Cotto Wants New York As Venue For Cotto-Canelo

[Build That Wall]

Nowhere in the article does it stae ny or no fight. It does say that Canelo has NO PROBLEM going to NYC to fight.

Kudos to Big Javi, one of the few Cotto fans I respect for calling out animalisticmeth on his bulli****.

[daggum]

These types of comments are silly. Cotto has more stature at MW or w/e in the MW division catchweight the fight will be at, he SHOULD get to call more shots here & get the venue of his choice. This you're a ***** unless you agree with all the other guys demands is backwards. You should be fighting for as many advantages, perceived & legit, as you can get in fight talks. Matter of fact I'd say the guy who's just agreeing with errrrrything the other guy wants isn't being a man, he's being a pushover *****.

he has no stature. no one takes him seriously as a MW. just like no one takes canelo seriously as a MW even though his last 3 fights were there. cotto beat a cripple at a catch weight to become champ. also none of that matters when negotiating a fight. did baldomir get to choose the venue against floyd because baldomir was champ? canelo just did 31k, cotto did 12k. canelo just did 2.2 million viewers, cotto 1.5. even in cotto's "super" fight against sergio he did the same ppv numbers as canelo against a boring guy like lara. cotto is suffering from fake a-situs, where you think you are the a-side but you actually aren't ward has this as well.

[285Kid]

How is that neutral territory when canelo fights there most of the time?

Is what you want? Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California next to 76,500 fans that still away biggest then anything new york in the fall

[Build That Wall]

Is what you want? Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California next to 76,500 fans that still away biggest then anything new york in the fall

I would go. But if it takes place in a big city neutral site, best place for that might be new orleans, miami, or chicago.

[Scipio2009]

Cotto has completly embarrassed canelo in this negotiations ahahahh. I bet Cotto will pick Canelo ring entrance music and his underwear too lol. Cotto is showing canelo how a true A class operates in boxing.

Mayweather-Canelo was Class #1 and Now Cotto is giving him a lleson all the way from the nogotiations to the fight. I think canelo is about to fail the grade again and be sent back to repeat the classes lol.

Oscar De La Hoya is leading the negotiations for Golden Boy, against David Istikowitz(sp?) and Gaby Penegaricino representing Cotto; what else would you expect in negotiations? lol

[Daniel_T5]

Only reason to have it in ny is so cotto can have the crowd/judges. It should be in Vegas so it's neutral not here or shltty texas

Las vegas? neutral?? didnt canelo win on one of the cards vs mayweather in las vegas?! a fight that no one could say that canelo won 2 rounds!

[FrankieClutch]

He's just playing games. The fight will happen in Las Vegas

[SlySlickSmooth]

No reason it can't happen in Vegas.

[reneg_2]

Cotto is officially a little scared *****. NY is the equivalent of Texas. Neither of those 2 are acceptable sites. He knows it, Canelo knows it, we all do. Cotto doesn't want this fight.

[Scipio2009]

dont worry, cotto still has GGG if the canelo fight doesnt get made...
so is either canelo in vegas at 155 or GGG in NY for half the money at the full 160...

... or Cotto can vacate the WBC belt, fight anyone else in NYC, still make his $2m+, and still be positioned for another massive fight to follow (Mayweather-Cotto II would be an obvious choice if HBO were to move him off of the network).

Meanwhile, Canelo misses out on another big name, with the biggest fights available to him being vs Mundine or vs Lemeiux (well before Oscar probably wanted to go with the fight, but far before Golovkin would even be considered).

Cotto's got Canelo by the balls, and he's letting him no