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Top Five Reasons Floyd Mayweather Jr. Will Never Fight Miguel Cotto

Top Five Reasons Floyd Mayweather Jr. Will Never Fight Miguel Cotto

21.06.07 - By Mike Cassell: In case anybody is wondering, Miguel Cotto is the real deal. He showed the world exactly what he is capable of doing against “world class”, former title holder, Zab Judah. Last year, after Miguel Cotto totally destroyed a fabulous fighter in Carlos Quintana, Bob Arum gave an interview in Atlantic City, that should be played for every promoter and fighter in the world..

Long before Mayweather and De La Hoya stepped into the ring, Arum gave reasons why boxing is in the “doldrums’” as he phrased it, and why De La Hoya and Mayweather, two fighters he promoted to success, won’t fight the fighters that matter. He knew Cotto would one day be sitting where he is now, and he knew neither of his former fighters would ever look in Cotto’s direction.

I could really care less if Oscar De La Hoya wants to fight Miguel Cotto. There are just too many reasons why that fight is not what people want to see. Floyd Mayweather has not faced a fighter like Cotto, and truth be told, be probably never will. Not if he knows what is good for him.

Arum put it beautifully, but I would like to take Bob Arums statements a step further. Below are legitimate reasons I believe Floyd Mayweather Jr. will do EVERYTHING possible NOT to get into the ring with Miguel Cotto.

#5. Cotto can cut the ring off. For some reason, with all of his teachings, and different trainers, Oscar De La Hoya has never learned to do so. It is why he lost.

#4. Mayweather knows that fighting Cotto, is like having a few fights in one night. It would be a bruising and devastating night, that may just send him into a real retirement, not the one he scripted for HBO.

#3. Mayweather knows he got away with murder, and a lot of money against De La Hoya. As long as people are stupid enough to pay to watch him run backwards for 12 rounds, he is going to take the money. Why should he fight a real competitive fight?

#2. The Feud. There are obviously bad feelings between he and Top Rank. Top Rank made him a superstar, but I guess good old Bob Arum wanted him to fight real competition (Margarito). Imagine that.

#1. Cotto is stronger, and has the will of a champion. Arum put it best when he said “Cotto will fight anybody, and I mean anybody”. Floyd Mayweather has made the same statement, followed by the same phrase, “pay me”. I have a feeling Miguel Cotto is fighting for something other than money. He knows this in his heart, and Mayweather knows it to. That’s the best reason of all he will never face Cotto.

I think Mayweather is a great boxer with tremendous skill, but Cotto’s skill, and more importantly, his will ,would be too much for the “pretty boy” the “golden boy” or any other fighter in his weight class. Miguel Cotto is no boy, he is a man.

Mike Cassell

The Philadelphia Boxing Report

I'm not saying who will win this fight FM has tremendous skill but so is Cotto
is a 50/50 fight for me. I just want to see it

The fight will happen eventually probably in 2009 if they both keep winning.

Originally Posted by Hughesd

The fight will happen eventually probably in 2009 if they both keep winning.

You have to understand that as a boxing fan is frustrating this fight should had take place this Saturday instead of Gomez. If Floyd wins the coward thing will disappear but if Cotto wins so many people hate on Floyd that they will eat him alive.

Originally Posted by Puya

Is an Old article but it is so good that it should be Copy / paste.

Top Five Reasons Floyd Mayweather Jr. Will Never Fight Miguel Cotto

Top Five Reasons Floyd Mayweather Jr. Will Never Fight Miguel Cotto

21.06.07 - By Mike Cassell: In case anybody is wondering, Miguel Cotto is the real deal. He showed the world exactly what he is capable of doing against “world class”, former title holder, Zab Judah. Last year, after Miguel Cotto totally destroyed a fabulous fighter in Carlos Quintana, Bob Arum gave an interview in Atlantic City, that should be played for every promoter and fighter in the world..

Long before Mayweather and De La Hoya stepped into the ring, Arum gave reasons why boxing is in the “doldrums’” as he phrased it, and why De La Hoya and Mayweather, two fighters he promoted to success, won’t fight the fighters that matter. He knew Cotto would one day be sitting where he is now, and he knew neither of his former fighters would ever look in Cotto’s direction.

