Floyd straight up ducked Cotto in 2008

[Chollo Vista]

Even Uncle Roger knew that Floyd was lined up to fight the Mosley vs Cotto winner:

https://www.boxingscene.com/forums/s...d.php?t=135690

And I quote "Mayweather knows the next opponent for Floyd will probably come out of the Nov. 10 battle between WBA welterweight champ Miguel Cotto and former three division title-holder "Sugar" Shane Mosley."

It was even more evident in this interview after the Cotto vs Mosley fight, Nov 10th, 2007:

@1:38, Cotto says "Mayweather, Hatton, Margarito, De La Hoya, Whoever they put in front of me, I'll fight".

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Floyd also said Cotto lives too far and isn't a PPV star.


I think it's quite clear Floyd ducked this fight by retiring for almost 2 years right after.

Here's the Welterweight rankings at the end of 2007:

Floyd Mayweather Jr., Champion
Miguel Cotto
Paul Williams
Shane Mosley
Antonio Margarito
Zab Judah
Kermit Cintron
Luis Collazo
Joshua Clottey
Jackson Osei Bonsu
Oktay Urkal

In 2008, here were The Ring's top 10 Welterweights:

Antonio Margarito
Miguel Cotto
Shane Mosley
Joshua Clottey
Manny Pacquiao
Carlos Quintana
Zab Judah
Luis Collazo
Andre Berto
Isaac Hlatshwayo

Tell me why instead of fighting Cotto, Williams, Margarito, Floyd fought, Junior Welterweight, Ricky Hatton and retired right after?

When presented with Cotto, why did Floyd say "I won't let the sport of boxing retire me, I'll retire before that happens"?

Why did Floyd say this only to continue to fight for another 10 years to this day?

[_original_]

I think so too, but don't forget that Cotto ducked him prior to this.

[LarryX....]

Floyd was not fighting anyone with TopRank..how hard is that to understand?? soon as Cotto left look how quick the fight was made

[_Maxi]

Never thought I'd said this but... GREAT POST Chollo.

[LarryX....]

I mean hell look how long it took to make the damn Pacquiao fight dealing with Arum

[Deeznuts]

Floyd was not fighting anyone with TopRank..how hard is that to understand?? soon as Cotto "got stopped twice" how quick the fight was made

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[Chollo Vista]

Floyd was not fighting anyone with TopRank..how hard is that to understand?? soon as Cotto left look how quick the fight was made

I mean hell look how long it took to make the damn Pacquiao fight dealing with Arum

Is that why Floyd said "Cotto lives too far, Cotto isn't a PPV star, I don't want to call out no Welterwights. I will retire from the sport of boxing before it retires me".

It was because of Bob Arum. Arum made Floyd say this right?

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

the OP HATES BLACK PEOPLE!

[jas]

"bob arum still owes me money from the zab judah fight and the arturo gatti fight. millions."- floyd

and i remember top rank not wanting cotto to fight floyd at one point

[Robbie Barrett]

Mayweather planned to have some time off straight after the DLH fight. Hatton called him out and talked **** so Mayweather squeezed that in before his break.

No matter who he fought there always someone else on the conveyor belt. If he fought Cotto and took a break they'd say he ducked Hatton instead.

[Floyd is TBE]

Cotto saw Floyd beat the **** out of Gatti and he didn't want none of that

[Don Mac]

And of course his nemesis defeated Cotto a couple of yrs later. I cant remember the timeline exactly but this riled Floyd no end!!

[Metho_4u]

Didn't Floyd vs Hatton do like 900k buys? What would cotto have done at that time? Cotto got a VERY close win over Mosley, Hatton beat THE MAN at 140...made him quit... does ANYONE really believe Ricky would've done better at jww vs Floyd? Give me a break.

[Chollo Vista]

Cotto saw Floyd beat the **** out of Gatti and he didn't want none of that

Is that why Floyd said Cotto lives too far, isn't a PPV star and won't let the sport of boxing retire him?

Floyd said that because Cotto saw Floyd beat Gatti?

[Robbie Barrett]

Didn't Floyd vs Hatton do like 900k buys? What would cotto have done at that time? Cotto got a VERY close win over Mosley, Hatton beat THE MAN at 140...made him quit... does ANYONE really believe Ricky would've done better at jww vs Floyd? Give me a break.

Yes. The Mosley V Cotto fight was a very close fight that many thought Mosley won. Mosley then destroyed the guy that destroyed Cotto. Mosley became the man at WW and Mayweather beat him easily. People like to write that win off but at the time Mosley was the #1 WW and Pacquiao ducked him.