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Who is this and say it isn't so. Cotto's next opponent?
The first day of the World Boxing Association (WBA) Directory Annual Meeting that is being held at the Maritim Pro Arte hotel in Berlin, Germany finished yesterday with some interseting developments. The next mandatory deadline welterweight champion Miguel Cotto has been set for next December 3 against official challenger Frederik Klose.
Anyone know this guy?
http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=17070
Can we say Edward feather hands?
A 37 year old French man who has never been stopped.
W 40 (8 ko's) | L 5 | D 0 | Total 45
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Let the hate begin.
I guess they can not put Miguel against heavy hitters everytime ;D
They will wear out that Cotton chin of his before a big payday ;D
A mandatory is a mandatory I guess ;D
Link:
http://www.fightnews.com/wba02.htm
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Re: Who is this and say it isn't so. Cotto's next opponent?
All big fighters are busy, i don't see anything wrong with It he is just keeping busy thats all.
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Re: Who is this and say it isn't so. Cotto's next opponent?
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Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
All big fighters are busy, i don't see anything wrong with It he is just keeping busy thats all.
The trouble with modern fighters is that they are not busy whatsoever though. Its a pointless fight. He should take it for 6 weeks time, knock the bum out and then take on someone worth fighting...
Of course this is not how the modern game works...
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Originally Posted by miles
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Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
All big fighters are busy, i don't see anything wrong with It he is just keeping busy thats all.
The trouble with modern fighters is that they are not busy whatsoever though. Its a pointless fight. He should take it for 6 weeks time, knock the bum out and then take on someone worth fighting...
Of course this is not how the modern game works...
Well i think "Cotto" is after the big fights, he is just keeping busy nothing wrong in what he is doing. I mean who else is there at the moment ?? no one just keep busy and get ready for the next fight against Margarito or Williams.
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Funny thing is.. This dude has never really faced anyone of any real stature..
He has feather hands..
And he has won four of his last five fights..With his last loss coming to....
Otkay Urkal!!.. Pshhh... Thats a bad mandatory!
Frankly i hope this happens alot sooner rather then later just to get him out of the way..
Its not worth taking the same ammount of time between a fight when its against a guy like this..
But i guess it'll be an interesting knockout to udate the already pleasant cotto highlight reel :)
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Re: Who is this and say it isn't so. Cotto's next opponent?
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Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
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Originally Posted by miles
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Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
All big fighters are busy, i don't see anything wrong with It he is just keeping busy thats all.
The trouble with modern fighters is that they are not busy whatsoever though. Its a pointless fight. He should take it for 6 weeks time, knock the bum out and then take on someone worth fighting...
Of course this is not how the modern game works...
Well i think "Cotto" is after the big fights, he is just keeping busy nothing wrong in what he is doing. I mean who else is there at the moment ?? no one just keep busy and get ready for the next fight against Margarito or Williams.
Come on Ice. This opponent is crap. Even a Judah rematch has more substance. Im sure a better fight could be made for that timeline. What about Mosley? Or even Collazo?
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Maybe someone like Collazo would of been a good shout? This organisations are unreal how does this guy get a shot? It's like Urkal he must of made a mint the amount times he was paid off to not fight his mandatory!! Urkal i think had fought two fights at 147 and one of them was an 8 rounder but he was the WBA number one for about 18 months wtf?? How did they come up with that??
Anyway Cotto is a credit to boxing and i think he would fight anyone anytime, lets hope we can line him up with the elite in the next 18-24 months.
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Originally Posted by miles
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Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
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Originally Posted by miles
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Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
All big fighters are busy, i don't see anything wrong with It he is just keeping busy thats all.
The trouble with modern fighters is that they are not busy whatsoever though. Its a pointless fight. He should take it for 6 weeks time, knock the bum out and then take on someone worth fighting...
Of course this is not how the modern game works...
