin, hes a legend win or lose

[mannyman]

If Cotto fights and beats Canelo followed by GGG he has to go down as top 3 of this generation after May and Pac. He literally fought everyone.

[BoxingLegend89']

Now let the new hater threads begin.....

"GGG will kill cotto"

But but but he ducking doe

I told you all chicanos and brush that cotto is the roberto duran of our era, win or lose he has fought them all...... and hes not done yet.

#Respect
#WARPINKCOTTO

[BoxingLegend89']

If Cotto fights and beats Canelo followed by GGG he has to go down as top 3 of this generation after May and Pac. He literally fought everyone.

Haters like amanda, brush, canelojuah and bardok will find a way to hate... its nature.

Canelo has ankle problems = crippled
GGG fight will be at 157 = dehydrated

There you go those are the excuses the names i mentioned will use. I will copy and paste this in a year when those threads are made.

Once a hater always a hater.

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Haters like amanda, brush, canelojuah and bardok will find a way to hate... its nature.

Canelo has ankle problems = crippled
GGG fight will be at 157 = dehydrated

There you go those are the excuses the names i mentioned will use. I will copy and paste this in a year when those threads are made.

Once a hater always a hater.

If there is a GGG fight, it will be at 160. Cannot put conditions on a mandatory defense. Unless Cotto plans to get those rules changed as well? Cotto NEVER fights GGG.

[BrometheusBob.]

By not fighting Golovkin in his next fight, as he is mandated to do as WBC champion, Cotto is effectively ducking GGG. His fans can no longer claim that Cotto has never ducked anyone.

Oh come on, you're saying if Cotto signs an agreement to fight Canelo and winner fights GGG you'd still say he is ducking?? That's reaching man, gotta give Cotto some respect for this.

If Cotto fights and beats Canelo followed by GGG he has to go down as top 3 of this generation after May and Pac. He literally fought everyone.

The odds are not looking great for him to get both of those wins, but yes that would be an astounding feat.