How did Miguel Cotto become a PR superstar? Thanks to Arum

[New England]

you tihnk pacquiao would have become a star without arum? what about floyd without arum and later without GBP?

they should both be thanking oscar de la hoya, frankly. that guy could have retired and not given them a shot to build a name off of him. that's one of the main reason both men crossed over to casual fans, the real definition of a true star and PPV seller.

[-Antonio-]

Most of the people asking this question are either haters or they weren't around right after the Mosley fight.

Before Mayweather/Pacquiao there was Mayweather/Cotto. That was the fight NSB and hardcore fans wanted to see. It's easy to do boxrec analysis and look back now.

[sugar ray lenrd]

zab- not a good win, lots of fighters have beaten zab easily, not a top fighter.
mosley- good win
malignaggi- average fighter, being the first to beat him doesnt mean he was ever anything but average. cotto really struggled too
clottey- limited B level fighter, pacquiao won every round against him, many thought clottey deserved the decision against cotto. was a struggle at the very least
mayorga- completely shot fighter
margarito- completely shot fighter
martinez- injured fighter who many thought lost to martin murray in the fight previously. His knees were gone.

cottos career shows many real struggles against B level fighters and he got whooped by the A level fighters for the most part, badly. WHen you stack up cottos career, the mosley win was the anomaly more than the trout loss was the anomaly.

-Why is his win over Zab is not considered a good win by you???
-lotsa fighters had beaten him...ok lets look into...Zab's first lost was to:
Kotsa Tszyu by 2nd rnd TKO (who a lot of people avoid!)
Cory Spinks by UD (good fight which he later avaenged by TKO)
Baldomir by UD
Floyd by UD
Cotto by 11 rnd TKO (not Floyd (2006) nor Baldomir (2006) or even Cory Spinks (2004) could stop nor dropped Zab) So why is this not considered a good win??? Cotto stopped him. And Cotto decision over Clottey was correct . The only reason why he struggled was because of the headbutt that caused a nasty cut over his eyes. He didn't quit like so many have.

Cotto being the first to defeat Malignaggi should be something. Cotto struggled against Malignaggi??? GTFOH!!!

So you're are labeling Clottey as a b level fighter, as far as i'm concerned he is a world class fighter. And so what that Pacquia won every rnd against him that does not applied. Cotto ko Zab, where as Baldomir nor Floyd couldn't do.

The only fighter that whipped Cotto bad was Pacquia, don't play yourself with that Margocheato crappp, you know he was loaded. They will not band him & his trainer for no reason. And you gonna tell me that Floyd whipped his A$$? GTFOH!

At the end of the day, Cotto was really too small to fight at even JR Middlewgt, that alone should be a credit to him. Any fighter would only dream of accomplishing what he has in the world of boxing.

[lopetego]

Has no charisma with a personality of a wood. He doesnt hold victories over great opponents, got sht pushed in by margo during his prime.

Tito before him had all the ingredients to be a PR superstar in boxing. He was a fearless puncher and had that charisma.

How did Arum turn kneeguel into a star?

Kneeguel is short, ugly, has t-rex arms like a chump and has like zero personality.

Punk is ungrateful to arum.

He is popular because he's fighting in an era with no other noteworthy PRican fighters

for a long time he was basically the only real champ ricans had so they had no option but to support him

ricans are so desperate for a top fighter that they even adopted Danny Garcia ffs, a dude born and bred in U.S. who cant even speak spanish

that's how desperate they are for a top rican fighter. hopefully Verdejo will achieve something, or they'll have to resort to claim more americans as their "own"

[sugar ray lenrd]

Thank god Margarito exposed this bum.

Sorry Bro, but there isn't anything you can do to reverse the majority of the peoples judgement. And the truth is that Margocheato's win will always be TAINTED. EXPOSED???!!! Dude that is the wrong word to use. If anyone was exposed it was Margocheato. Answer this why was he able to not only TKO Cotto, but also busted him up BADLY??? When not even Canelo at a heavier wgt division couldn't? Canelo for sure has more pop than Margocheato. Canelo didn't even bust Cotto face badly couldn't even knock him down...Huh? answer it why???