Well i think "Cotto" is after the big fights, he is just keeping busy nothing wrong in what he is doing. I mean who else is there at the moment ?? no one just keep busy and get ready for the next fight against Margarito or Williams.
Come on Ice. This opponent is crap. Even a Judah rematch has more substance. Im sure a better fight could be made for that timeline. What about Mosley? Or even Collazo?
Mosley is retiring i doubt Collazo will want any part of Cotto.
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I don't think that this is so bad.
It's when someone fights people like this back to back is when I see problems
Don't forget Cotto is still very young relatively speaking.
If someone holds a title and does mandatory, good fight, mandatory, good fight.
that's fine with me.
I do agree that fighters should be more active nowadays though.
At least 4 fights a year at the championship level.
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Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
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Originally Posted by miles
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Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
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Originally Posted by miles
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Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
All big fighters are busy, i don't see anything wrong with It he is just keeping busy thats all.
The trouble with modern fighters is that they are not busy whatsoever though. Its a pointless fight. He should take it for 6 weeks time, knock the bum out and then take on someone worth fighting...
Of course this is not how the modern game works...
Well i think "Cotto" is after the big fights, he is just keeping busy nothing wrong in what he is doing. I mean who else is there at the moment ?? no one just keep busy and get ready for the next fight against Margarito or Williams.
Come on Ice. This opponent is crap. Even a Judah rematch has more substance. Im sure a better fight could be made for that timeline. What about Mosley? Or even Collazo?
Mosley is retiring i doubt Collazo will want any part of Cotto.
The fight is in December. So then why not simply fight the winner of Margarito: Williams instead?
Its a much more significant bout to be made...
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Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
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Originally Posted by miles
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Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
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Originally Posted by miles
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Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
All big fighters are busy, i don't see anything wrong with It he is just keeping busy thats all.
The trouble with modern fighters is that they are not busy whatsoever though. Its a pointless fight. He should take it for 6 weeks time, knock the bum out and then take on someone worth fighting...
Of course this is not how the modern game works...
Well i think "Cotto" is after the big fights, he is just keeping busy nothing wrong in what he is doing. I mean who else is there at the moment ?? no one just keep busy and get ready for the next fight against Margarito or Williams.
Come on Ice. This opponent is crap. Even a Judah rematch has more substance. Im sure a better fight could be made for that timeline. What about Mosley? Or even Collazo?
Mosley is retiring i doubt Collazo will want any part of Cotto.
I disagree there Ice what else is Collazo going to do? He is seen i think now as a good test and a good match up for the title holders at 147, Collazo would be paid well for a fight with Cotto and i think would take the fight in a blink of an eye.
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Well done here by Team Cotto :appl: you gotta applaud them.
The kids done well and needs a gimmie fight, heres hoping he doesn't under estimate Klose.
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Re: Who is this and say it isn't so. Cotto's next opponent?
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Originally Posted by CutMeMick
Well done here by Team Cotto :appl: you gotta applaud them.
The kids done well and needs a gimmie fight, heres hoping he doesn't under estimate Klose.
Am I detecting irony here, mick? :-\
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Originally Posted by miles
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Originally Posted by CutMeMick
Well done here by Team Cotto :appl: you gotta applaud them.
The kids done well and needs a gimmie fight, heres hoping he doesn't under estimate Klose.
Am I detecting irony here, mick? :-\
Wouldn't that be something? :(
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Originally Posted by CutMeMick
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Originally Posted by miles
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Originally Posted by CutMeMick
Well done here by Team Cotto :appl: you gotta applaud them.
The kids done well and needs a gimmie fight, heres hoping he doesn't under estimate Klose.
Am I detecting irony here, mick? :-\
Wouldn't that be something? :(
Ouch :(
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oh i suppose cotto deserves someone easy after judah but man. there must be someone out there that is better
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Re: Who is this and say it isn't so. Cotto's next opponent?
