Comments Thread For: Report: Miguel Cotto to Face Sadam Ali 12/2, MSG in New York

[aboutfkntime]

waaaaah Ward was mean to lil'G..... i hate Ward, he is a bully waaaaah

[KnickTillDeaTh]

Disappointing fight, but so many turning all whinny bich is pretty amusing. For those questioning Cotto's HOF career, you seem to be conveniently forgetting pretty much Cotto's entire career. Cotto's resume is filled with an insane amount of top fighters, fighters that were top 10 ring rated in their divisions when Cotto fought them, not sanction rated, RING RATED. But not only did Cotto defeat them, he annihilated them. He's fought in 5 different weight classes, first Puerto Rican to win titles in 4 divisions, 6 time world champion, successfully defending his world titles 14 times in total. Lineal titles at 154 and 160. The WBC Middleweight lineal when Cotto won it could be traced back to Hopkins. He's fought the two best fighters of this era. That's not even including his amateur career. And I'm sure if I dig a little more I'd fined more HOF worthy achievements, like the most tickets sold at MSG in boxing history, including Mohammed Ali.

So yeah, a schit fight. But really before we start dropping names like Andrade, Charlo, Lara, I mean let's take a moment to look at their resumes, and ask why they have fought nobody, let alone each other? Obviously Cotto ending his career with a huge PPV fight would be a great way to end it, but at the end of the day, the only fight that made sense was unavailable: Cotto vs. Bradley. The other options, whether big or small, all suffered from the same problem, being a "stretch", Cotto vs. Bradley was the career closing fight that never was, for both Cotto and Bradley.

[JK1700]

Disappointing fight, but so many turning all whinny bich is pretty amusing. For those questioning Cotto's HOF career, you seem to be conveniently forgetting pretty much Cotto's entire career. Cotto's resume is filled with an insane amount of top fighters, fighters that were top 10 ring rated in their divisions when Cotto fought them, not sanction rated, RING RATED. But not only did Cotto defeat them, he annihilated them. He's fought in 5 different weight classes, first Puerto Rican to win titles in 4 divisions, 6 time world champion, successfully defending his world titles 14 times in total. Lineal titles at 154 and 160. The WBC Middleweight lineal when Cotto won it could be traced back to Hopkins. He's fought the two best fighters of this era. That's not even including his amateur career. And I'm sure if I dig a little more I'd fined more HOF worthy achievements, like the most tickets sold at MSG in boxing history, including Mohammed Ali.

So yeah, a schit fight. But really before we start dropping names like Andrade, Charlo, Lara, I mean let's take a moment to look at their resumes, and ask why they have fought nobody, let alone each other? Obviously Cotto ending his career with a huge PPV fight would be a great way to end it, but at the end of the day, the only fight that made sense was unavailable: Cotto vs. Bradley. The other options, whether big or small, all suffered from the same problem, being a "stretch", Cotto vs. Bradley was the career closing fight that never was, for both Cotto and Bradley.

Great post I totally agree. Cotto has had 24 world title fights so I don't mind him not fighting a killer for his last fight. Boxing fans always complain no matter what. He's had a great career and it will be good to see him go out with a win.

[xvG-MONEYvx]

Shame. I was hoping to see Cotto-Lemieux or Cotto-GGG.

[Cloud]

CottLoL

Cotto should just retire. This retirement fight bs for anyone virtually always is some goofy sh^t that serves no purpose to anyone except the guy who's retiring ego.

This.

Miguel humble tho!.. I admire Klitschko for putting his ego aside and just walking away from a second guaranteed pay day.

[Eff Pandas]

This.

Miguel humble tho!.. I admire Klitschko for putting his ego aside and just walking away from a second guaranteed pay day.

Definitely. For how much I & others used to dog on Klitschko he went out perfectly. When he was on the fence I was rooting hard on him calling it a career. Klitschko's last fight was some movie sh^t to retire on.