Comments Thread For: Mikey Garcia: I Wouldn't Sign With Golden Boy to Get Cotto Fight

[Marvlus Marv]

If you mean a major PBC name, probably 3-6 years.
His closest rival is Easter, and his bro Robert says it's a waste of time and money.
Can't even think of a name that would give him a PBC sponsored fight.
Maybe Porter, if that's as big a name as Cotto.

Naw, I mean anybody up to cruiserweight seems to be Mikey's next possible opponent. It wasn't that many fights ago that MG was ****ing guys out at 130 lbs and now I'm hearing anything from light weight up to Cotto and who knows where else. He surely needs to chill at 140lbs for now or even just ko some mofos at lightweight.

[ShoulderRoll]

Where were you complaining when Mayweather said he would only fight Pacquiao if he left Top Rank and gave Mayweather Promotions a few fights in order to land the Floyd fight? Fking hypocrite.

Pacquiao was letting Bob **** him in the ass (and is still letting him to this day.)

If he was going to do that then it was to his benefit to let Floyd **** him in the ass for more money.

[jjsmyth87]

Man, the haterade is strong with this one.
Garcia scared of Cotto? Gamboa?:hilarious::hilarious:
First you act like he is cherrypicking Cotto, then you say him claiming to go up to 154 to is bull**** like moving up that much to fight the same guy is a big deal and something hes scared of. So which is it? He wanted to pick a certain cherrypick, but was too scared to go up 2/3 weightclasses for said cherrypick?
You better hope Garcia doesnt get the fights he wants. Or you'll be shutting up your fat hater mouth real fast.

I said he calls out fighters with names that he has no intention of fighting i.e. cotto and then ends up cherrypicking someone he knows he can beat which is exactly what he's doing

[jjsmyth87]

Idiot actually made the case for having Ali over Garcia as Cotto's last fight...

Im not fan of cotto garcia or ali at all, my point is garcia had no intention of fighting cotto in the first place, he just calls out the big names for publicity and also it doesnt make any business sense for gb to give garcia the fight instead of ali. As a boxing fan i personally would like to see cotto spark garcia out. I used to be a fan of garcias till he ducked gamboa and ran to protective custody with haymon

[jjsmyth87]

Pacquiao was letting Bob **** him in the ass (and is still letting him to this day.)

If he was going to do that then it was to his benefit to let Floyd **** him in the ass for more money.

There goes that myth again that arum was screwing over Pacquiao. Can you explain and provide a link to back that up? Because last time I checked pacquiao was making 20-30 million a fight since 2009 after he beat de la hoya and he even made 20 million plus to fight Algieri, Brandon Rios and everyone else up until his last 2 fights. Hes one of the highest paid athletes in history of any sport and is second only to mayweather in boxing earnings so please explain how arum screwed him over?

[Bronx2245]

Smart move Mikey! Garcia vs. Omar Figueroa Jr. @ 140! Make it happen! Oscar will be salty now, so Linares won't happen! Omar has never been in a boring fight! Let's go!

[WesternChamp]

This is why boxing is ****ed up.

The promoters want to tie the boxers down. And they will freeze out any fighter who tries to function as a free agent like Mikey is doing.

what's wrong with this?? if you aint fighting for me, why am i gonna give you the benefit of doubt and work with you and most likely get to do almost everything (promotions, etc.)? and mikey will most likely demand a big piece of the split too. this should let fighters who are thinking about becoming a free agent that it aint an easy road.

[j.razor]

Good for Mickey controlling his own career! He got a good head on his shoulders.

[Motorcity Cobra]

First of all the Broner Garcia fight had a high attendance mainly because of Broner. Before that Garcia fought on the undercard of santa cruz frampton 2 so the broner fight was the first fight he co headlined in over 3 years.

Broner only sold 6,000 at his last fight in Cincy. It was not all because of Broner.

Second of all Cotto is a huge star in Nyc and will sell out pretty much regardless of who he fights. In addition Ali is from Nyc so naturally that is where his fanbase is. Your crazy to think Cotto Garcia would be a crossover fight, it wouldn't even be a ppv fight lol. Im sure it would do a little better than Cotto Ali but Cotto will still sell in Nyc and Hbo will still pay multimillion dollar license fee whether he fights Ali or Garcia.

Nobody in NY is checking for Ali. If people in NY was checking for Ali he would've headlined his own card there and put butts in the seats. Rigo has put more butts in seats in NY than Ali has. Cotto can probably sell out against Ali at a low price point. He'll definetly sell out against Mikey and at a higher ticket price point.

Lastly why would Golden Boy give Mikey Garcia this big fight and this kind of exposure? What do they gain from it? They have their own fighters that need fights and money and exposure. If they gave it to Garcia and he wins he goes on to bigger fights and golden boy doesn't benefit at all. Giving the fight to Ali not only gives a Golden boy fighter money and exposure, but also a chance to get bigger fights afterwards if he does well. Mikey just wants the freedom to cherry pick whatever fighter he wants and not have to answer to a promoter which is why he ran from Top Rank when they offered him a million dollars to fight Gamboa 3 years ago. My question is why would they allow Mikey to potentially use them as a stepping stone when he's offering nothing in return? He always calls out big names and then ends up fighting guys he knows he can beat. He's trying to use the Mayweather blueprint before He's Even earned his bones by fighting the tough fights like mayweather did. This is not even mentioning the fact that hes only fought once at 140, once at 135, and a Catchweight at 138 and the rest of his career was spent at 130 and now He's claiming he would go all the way up to 154 to fight Cotto. I guarantee he had no intention of taking this fight in the first place, like I said he always calls out the big names and ends up cherry picking which is why he wanted to run from top rank. Sadam Ali has fought at 147 his whole career and its a no brainer why Golden Boy would give him the fight over Garcia

Why would they give him that kind of exposure? Because they'll make money and he's going to be fighting Linares as a mandatory after that. So essentially they get Mikey for 2 fights like they wanted.


He had every intention of taking the fight. Even Golden Boy admits that. What are you talking about? You're making up stuff in your head. Check back in to reality

[stiff_back]

The reason I think Mikey has a point is that Cotto, a golden boy client, would probably make more money fighting him than fighting Sadam Ali. So why should GB be able to use the fight as leverage to sign Mikey long term when Mikey already represents the best deal for Cotto?