Comments Thread For: Pacquiao Posts Poll on Twitter Asking Who He Should Fight Next

[khizon]

If Bob say Horn then it will be him. Manny says "whatever my promoter give it to me I will pight"

[thack]

Khan has 1.8 twitter followers mainly from Pakistan .He is hated in the uk . his fights don't sell as you know for Alexander he took about a bus load of taxi drivers.

Manny knows this and knows a fight against himself will sell on different dodgy angles and Khan through his twitter supporters from Pakistan will win the poll.Glassjaw told them to vote before and will again living up to his name of Amir Con......I hope this doesn't happen , he is by far a fighter who I do not mind admitting is one of the very few fighters of all time I can not stomach.....a complete political correct con from England.

Fight Brook or Crawford Manny gets destroyed Con is a easy night.

[koolkc107]

Really?!?!?!... and too think I thought I couldn't hate the WBO anymore then I do..

Is there an article??

Common knowledge actually but try these...

http://www.************.com/2009/07/...-to-be-at-147/

http://www.fighthype.com/pages/content5353.html

http://filipinoboxer.blogspot.com/2009/08/pacquiaocotto-catch-weight-cannot.html

[HeroBando]

It was 145 for Cotto's 147 lb belt and when Cotto tried to insist on 147, Pac and Arum went to the sanctioning authority and got them to threaten to strip Cotto if he didn't agree to put his belt on the line at the catchweight.

That isn't even in the same concession ballpark as agreeing to 154 in a rematch. Cotto, even coming in at 154, will not be heavier than the Margarito Manny faced for a 154 lb belt (even with a 150 catchweight).

Sure, Pac was going for that historical 7th belt, nobody else went up that much. So 2lbs is not that much to ask for. Aren't you defending Canelos comical 155 demand?

After Marg Pac said 150 is too much and dropped the paper belt. Don't see a problem with 150 for the Cotto rematch, other than Cottos reluctance to face Pac again

[AllEyesOpen]

Khan is the easiest and most lucrative fight.

[Czarczar]

Khan

Khan would be my choice. Speed on both sides.

[Dle]

Khan would be an easy Knockout for PAC

Wouldn't pay to see it because it's predictable. Prefer a top fighter than a top name. Undefeated Crawford would be a great fight or option two Brook.i wouldn't pay to see anything else.

[pacmanis1]

Crawford would be the best fight but I'd vote for Brook just because of the hilarity if Pac passed up Khan for Brook.

[koolkc107]

Sure, Pac was going for that historical 7th belt, nobody else went up that much. So 2lbs is not that much to ask for. Aren't you defending Canelos comical 155 demand?

After Marg Pac said 150 is too much and dropped the paper belt. Don't see a problem with 150 for the Cotto rematch, other than Cottos reluctance to face Pac again

You dont see a lot, do you?

The fight was signed at a catchtweight without any mention of any belt.

Only after the fight was signed did Manny and Arum go to the WBO (who installed Manny as ranked AND then mandatory after the fact).

Cotto was only offered a rematch years later, when he'd been competing at 154 for quite some time (they also tried to get him for the same money as before while knowing how good a PPV would do financially)

It was then that Miguel said any rematch would have to be at 154:

"The only offer Top Rank ever made us was the same money as in 2009," Cotto told ESPN.com. "[Arum] made the same offer he made in 2009, and we found it kind of funny. That was the reason we decided not to face Pacquiao. That, and they also wanted me to go down to 150 pounds and give him the same advantage that they gave Pacquiao in 2009, a catchweight."

Cotto said he was surprised to read that Arum said he offered him $13 million.

"Bob said he offered us $13 million, but he never came to us with that offer," Cotto said. "He always offered us the same guarantee he offered us in 2009, with the same benefits, and that's not fair. He offered the exact same amount of money. Of course it's a business, but all we want is fair business. You can say to Bob to tell me he made that offer to me to my face, and you will see his reaction....

..."If he wants a big name and wants to fight the best, no catchweight," Cotto said of Pacquiao. "Making catchweights is easy for them. They make the other guy have trouble making weight and they take advantage of that. I wasn't going to do that again. I am 154 pounds. I am not going to fight at a catchweight and make myself weak."

As for defending Canelo, seems you have a blind spot there too.

I don't recall Cotto boasting about taking on anyone in 3 weight classes prior to being forced to drain himself to 145 when it was clear he should be fighting at 154.

I do remember Lil g saying he would go to 154 for a guy that Canelo lost to. Odd that he balked at doing 155 for a guy that LOST to the guy he said he would go LOWER in weight to...

[HeroBando]

You dont see a lot, do you?

The fight was signed at a catchtweight without any mention of any belt.

Only after the fight was signed did Manny and Arum go to the WBO (who installed Manny as ranked AND then mandatory after the fact).

Cotto was only offered a rematch years later, when he'd been competing at 154 for quite some time (they also tried to get him for the same money as before while knowing how good a PPV would do financially)

It was then that Miguel said any rematch would have to be at 154:

"The only offer Top Rank ever made us was the same money as in 2009," Cotto told ESPN.com. "[Arum] made the same offer he made in 2009, and we found it kind of funny. That was the reason we decided not to face Pacquiao. That, and they also wanted me to go down to 150 pounds and give him the same advantage that they gave Pacquiao in 2009, a catchweight."

Cotto said he was surprised to read that Arum said he offered him $13 million.

"Bob said he offered us $13 million, but he never came to us with that offer," Cotto said. "He always offered us the same guarantee he offered us in 2009, with the same benefits, and that's not fair. He offered the exact same amount of money. Of course it's a business, but all we want is fair business. You can say to Bob to tell me he made that offer to me to my face, and you will see his reaction....

..."If he wants a big name and wants to fight the best, no catchweight," Cotto said of Pacquiao. "Making catchweights is easy for them. They make the other guy have trouble making weight and they take advantage of that. I wasn't going to do that again. I am 154 pounds. I am not going to fight at a catchweight and make myself weak."

As for defending Canelo, seems you have a blind spot there too.

I don't recall Cotto boasting about taking on anyone in 3 weight classes prior to being forced to drain himself to 145 when it was clear he should be fighting at 154.

I do remember Lil g saying he would go to 154 for a guy that Canelo lost to. Odd that he balked at doing 155 for a guy that LOST to the guy he said he would go LOWER in weight to...

Cotto says a lot of things:

1. One year before PAC offered him 150, he demands 150 to defend his 154 belt vs one eyed Margarito
2. 6 months later says he won't fight PAC below 150. When offered 150, he says the weight and money were not right, proceeds to look like a midget and lose to Trout for peanuts
3. After going up to MW, offers 149 to Marquez. Got smaller?

Don't even understand the rest of that mess you wrote. You don't seem to understand weight concession, or boxing in general