Comments Thread For: Miguel Cotto: I Don't Need Golovkin To Write My Story!

[No Tomorrow]

Cotto resume is one of the best of any active fighters in boxing at this moment

at 140 Defended his WBO title againsta few undefeated fighters and big punchers such as Kelson Pinto (21-0-19kos) , Ricardo Torres (27-0-26kos), defeated a seasoned veteran in Demarcus Corley (29-3-1-19kos), Defeated big puncher veteran Randall Bailey (28-4-27kos) Cotto KOed all of them! Malignaggi (27-0-4kos) lost and had his jaw broken in to pieces....

at 147 He defeated Carlos Quintana (22-0-18kos), Zab Judah (34-4-25kos)(still in his prime), Shane Mosley (still in his prime, coming off 2 big wins against Fernando Vargas and Oscar De la Hoya). Lost to Margacheato (loaded gloves we all know) (almost got killed by the dirty mexican). Came back and defeated Joshua Clottey (very avoided fighter at 147 due to dirty tactic headbutts). Was weight drained to 155 pounds in order to fight "PED" Pacquiao at the time (WAS KTFO)..... the list goes on but just to give you an quick example.

What about GGG's best win??? Murray? Lemiuex??

Sorry dude. He's a glorified version of LSC

[bigjavi973]

Let's not kid ourselves here. Not only Judah has already had PPV exposure from his bout with Mayweather, the bout also took place on (or around I forget) the Puerto Rican day parade. They capitalized on EVERYTHING and got 225k.

Compare that to Golovkin, who had no local (Kazakh) following, no big-name opponent who has had PPV exposure and had their event conflict with World Series and college football.

inb4 your 'excuses' statement. Logic is hard, I know.

whatever happened to that mexican style? you know lil' g sells out anywhere he goes... he's this HUGE draw blah blah blah....

all that for 97k buys and a HBO backed ppv.

Common sense..... go get some.

just as there is a difference between the concessions one has to give to a box office draw (froch, chavez), vs. what concessions one will give to someone who cant draw ants to a picnic.

but its just excuses doe right?

comparing old ppv numbers, discussing which one is a HBO backed ppv and the other was a closed circuit ppv....

what does this have to do with anything?

those two are not comparable.

[rasdun]

Can't really compare the PPVs either. anyone think that david Lemieux brought anything to the table for U.S. PPV audiences? naah; whereas Judah was, at that time, a well-known top figher who had had multiple fights on HBO or Showtime with a big ppv event vs Floyd.
Not sying GGG is a huge draw right now, but he is about the same as Cotto was when Cotto started fighting on PPV

[Progrssive_Jedi]

Cotto fans seem to know so little about him

why are you GGGroupies still trying to use this!?

Cotto's 1st HBO ppv was vs Judah & did 225K buys.

Try again buddy.

[bigjavi973]

Be living in amongst Americans
Be Puerto Rican who have big boxing fan base
Only sell 60'000 in first PPV

so there is no difference between a HBO backed ppv and a closed circuit ppv?

Damn ya reachin hard as hell to justify that pathetic 97k

[rasdun]

Loaded gloves doe, no proof but I swear it happened doe!!

not sure what this means - but if your saying Margarito didn't have loaded gloves - cmon. That has nothing to do with anything we're discussing here - BUT - you think Margarito just decided to use loaded gloves for the 1st time AFTER demolishing Cotto? LOL!

[bigjavi973]

Try again buddy.

Cotto:
Closed circuit ppv: 60k
HBO backed ppv: 225k

GGG:
HBO backed ppv: 97k

what is there to try again?

There's a difference between closed circuit & a HBO backed ppv.

Yet ya still reach and deny this

[Progrssive_Jedi]

GGG did twice as much as Cotto did his first PPv

Can't really compare the PPVs either. anyone think that david Lemieux brought anything to the table for U.S. PPV audiences? naah; whereas Judah was, at that time, a well-known top figher who had had multiple fights on HBO or Showtime with a big ppv event vs Floyd.
Not sying GGG is a huge draw right now, but he is about the same as Cotto was when Cotto started fighting on PPV

Actually, he is doing a little better. And Cotto Hispanic, GGG from Eastern Europe.

whatever happened to that mexican style? you know lil' g sells out anywhere he goes... he's this HUGE draw blah blah blah....

all that for 97k buys and a HBO backed ppv.

Common sense..... go get some.

comparing old ppv numbers, discussing which one is a HBO backed ppv and the other was a closed circuit ppv....

what does this have to do with anything?

those two are not comparable.

If GGG 150,000+ plus is bad, damn, Cotto first 60,000 was horrible then.

[M Bison]

Try again buddy.

B-b-b-b-b-urrrnnnnout

60k is terrible numbers for someone who is Puerto Rican, Cotto had all the advantages but I think people weren't bought into the hype like they are now and lets not shift it because its definitely hype...
When you mention fighters he fought you mention the surname to make them sound more impressive...
Did you know he beat Foreman, he must be ATG legend!!

[j0zef]

whatever happened to that mexican style? you know lil' g sells out anywhere he goes... he's this HUGE draw blah blah blah....

all that for 97k buys and a HBO backed ppv.

Common sense..... go get some.

Just to confirm, that's a "no" to logic, correct?
You get a solid C- for deflection though. Does that sound familiar? Probably right around what you got in school.