[sugar ray lenrd]

He is popular because he's fighting in an era with no other noteworthy PRican fighters

for a long time he was basically the only real champ ricans had so they had no option but to support him

ricans are so desperate for a top fighter that they even adopted Danny Garcia ffs, a dude born and bred in U.S. who cant even speak spanish

that's how desperate they are for a top rican fighter. hopefully Verdejo will achieve something, or they'll have to resort to claim more americans as their "own"

His parents are of Puerto Rican heritage, therefore he goes down as a Rican. That's the way it is. Just like Mexican americans are considered chicanos, but they too are proud of their heritage & consider themselves Mexican.

The best Puerto Rican fighter today is JESUS ROJAS.

[Mr. 29K]

Sorry Bro, but there isn't anything you can do to reverse the majority of the peoples judgement. And the truth is that Margocheato's win will always be TAINTED. EXPOSED???!!! Dude that is the wrong word to use. If anyone was exposed it was Margocheato. Answer this why was he able to not only TKO Cotto, but also busted him up BADLY??? When not even Canelo at a heavier wgt division couldn't? Canelo for sure has more pop than Margocheato. Canelo didn't even bust Cotto face badly couldn't even knock him down...Huh? answer it why???

Real boxing fans know that Margo beat him fair and square. It's only the Ricans who claim that his W is tainted. If Margo was a cheat, he'd be BANNED for life like Luis Resto. Also, everyone knows that Margo was starting to tag Cotto, so Cotto and his commission stopped the fight. Now tell me this... why doesn't Cotto want another crack at Margo? He knows he can't phuck with Margo without the help of his judges. Let's do this in LA or Vegas. Yet Cotto don't want none. He knows Margo has his number.
I can't believe it's been 9 years since Margo took his soul. Beautiful.

Stop riding on this bum an support real fighters like Rosado.

Rosado>>> Cotto.

[bluebeam]

How is that your point?

You said.

"Anybody who says they were watching live golovkin fights before the proska fight is a liar."

His fights were shown in countries around the world. You dumb ****. You think his fights weren't shown in Kazakhstan?

obviously I'm talking about americans since I stated the proska fight idiot.

nobody had ever seen horn fight before pacquiao. but obviously he had been on tv in Australia right?

my whole post is referring to America dumbass

[Kaspa9t9]

He's getting confused with Mosley I think, who had to drop GBP for a Pacquiao fight.

Oh yea that's right, my baddddd

[sugar ray lenrd]

Real boxing fans know that Margo beat him fair and square. It's only the Ricans who claim that his W is tainted. If Margo was a cheat, he'd be BANNED for life like Luis Resto. Also, everyone knows that Margo was starting to tag Cotto, so Cotto and his commission stopped the fight. Now tell me this... why doesn't Cotto want another crack at Margo? He knows he can't phuck with Margo without the help of his judges. Let's do this in LA or Vegas. Yet Cotto don't want none. He knows Margo has his number.
I can't believe it's been 9 years since Margo took his soul. Beautiful.

Stop riding on this bum an support real fighters like Rosado.

Rosado>>> Cotto.

Real boxing fans...well guess what Puto, I'm from the inner circle & real boxing people know that he was loaded. Why are you defending a cheat? Is it because you are Mexican? That says a lot about yourself. you can't make a wrong ...right if it's wrong it's wrong. You are a disgrace of the Mexican people. they don't need to defend a cheater because they win with heart, cuts & honor.

And i'm not gonna let you get away without answering my question...so i'll ask you again

Answer this why was he able to not only TKO Cotto, but also busted him up BADLY??? When not even Canelo at a heavier wgt division couldn't? Canelo for sure has more pop than Margocheato. Canelo didn't even bust Cotto face badly couldn't even knock him down...Huh? answer it why???

Margarito has 40 wins, 27 by ko's, he never busted people up before, so why would he not only bust cotto up, but he did it badly. Cotto didn't bruise easy, so now margarito who doesn't have ko power is all of a suddenly cutting Cotto up. I call it like i see it. he 'is a cheater.

And i will answer your question. Cotto will not & should not give that cheating Motherforker another shot. he doesn't desrve to be making money off of him. There i answered your question. Now answer mine...