Just out of curiousity, does anyone have any ideas about why the organizations dredge up these mandatorys? There must be some money involved for them, but I can't figure out why they'd profit more from having a strong champ fight opponents with little or no pull vs. fighting top notch opposition that pulls lots of cash for everyone involved.
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Re: Who is this and say it isn't so. Cotto's next opponent?
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Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
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Originally Posted by miles
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Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
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Originally Posted by miles
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Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
All big fighters are busy, i don't see anything wrong with It he is just keeping busy thats all.
The trouble with modern fighters is that they are not busy whatsoever though. Its a pointless fight. He should take it for 6 weeks time, knock the bum out and then take on someone worth fighting...
Of course this is not how the modern game works...
Well i think "Cotto" is after the big fights, he is just keeping busy nothing wrong in what he is doing. I mean who else is there at the moment ?? no one just keep busy and get ready for the next fight against Margarito or Williams.
Come on Ice. This opponent is crap. Even a Judah rematch has more substance. Im sure a better fight could be made for that timeline. What about Mosley? Or even Collazo?
Mosley is retiring i doubt Collazo will want any part of Cotto.
Collazo has stated before this would be his dream fight. He'd lose a good fight and make a pretty penny in the process.
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Re: Who is this and say it isn't so. Cotto's next opponent?
Let's assume Margarito beats Williams... (and that is a HUGE assumption, I'm picking Williams to win)
Cotto and Arum are not going to pass up the big money of a Margarito fight in order to fight this bullshit #1 contender.
Normally, I'd say Cotto would just fight him in between (say in August/September), but I don't see that happening. Cotto is coming off a very physical fight, and he needs time for his cuts to heal. He needs some time off.
If I were Cotto and Arum, I'd tell the WBA to go to hell. Cotto doesn't need a belt at this point, he's made his name, he can get fights without having some worthless belt.
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I could be a typical american and say "He's from france and you expect him to be a good fighter with some punching power what are you stupid?" but i'll take the high road and i won't say that. ;D
The guy's 37 but some of the guys hes beaten recently have ok looking records and hes had a title. 40-5 isn't bad (a 12.5% ko ratio against that group is but w/e). A mandatory is a mandatory. I'm sure if cotto had his choice he'd pick someone else.
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Re: Who is this and say it isn't so. Cotto's next opponent?
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Originally Posted by SweetPea
Let's assume Margarito beats Williams... (and that is a HUGE assumption, I'm picking Williams to win)
Cotto and Arum are not going to pass up the big money of a Margarito fight in order to fight this bullshit #1 contender.
Normally, I'd say Cotto would just fight him in between (say in August/September), but I don't see that happening. Cotto is coming off a very physical fight, and he needs time for his cuts to heal. He needs some time off.
If I were Cotto and Arum, I'd tell the WBA to go to hell. Cotto doesn't need a belt at this point, he's made his name, he can get fights without having some worthless belt.
That's all well and good for selfless champions and any contender, but this would be a problem for champions like Freitas who would not have put his title on the line if Diaz had been stripped of his title for not fighting his mandatory. Unification and PPV fights seems to be the ultimate prizes these days and just about everybody is trying to 'get the best fights' and 'get the most money' even when they don't deserve them. Cotto is a name, but while anybody trying to come up is fine with him not being a champion, do you honestly think Margarito is going to face him just so he could say he beat a top Welterweight without the chance of unifying titles being on the table?
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Re: Who is this and say it isn't so. Cotto's next opponent?
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Originally Posted by MistaDibbs
Cotto is a name, but while anybody trying to come up is fine with him not being a champion, do you honestly think Margarito is going to face him just so he could say he beat a top Welterweight without the chance of unifying titles being on the table?
If the Cotto fight offers the biggest paycheck, then yes, you better believe Margarito will fight him even if it's not for a title.
It's called "prizefighting," these guys are fighting for money first, titles second.
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Re: Who is this and say it isn't so. Cotto's next opponent?
Who knows...
At least it'll be a freebie!
