But Cotto lives too far away?

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Yes, Floyd did retire at that time to heal his hands, according to him. I think he did it to let others build there names and make fights more lucrative.

Miguel Cotto would have been a more lucrative fight than Ricky Hatton.

[The Big Dunn]

Well... that's exactly what Floyd did though. He "retired" when the WW division was absolutely loaded. Mosley legit turned down a fight with Floyd, so him not getting a shot until he was well past it was his own fault, not Floyds. But I'm sure Floyd was fine with Margarito and Cotto beating the snot out of each other.

Then again, he wouldn't have fought them anyway. They were both with Top Rank.

The division had talent, that is true. Margs, PWill, Cintron are quality professionals, but get the "didn't fight Floyd" bump on NSB. Without that "bump" they are solid, good, big WW's that were never great.

Is there anything wrong with cotto/margs fighting a unification bout at that point? Perhaps had Bob just paid Floyd what he wanted, the fights would've happened, although I think Floyd had made his mind up that he was "under paid" and was going after ODH no matter what.

[The Big Dunn]

Miguel Cotto would have been a more lucrative fight than Ricky Hatton.

I believe Bob chose not to pay Floyd the purse he wanted for the Cotto fight, so while "on paper" I would agree it would've been more lucrative, in reality the fight was impossible to make at that point.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

I believe Bob chose not to pay Floyd the purse he wanted for the Cotto fight, so while "on paper" I would agree it would've been more lucrative, in reality the fight was impossible to make at that point.

Floyd was not with Arum in 2008.

[Larry the boss]

Miguel Cotto would have been a more lucrative fight than Ricky Hatton.

Naw i have to disagree with that,Hatton had crazy popularity at that time,remember the crowd that night? craziest **** i have ever seen

[Larry the boss]

Floyd was not with Arum in 2008.

Yea another reason that fight was impossible to make at that time.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Naw i have to disagree with that,Hatton had crazy popularity at that time,remember the crowd that night? craziest **** i have ever seen

Miguel Cotto had fought his entire career in the US and was selling out Madison Square Garden. He had just beaten Shane Mosley - it was THE fight to make in boxing and would have been more lucrative than Hatton-Mayweather.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Yea another reason that fight was impossible to make at that time.

Arum fighters were still fighting Golden Boy fighters at that time and for at least another year.

[The Big Dunn]

Floyd was not with Arum in 2008.

I know dirk, he refused to pay him before that, which resulted in the split. I just assumed we were on the same page and I didn't need to state that. My mistake.

[Larry the boss]

Arum fighters were still fighting Golden Boy fighters at that time and for at least another year.

Floyd was not a GoldenBoy fighter,they just promoted his fights,but Floyd was at odds with Arum who still owed him money for the Judah fight