Miguel Cotto has turned down Andre Berto

[boxingbantz]

Interesting.

Tried searching to see if it had been posted but couldn't find anything. According to Andre Berto on twitter, on twitter, Miguel Cotto has turned down an offer to fight Andre Berto this fall. He now says he wants Alfredo Angulo - who, ironically, I thought Cotto might have found next. Apparently, though, Cotto is going to be fighting Martirosyan next:

Stead they're trying to make Cotto vs Martirosyan happen. Sounds like some more TOP RANK bull to me.. What a shame
10:34 AM Jul 26th via MogoTXT
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Heard Cotto and his team has declined my offer to sqaure off this fall smh...

[milmascaras1]

a cotto/angulo fight would be a great, great fight, imo. but i think so would a cotto/berto fight. i think what cotto is thinking is he can make more money fighting angulo because of the large latino market and also it would add fuel to the already intense mexico/puerto rico boxing rivalry.

[boxingbantz]

a cotto/angulo fight would be a great, great fight, imo. but i think so would a cotto/berto fight. i think what cotto is thinking is he can make more money fighting angulo because of the large latino market and also it would add fuel to the already intense mexico/puerto rico boxing rivalry.

This is definitely the best option for Miguel. Although, agreed, a Cotto/Berto fight would be great but it doesn't look like it is going to be happening - this year at least.

[ElTerribleMorales]

seems like Cotto just wants to get a couple more rounds in with Steward in his corner basically to adjust a bit more, which IMO is completely understandable

[CFH]

Top Rank and it's incestuous bullshit is starting to seriously piss me off. I give it 5 years before they start producing their own title belts and essentially start functioning as a league .

[ElTerribleMorales]

Top Rank and it's incestuous bullshit is starting to seriously piss me off. I give it 5 years before they start producing their own title belts and essentially start functioning as a league .

well Bob Arum did say he was gonna take some ideas from the UFC lol

[Rantcatrat]

seems like Cotto just wants to get a couple more rounds in with Steward in his corner basically to adjust a bit more, which IMO is completely understandable

You back up every single thing Cotto does, good or bad. Clearly, IYO it would be understandable. I don't disagree, here, however, for different reasons. If you are going to be a champion at 154, fight some of the top 154 guys. Foreman and Martirosyan are top ten guys. In a way, Cotto is making his way up the ladder of competition at 154. His next fight after Martirosyan should be against tougher opposition at 154. Martinez, Angulo, Williams, Dzinziruk etc. Truthfully, a fight against Dzinziruk at 154, would be a great match-up of styles. I favor Dzinziruk, but I haven't seen enough of him to be completely confident in his abilities. At this stage, I see Angulo pulverizing Cotto. Williams outworking him with volume and Martinez outclassing him. I don't want to see a Pacquiao rematch.

[ElTerribleMorales]

seems like Cotto just wants to get a couple more rounds in with Steward in his corner basically to adjust a bit more, which IMO is completely understandable

You back up every single thing Cotto does, good or bad. Clearly, IYO it would be understandable. I don't disagree, here, however, for different reasons. If you are going to be a champion at 154, fight some of the top 154 guys. Foreman and Martirosyan are top ten guys. In a way, Cotto is making his way up the ladder of competition at 154. His next fight after Martirosyan should be against tougher opposition at 154. Martinez, Angulo, Williams, Dzinziruk etc. Truthfully, a fight against Dzinziruk at 154, would be a great match-up of styles. I favor Dzinziruk, but I haven't seen enough of him to be completely confident in his abilities. At this stage, I see Angulo pulverizing Cotto. Williams outworking him with volume and Martinez outclassing him. I don't want to see a Pacquiao rematch.

i don't back up every sing thing Cotto does, it was reported that he was in negotiations here in PR when Mayweather came over here, and as i said i was hoping that Cotto wouldn't take the fight, apart from maybe Jennings and Gomez, name one weak fighter he's taken on since 2007 so same way as other fighters such as Bute and Pavlik deserved a break and chance to take on gimme i think Cotto should at this point, especially given how his fight with Pacquiao ended and the fact that he has a new trainer, i'm not saying he should just take on guys like Foreman and Martirosyan for the rest of his career, cause i'd love to see him take on guys like Berto, Bradley, Williams, Cintron, Dzinziruk, Martinez (at 154), Angulo (who i think Cotto would completely outbox), and even a rematch with Margarito (cause i believe that Cotto would beat the shit out of the cheat in a rematch), but he does deserve a chance to take on decent competition as he is doing while he adjusts to being with Steward, it's not like he's taking on someone like Lujan, Julio, or R. Hearns

[Onix]

seems like Cotto just wants to get a couple more rounds in with Steward in his corner basically to adjust a bit more, which IMO is completely understandable

You back up every single thing Cotto does, good or bad. Clearly, IYO it would be understandable. I don't disagree, here, however, for different reasons. If you are going to be a champion at 154, fight some of the top 154 guys. Foreman and Martirosyan are top ten guys. In a way, Cotto is making his way up the ladder of competition at 154. His next fight after Martirosyan should be against tougher opposition at 154. Martinez, Angulo, Williams, Dzinziruk etc. Truthfully, a fight against Dzinziruk at 154, would be a great match-up of styles. I favor Dzinziruk, but I haven't seen enough of him to be completely confident in his abilities. At this stage, I see Angulo pulverizing Cotto. Williams outworking him with volume and Martinez outclassing him. I don't want to see a Pacquiao rematch.

Haha. Truth.

[ono]

seems like Cotto just wants to get a couple more rounds in with Steward in his corner basically to adjust a bit more, which IMO is completely understandable

Yet when it's rumoured that Khan will be fighting a weak opponent for pretty much the same reason you flag him up on it

[Onix]

seems like Cotto just wants to get a couple more rounds in with Steward in his corner basically to adjust a bit more, which IMO is completely understandable

Yet when it's rumoured that Khan will be fighting a weak opponent for pretty much the same reason you flag him up on it

Cotto fans are much quieter version of Pac fans or Mayweather fans who believe he does no wrong either.

[ElTerribleMorales]

seems like Cotto just wants to get a couple more rounds in with Steward in his corner basically to adjust a bit more, which IMO is completely understandable

Yet when it's rumoured that Khan will be fighting a weak opponent for pretty much the same reason you flag him up on it

difference is Cotto is already on the slide of his career, and has titles in 3 divisions, including wins over Pinto, Corley, Malignaggi, Bailey, Torres, Quintana, Judah, Mosley, Clottey, and Foreman

what the hell has Khan done to be able to take it so easy? beat up a shot Barrera (and technically shouldn't even be a win), an overrated Kotelnik, knock out a bum, then finally dominate a feather fisted Malignaggi who also is coming to the end of his career

when Cotto was where Khan is at in this point of his career he took on all comers and fought hard hitting fighters even after being dubbed as "chinny" (after the Corley fight)

also add in that Khan has been with Roach for over a year, and has had 4 fights with him in his corner

that's the big difference