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David Lemieux Calls Out Cotto On Twitter
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Originally posted by boliodogs View PostI don't think this fight will happen. Lemieux is wasting his time trying to get a big money fight with Cotto. Cotto is a big welterweight or a small Jr. middleweight. Lemieux is a big very hard punching middleweight. I think Cotto wants an easier fight for his last fight. Lemieux has said before he can't go below 160 and Cotto won't agree to fight at that weight.
Lemieux struggles to even make 160 nd Cotto isn't going to go over 154 for him.
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Originally posted by MDPopescu View Post... Either Canelo or GGG would be criticized in a wild manner in case they try to take this fight... and a GGG fight would be a massive flop...
And the best thing in the world that could happen to GGG besides a rematch with Canelo post-Canelo is a Cotto fight. Cotto is money in the bank for GGG.
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Originally posted by vaborikua2014 View PostOk but cottos the a side what does this fight do for him? Theres not even a title involved
Lemieux is also relatively young and still fairly well-regarded by boxing fans, Cotto beating him would be a significant win considering where Cotto is in his career.
Finally Lemieux's style will make for a fun fight. He's not going to rush right at Cotto with no regard for defense like Kamegai did, but he'll still come to fight, which suits Cotto's boxer-puncher style.
I sorta hope Cotto holds fast for the Canelo-GGG winner (although I think both would handle him without too much trouble) but if not, Lemieux is the next best option for us boxing fans, and I'd rather see Cotto-Lemieux than Cotto-TomatoCan if it's really his last fight.
But then, I'll support Cotto no matter who he fights, and if he wants to take an easy touch to close his career out with a good win I think he's more than earned that right.
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Originally posted by Da Boxer View PostBrook, Thurman, Danny and Mayweather.
Hell, Floyd vs Miguel for the true retirement fight! When Cotto sprks him, the rematch woukd be legendary!
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Originally posted by The Ninth Layer View PostLemieux is a big name, realistically he's a bigger star than anyone at 154 lb apart from Canelo, and probably the biggest name at middleweight that isn't Golovkin or Jacobs. He brings money to the table.
Lemieux is also relatively young and still fairly well-regarded by boxing fans, Cotto beating him would be a significant win considering where Cotto is in his career.
Finally Lemieux's style will make for a fun fight. He's not going to rush right at Cotto with no regard for defense like Kamegai did, but he'll still come to fight, which suits Cotto's boxer-puncher style.
I sorta hope Cotto holds fast for the Canelo-GGG winner (although I think both would handle him without too much trouble) but if not, Lemieux is the next best option for us boxing fans, and I'd rather see Cotto-Lemieux than Cotto-TomatoCan if it's really his last fight.
But then, I'll support Cotto no matter who he fights, and if he wants to take an easy touch to close his career out with a good win I think he's more than earned that right.
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Originally posted by boliodogs View PostI don't think this fight will happen. Lemieux is wasting his time trying to get a big money fight with Cotto. Cotto is a big welterweight or a small Jr. middleweight. Lemieux is a big very hard punching middleweight. I think Cotto wants an easier fight for his last fight. Lemieux has said before he can't go below 160 and Cotto won't agree to fight at that weight.
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Cotto needs to man up and fight Golovkin after he kills Canelo. Not pay him another 800k to step aside lmfao.
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Originally posted by vaborikua2014 View PostI dnt consider lemieux a big namr. I think hes in between. The only big fight he was really in was vs ggg and that didnt go good for him. Theres names like u said ggg,canelo,jacobs then at 154 a rematch to avenge his loss to trout and theres also brooks or maybe even khan whos been callin out cotto. Then at 147 names like Danny, thurman or porter at a 150. Now i know not all those names are possible but its an example all those names are all bigger names except maybe trout but theres the revenge factor for that one. Also a danny vs cotto in ny would be a huge all puertorican matchup
Danny Garcia, Keith Thurman and Shawn Porter are all Haymon/PBC fighters and Cotto is Golden Boy, the odds of those fights happening aren't 0 but they are very small. Network deals, promotional politics (who's the A-side between Cotto and Thurman?), and bad history between Haymon and ODLH will all get in the way of these matches.
Outside of welterweights moving up Cotto's options at 154-160 aren't great. Austin Trout is scheduled for an October fight but even if he was available I don't think he's lucrative enough for Cotto to bother, even if it would avenge one of his losses. Cotto's not going to fight a Charlo or Lara either for similar reasons, they don't bring the fans out.
Brook is out on injury last I heard, and there are questions of whether he fights again. I think Khan is an intriguing option, it might be one of the few matches that can make Khan the kind of money he seems to be holding out for. But it's arguably less relevant than Cotto-Lemieux considering Khan hasn't fought since Canelo who knocked him out.
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