Thread: Pac vs cotto 2 - june 9

Looks like its cotto again for june 9th from what fighthype says.
I think even the pacman fans should boycott this fight!
We all wanted mayweather but i was willing to see a marquez fight again but manny has taken the easiest option!
Floyd came back snd fought a young powerful ortiz but yet there are people that will still support this farce of a fight with cotto.
Now we have seen what the real deal is and bob and manny are praying that jail time erodes some of floyds skills.
Marquez must be fuming right now and so is the boxing world with these two jokers..tim bradley would be a better choice than cotto right now!
But hes undeafeated and too much of a risk!

Bradley must be too young for Pac? Cotto did look good against Margs, but I wouldn't expect the same type of performance against Pac. The style is all wrong and the hatred for the opponent isn't there. I wouldn't be suprised if after this they fight JMM because the fight with Floyd is never going to happen.

Another meaningless fight..I wont hate on the quality of opponent because Cotto is a quality fighter but this fight means nothing. He done Cotto easily the first fight after the 3rd round so really no reason for a rematch.

Actually would have prefered Floyd fight Cotto for the first time than this. But hey..I truly believe Arum wants zero to do with Floyd and i'm sorry Pac fans but Pac is not man enough to tell Arum to go fuck himself unless he can get the Floyd fight made.

The first fight was one sided and I don't think Cotto has done all that much since the Pac loss. I don't think he deserves a rematch and Cotto has been fighting at JMW since and I can't see Manny accommodating him and moving up. I don't see the point.

1. You certainly can't call this a good fight on paper, but it's not crap either. Imo aside from Mayweather or Marquez, Cotto is the only fighter with the tools to beat Manny or even give him much of a scrap. It's a matter of whether he can really apply anything differently this time and avoid getting tagged early, and I do think he can draw confidence from Pacquiaos scrape against Marquez. Physically at least, I don't think JMM has an edge over Cotto aside from his jaw, and with the right game plan Cotto could potentially run this really close.

Why does he need 6 months to get ready for a fight against a guy he's already dominated?!

I guess this will be further proof for some people here that Mayweather is ducking Pac

I highly doubt this fight will happen.

I would have preferred mayweather but I've also wanted this rematch for a while. I'm not that disappointed.

Khan would give pac more problems than cotto.
Arum will hype this fight up to the hilt and everyone will start to believe cotto has a chance this time round!
It will be cotto in june and probably hatton will come out of retirement for another go at pac in november.
Then in early 2013 pac will fight a new and improved josh clotty and retire in december.
Top rank are top guns in staging the fights no one wants to see.

One thing that really annoys me about this.

In the other threads tracking the adventures of Floyd and Pac, there were certain people claiming that Floyd didn't really want the fight and that him calling out Pac was just a bluff. I find it interesting to briefly summarize the most recent events leading to this thread here.

-After a less than impressive "victory" over Marquez, Pac's team does not seem to be even thinking about Floyd as the next match. Instead they are considering a 4th fight with Marquez

-correct me if I'm wrong but I think Floyd was showing interest at this point in fighting Pac, but then as we all know, Floyd was sentenced to a prison term. There was much speculation about whether Floyd could serve the time and still prepare to fight Pac.

-Meanwhile, Team Pac was looking for a fight in May, correct?

-Floyd's prison term is pushed back, likely so that the fight can take place

-Pac's team says a cut will keep Pac from fighting in May

-Floyd calls out Pac over twitter. Certain people here claimed that it was invalid and that Floyd did not really want the fight

-Pac "accepts" Floyds demands but the articals released blame Floyd for being the one who doesnt have everything lined up and ready to go... then some excuses are thrown around the the fight Venue is too small.

-And that bring us to this thread here: Pac fighting Cotto. WTF

Does anyone have anything at all to say about this? Whether or not the fight would be interesting is sort of irrelevant. Why are they even making this fight?
If it was Pac's intent to fight in June all along then they could have stated that a long time ago and Floyd very likely could have taken the fight had his prison term not been pushed back.

This is pure BS if this fight happens.

ninjaspy, logic leaves people when they are blinded by either too much hate for a fighter or too much love. Floyd's in a no-win..he has many haters and Pac has too many nuthuggers. 90% of the boxing world will put blame on Floyd no matter what for these exact reasons.

Hey, some would argue Manny looked aged and that he lost his last fight...maybe it's him who needs the 'soft' touch of a rebound fight. Though regardless of first meet I don't think Cotto is ever a soft touch or a safe bet. Who's optional? Khan, nah he just lost and has unfinished business with um Peterson. Bradley would be ideal no doubt, he's taking major flack from critics on all fronts and all he's done is win & win and been a professional. I see he and Pac more and more as somewhat of a crossroads fight as Manny is not exactly fresh off the teet at this stage. Marquez deserves and is probally burning up for yet another match but jeezus, I'm pretty certain I've already watched him beat Pac twice in my own opinion and I almost think he just needs to leave that chapter and end on a defining note. Thought of him having any doubt go to Manny again kills, he'll always have linger of Manny but fans know what they saw. Maybe I'm off but just not clamoring for a forth. Actually I'd much rather see he and Bradley go at
it. Style wise that is a fantastic fight. Mayweather just needs to go to jail. This fight/non fight will be hashed out for decades. IF it should come off great, but I think we've all wasted too much time on it. Blame Manny and Arum for dollar and centing it to death, blame Floyd for ducking out of sport for so long and getting into nonsense with law after knocking out his soft touch in Ortiz. Lots of blame to go around.

More bullshit match making from Bob sucking the life out of boxing Arum, there is no way we will see any difference in the outcome of this fight from the first.Pac man needs to leave Arum if he wants to fight pretty boy Floyd, otherwise it could be Margarito 11 next

If this fight happens, I can say with complete certainty that I will not be tuning in.




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