I could really care less if Oscar De La Hoya wants to fight Miguel Cotto. There are just too many reasons why that fight is not what people want to see. Floyd Mayweather has not faced a fighter like Cotto, and truth be told, be probably never will. Not if he knows what is good for him.

Arum put it beautifully, but I would like to take Bob Arums statements a step further. Below are legitimate reasons I believe Floyd Mayweather Jr. will do EVERYTHING possible NOT to get into the ring with Miguel Cotto.

#5. Cotto can cut the ring off. For some reason, with all of his teachings, and different trainers, Oscar De La Hoya has never learned to do so. It is why he lost.

#4. Mayweather knows that fighting Cotto, is like having a few fights in one night. It would be a bruising and devastating night, that may just send him into a real retirement, not the one he scripted for HBO.

#3. Mayweather knows he got away with murder, and a lot of money against De La Hoya. As long as people are stupid enough to pay to watch him run backwards for 12 rounds, he is going to take the money. Why should he fight a real competitive fight?

#2. The Feud. There are obviously bad feelings between he and Top Rank. Top Rank made him a superstar, but I guess good old Bob Arum wanted him to fight real competition (Margarito). Imagine that.

#1. Cotto is stronger, and has the will of a champion. Arum put it best when he said “Cotto will fight anybody, and I mean anybody”. Floyd Mayweather has made the same statement, followed by the same phrase, “pay me”. I have a feeling Miguel Cotto is fighting for something other than money. He knows this in his heart, and Mayweather knows it to. That’s the best reason of all he will never face Cotto.

I think Mayweather is a great boxer with tremendous skill, but Cotto’s skill, and more importantly, his will ,would be too much for the “pretty boy” the “golden boy” or any other fighter in his weight class. Miguel Cotto is no boy, he is a man.

Mike Cassell

The Philadelphia Boxing Report

#5 I wish De La Hoya would have tried to cut off the ring against Trinidad, NEVER THAT, we all know what would have happened

#4 That's what they said when he faced a Super Welterweight who had been in the division since 2001

#3 Although I agree that fighting Cotto is the biggest match boxing can generate I disagree with the comment of stupid people who buy his fights, they alway's seem to think he is going to get beaten until he wins and then they say " Oh he should have fought someone else"

# 2 I have no idea what this means, can anyone explain?

#1 Cotto does have great will power and has earned his shot at PBF. PBF has lost my respect for taking a second De La Hoya match, it's all about money too him at this stage. His name has been hovering in the P4P rankings since 98, he see's a fighter like De La Hoya who has lost every mega fight of his career make millions in every fight and he wants that same fame and fortune. But to be honest his last four fights ( Judah, Baldomir, De La Hoya, Hatton) have produced the same comments of this fight right here

Same old song. People said pretty much all those things about Ricky Hatton. They talked about how good Ricky was at cutting off the ring. They talked about how much heart he had and how tough he was. They said Floyd would never take a fight with Hatton because it would be too hard, and why would he do that when he could make tons of money fight easy fights. Floyd beats his ass and all ofa sudden Ricky ain't shit, he was too small he wasn't a real welterweight.

So my advice to you guys is instead of wasting your time and energy creating lists of why Floyd wont fight Cotto, get a head start on your excuses as to why Floyd whipped Cotto. Was he too slow? Too one-dimensional? Because you know the fight eventually will happen, and Floyd will beat him, IMO it will be an easier fight for Floyd than Hatton.

I love Cotto but PBF is on another level.

The fight will never happen.

Money.......the reason i say this fight eventually will happen, floyd is just trying to milk every last person on the planet into buying it. Sucks for the fans that it's that way but for enough money floyd would fight eveyone in cotto's family on the same night if he could. He just needs more time to convince every last person that cotto really can beat him cause that's what people pay for, to finally see floyd loose not to see him win, and right now altough there are a lot of belivers there's not enough.

Originally Posted by Beanflicker

Same old song. People said pretty much all those things about Ricky Hatton. They talked about how good Ricky was at cutting off the ring. They talked about how much heart he had and how tough he was. They said Floyd would never take a fight with Hatton because it would be too hard, and why would he do that when he could make tons of money fight easy fights. Floyd beats his ass and all ofa sudden Ricky ain't shit, he was too small he wasn't a real welterweight.

