Lots of respect for Cotto

[neils7147933]

Arnaoutis is fighting Ricardo Torres on the Pac-Morales undercard...

Thanks. Did I get the fighters confused or was Quintana originally linked to Arnaoutis?

[Mech.]

Thanks. Did I get the fighters confused or was Quintana originally linked to Arnaoutis?

linked to fight you mean? They werent.Arnutis fights @140. Quintana was supposed to fight Urkal,but he was paid to step aside.

[2OSouzaSuarez12]

Cotto has been fighting name opponents as long as I can remember, and that's very respectable. This fight with Quintana coming up is even more respectable. A lot of people say Cotto can't handle a good boxer, so what does he do? Goes out and finds one to prove it against. I always pull for Cotto to win because I always support guys that make the fights people want to see. Malignaggi and Branco may not have had impressive resumes, but they were fights people wanted to see. Branco gave Gatti all he could handle in 2004, and Cotto went in there and dislocated the guy's shoulder. Then Malignaggi came out of nowhere early this year, talking **** and what not, so Cotto signs to fight him and shut him up. It didn't matter that Malignaggi was unproven and unknown outside of his mouth. The fight was still appealing, and Cotto took it, even though we all knew nothing about Malignaggi. Who fights an opponent they don't know **** about? Miguel Cotto. I hope he pulls out the win in December because this guy could be one of boxing's biggest stars at the rate he is going.

Oh and mad props to his management. They really got their **** together.

great post Diego

[borikua]

Thanks. Did I get the fighters confused or was Quintana originally linked to Arnaoutis?

Nah your are confusing Quintana with Harris, Harris was the one scheduled to face Mighty Mike...

[PRboxingfan]

I thought his brother was better than him, and he got manhandled by a light-hitting Juan Diaz, while Miguel was in the audience watching the fight.

I'm not sure about his power; he couldn't knock-out Paulie Malignaggi, while many other fighters would have done it easily in that weight class.

He’s an exciting fighter, but I can guarantee you that he won’t beat any big names.

Paulie has a chin. You can't KO everyone you face. Cotto hits hard enough to break an orbital bone. Ask Paulie if he isn't the hardest hitter he's faced. I don't think anyone would've done it easily, not even Ricardo Torres whom I consider the hardest hitting 140-pounder out there right now.