Quote Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing View Post
The "he doesn't want to fight me" thing is just something to say. Neither of them are getting any younger and the pot for their fight could be $150 million and if Manny beats Cotto impressively there's going to be lots of dynamics all pushing to get the fight made. They're both going to make claims like this, both argue for a bigger share of the split, etc. etc., but the bottom line is they can make twice as much fighting each other than anybody else.
That pretty much sums it up. I don't think the Cotto fight is a foregone conclusion though, could be a very tough fight for Pac, I certainly don't expect him to dominate in the way he did against ODLH and Hatton.