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Cotto is like 5 foot 6, going up to 160 pounds and fighting the best middle weight at this time... How are people already saying he's picking him at the right time cotto is 5FOOT6INCHES!!! People say mayweather is 2 small for 154 now how the hell can he be taller then cotto and to small for 154 but yet cotto goes to 154 and barely anyone says that he's to small for now he goes to 160 and no one is putting that into consideration. Tell me why isn't mayweather, manny, canelo, ggg, the other good middle weight (can't remember his name now), or any other top fighter not running at the opportunity to dethrone Martinez after his surgery's if he's done for? I get it people say cotto is catching him at the right time but he is the smallest person that could be fighting him other then manny and is getting shit on!? The truth is Martinez is the best middle weight right now and cotto is making his first fight at middle weight against the best middle weight out there. There is nothing cowardly about this.
A lot of people would disagree and suggest Golovkn is the best middleweight right now and few would give Cotto a chance vs him. Sergio hasn't impressed in a while and struggled with Murray but he is a title holder so it's a big fight.

Cotto deserves credit for taking this fight. Had Martinez looked his best in recent fights I don't think the fight would have been signed. Signs are it will happen, Cotto will make history picking up a MW title but it's a big gamble if Martinez isn't as washed up as he thinks he is because there's a chance his style could make Cotto look silly

I was ok with your thoughts until then. I mean maybe Martinez would not entertain fighting the prime Cotto either. It could have been made when Cotto was at 147 and he was at 54. Leonard perhaps would not have fought the Hagler pre his 3 year hiatus. One could make the case that Leonard waited him out. Armstrong most likely would not have fought Garcia at that time for the fractured mid title had he not seen something. Armstrong was just over 140 for the weigh in btw.

Boxing is as much about timing outside the ring with matchmaking as it is about inside the ring. That has played out throughout history and clearly plays out today. This is going to be a great fight.

Ps-I was a little ticked off when I learned earlier last week that one of the major stumbling blocks was whose name appears first on the billboard.