Originally Posted by Beanflicker

So my advice to you guys is instead of wasting your time and energy creating lists of why Floyd wont fight Cotto, get a head start on your excuses as to why Floyd whipped Cotto. Was he too slow? Too one-dimensional? Because you know the fight eventually will happen, and Floyd will beat him, IMO it will be an easier fight for Floyd than Hatton.
I love Cotto but PBF is on another level.

Heheheh! Interesting nick. Aaaanyways...
...this is done every single time with any boxer that is dominating a weight. Me, like you, like Cotto and really REALLY hope he has what it takes to beat PBF but sadly, I just can't see Cotto doing it (hope I am wrong). Compare their speed, who's more prone to getting cut/bruised, who has better feet, who has faster hands, who has better defense/harder to hit, who has been rocked in almost every fight (even against journeymen) and who hasn't, who has shown more flaws and weaknesses, and so on.
First, people thought PBF would tremble whenever he heard the name "Margarito" and then he got lost so people forgot about him. Then it was Paul Williams "Oh, now this guy just needs to be polished and he'll be ready for PBF" and lost so no more Paul Williams. Who's next?
Can’t really think of anyone out there giving PBF a challenge but ODLH who is passed his prime and still have done more than anybody who is supposed to be in their prime that has gone in the ring with PBF, same thing with Castillo I. I would be interested to see Pac face PBF if they could.

Hey Chino , you are right bro....but think that Cotto will get prepare much better that it is right now , he will try to prepare with footwork too and other skills that will need for get ready to the fight and show to the whole world that each time when he entering ti the ring , comes with something new and different..........but lest see for next year bro....

Mike Cassel is a fucking idiot.

Originally Posted by Macho

Hey Chino , you are right bro....but think that Cotto will get prepare much better that it is right now , he will try to prepare with footwork too and other skills that will need for get ready to the fight and show to the whole world that each time when he entering ti the ring , comes with something new and different..........but lest see for next year bro....

Hey Macho
I can't see Cotto beating PBF but then again every fighter has a chance to improve and I am keeping my fingers crossed to see that in Cotto. He can pack a punch definitely. Let's see how things go.

Let me explain

Ricky Hatton is probably the best fighter at cutting off the ring, and when Mayweather didn't want to get caught on the ropes he wasn't... Most of the time he lets his opponent put on the ropes anyways, I mean how often did he really use lateral movement off the ropes against Oscar? Cotto lacks the footspeed to corner Mayweahter if he doesn't want to be cornered, look how easy it was for MOsley to keep away when he actually was moving around, and Judah just backs up into a corner and doesn't adjust his defense at all so he's easy to hit.

About getting bruised, Mayweather fought tough physical fights with Castillo, Dela Hoya, Hatton was a rough fight, Emmanuel Burton, Chavez... there are more, but the list goes on.

How did Mayweather get away with murder against Oscar? Because he outboxed at least 75% of the rounds? Did Ali get away with murder back in his prime? Or Roy Jones Jr against James Toney? Mayweather obviously doesn't look as dominant as Roy JOens becauase he is so much smaller compared to Oscar than Roy was against the best guys he faced, but punch stat wise Mayweather did better against Oscar than Roy did against Toney.

The feud... fuck the feud that only fuels this fight more. Arum would have no problem putting Cotto in with Mayweather, and if the money and the publicity is right Mayweather wouldn't have a problem facing Cotto.

As for Cotto being a real champion with heart? Mayweather has as much determination and drive as anyone in boxing. On top of his unbelievable athletic ability he is maybe the smartest tactician, along with Bernard, to be fighting today, or ever. Because of all his abilities even fighting high level fighters, Corrales, Castillo, Oscar, Judah, Hatton look easy because he, Floyd, does everything, and does everything better than anyone else.

Originally Posted by Macho

Hey Chino , you are right bro....but think that Cotto will get prepare much better that it is right now , he will try to prepare with footwork too and other skills that will need for get ready to the fight and show to the whole world that each time when he entering ti the ring , comes with something new and different..........but lest see for next year bro....

I think Cotto is as good as he's going to get... You look at Mayweather and he fought Corrales he hasn't gotten a whole lot better, he's changed his style to make up for the weight gain and being slower, but his effectiveness hasn't changed substantially.

Because of all his abilities even fighting high level fighters, Corrales, Castillo, Oscar, Judah, Hatton look easy because he, Floyd, does everything, and does everything better than anyone else.

I am not really sure if we can say that his fight against Castillo I and ODLH were really THAT EASY.