Quote Originally Posted by p4pking View Post
Quote Originally Posted by hitmandonny View Post
I think if De la Hoya does ask Cotto for a fight it just proves the theory that he's only in boxing for the money.

I know Oscar was a good fighter, but let it go down in his hall of fmae record, Oscar was and is a greedy money hungry bully.

Well first off, EVERY fighter is in it for the money, at least primarily.. You seem to caught up in the idea that to box is for the glory, and not to make a living. It's very pretentious imo. But secondly, if Oscar was in it ONLY for the money, he wouldn't fight at all. That should be painfully obvious, he is nearing billionaire status and has no financial worries in sight, he can rely on his promotional company doing well for a long time. Any payday he makes is insignifigant to his total earnings at this point. Having said that, he, like any world class boxer, is still looking for the highest possible earnings in a fight. If he want's Cotto, then good for him, it takes two to make a fight and it shows he is still hungry if you ask me.
Its pretentious to believe that our sport is more than a business where the participants merely seek the most commercial names so as to make profit from the fans?
That goes against everything I train for.

Oscar's business is funded by his boxing earnings and his status in the sport. Is it good for him in business to go out on a loss?

Once again, why Cotto? Ids there no man his own size he could fight?
Over the past years, Oscar has raked in money, through manipulating fighters to come up in weight to fight him. Whats the issue with competing as an actual Light Middleweight against Light Middleweights?

At the end of the day Oscar is a fighter I respect for his early ring exploits, but at this stage he's merely motivated by greed.