Steve Forbes:Cotto in Mexico signing Alvarez fight

[IamInuit]

So is it official?

No official announcement yet. They are no doubt waiting on Floyd to make it a double.

[Violent Demise]

It's like Alvarez gets hate for being good at a young age. The expectations placed on Alvarez are ridiculously high. And there made that high for the purpose of seeing him fail. He's already at an accelerated pace. What more muthafukkas want? He's 22 years old. He has an outstanding resume for a 22 year old. At 22 Cotto was fighting Sammy Sparkman. And he went to the muthafukkin Olympics

[Beanflicker]

The fact that people are actually trying to spin this as a legit fight shows what years of having boxing's bullshit shovelled down our throats have done to certain people.

Cotto has lost 2 in a row. Convincingly. A guy who lost two in a row shouldn't be rewarded with a megafight. That's absolutely rediculous.

This is exactly why people don't give a shit about boxing. This is why people know the names of the guys on UFC undercards, but would struggle to name a boxing champion outside of Mayweather or Pacquaio.

We should be demanding more out of our sport. If you are trying to justify this fight, shame on you.

[Diane]

It's like Alvarez gets hate for being good at a young age. The expectations placed on Alvarez are ridiculously high. And there made that high for the purpose of seeing him fail. He's already at an accelerated pace. What more muthafukkas want? He's 22 years old. He has an outstanding resume for a 22 year old. At 22 Cotto was fighting Sammy Sparkman. And he went to the muthafukkin Olympics

Blah, blah, blah...... do we have to go over this once again . We debated this for about 3 hours Saturday night. Just because he might have fought what you consider better opponents, doesn't mean that beating those opponents has earned him the right to a big pay day yet. I mean seriously, who has he really beaten that was a serious threat to him? He still needs to prove himself by fighting & winning against guys like Trout, Angulo, Kirkland or Molina. Being young has nothing to do with it. Golden Boy has just created a hype machine, and expects all of us to bow down & believe it.

[Violent Demise]

It's like Alvarez gets hate for being good at a young age. The expectations placed on Alvarez are ridiculously high. And there made that high for the purpose of seeing him fail. He's already at an accelerated pace. What more muthafukkas want? He's 22 years old. He has an outstanding resume for a 22 year old. At 22 Cotto was fighting Sammy Sparkman. And he went to the muthafukkin Olympics

Blah, blah, blah...... do we have to go over this once again . We debated this for about 3 hours Saturday night. Just because he might have fought what you consider better opponents, doesn't mean that beating those opponents has earned him the right to a big pay day yet. I mean seriously, who has he really beaten that was a serious threat to him? He still needs to prove himself by fighting & winning against guys like Trout, Angulo, Kirkland or Molina. Being young has nothing to do with it. Golden Boy has just created a hype machine, and expects all of us to bow down & believe it.

The fact that people wanna watch him is why he deserves big pay. It's that simple. Money is what dictates everything in boxing. And why does the name Kirkland keep coming up as someone he should be fighting? Kirkland had his chance. And he backed out. He doesn't wanna fight Alverez. Yet his names is always brought up.

[erics44]

how is cotto a cherry picked opponent? he has been one of the worlds best at any weight over the last 10 years

who do you want him to fight?

[Gandalf]

It's not cool for a so called champ to pick a fight with a man who has just put in one of his career worst performances. Alvarez habitually does this and thus I have no interest in the chap.

[Beanflicker]

how is cotto a cherry picked opponent? he has been one of the worlds best at any weight over the last 10 years

who do you want him to fight?

He's coming off of two losses and is damaged goods at this point. His last fight was so bad that people are talking about whether or not he should retire.

[Kirkland Laing]

It's a fight that will make a lot of money so it's going to get made, or at least it looks like it. I don't see what the problem is. Alvarez is only young and he's fighting the best pound for pound guy in the world in September so the more seasoning he can get along with the biggest paydays before then is all good for him.

Trout he could easily lose to and then the boxing industry doesn't get a massive event in September.

[TitoFan]

It's like Alvarez gets hate for being good at a young age. The expectations placed on Alvarez are ridiculously high. And there made that high for the purpose of seeing him fail. He's already at an accelerated pace. What more muthafukkas want? He's 22 years old. He has an outstanding resume for a 22 year old. At 22 Cotto was fighting Sammy Sparkman. And he went to the muthafukkin Olympics

It was his 8th pro fight. Canelo's 8th pro fight was against some guy who was 4-5 over in Jalisco, Mexico.

[Gandalf]

Cotto isn't even 154 pound fighter really. He went there because of the Pac fight and shouldn't have been there. His first real fight showed him up and he is a bit like Hatton in that he cannot make that extra jump (Hatton to WW obviously). He just isn't big enough. It's all well and good against the likes of Foreman, but maybe a better example is Mosley. Mosley wasn't a 154 pound fighter either.

[Bobthepen]

Cotto isn't even 154 pound fighter really. He went there because of the Pac fight and shouldn't have been there. His first real fight showed him up and he is a bit like Hatton in that he cannot make that extra jump (Hatton to WW obviously). He just isn't big enough. It's all well and good against the likes of Foreman, but maybe a better example is Mosley. Mosley wasn't a 154 pound fighter either.

Size is a factor, of course, but the truth is Cotto simply isn't good enough and styles make fights. I like Cotto, and he was terrific entertainment, but at none of the three weights he has fought at has he beaten an exceptional fighter save an ageing Mosley.

[Violent Demise]

It's like Alvarez gets hate for being good at a young age. The expectations placed on Alvarez are ridiculously high. And there made that high for the purpose of seeing him fail. He's already at an accelerated pace. What more muthafukkas want? He's 22 years old. He has an outstanding resume for a 22 year old. At 22 Cotto was fighting Sammy Sparkman. And he went to the muthafukkin Olympics

It was his 8th pro fight. Canelo's 8th pro fight was against some guy who was 4-5 over in Jalisco, Mexico.

Not bad for a 16 year old

[TitoFan]

It's like Alvarez gets hate for being good at a young age. The expectations placed on Alvarez are ridiculously high. And there made that high for the purpose of seeing him fail. He's already at an accelerated pace. What more muthafukkas want? He's 22 years old. He has an outstanding resume for a 22 year old. At 22 Cotto was fighting Sammy Sparkman. And he went to the muthafukkin Olympics

It was his 8th pro fight. Canelo's 8th pro fight was against some guy who was 4-5 over in Jalisco, Mexico.

Not bad for a 16 year old

No, not bad at all. And I don't discredit Canelo as I do JCC Jr. My response was to your dig at Cotto for fighting Sparkman at 22..... when in actuality very few fighters out there began fighting the quality of opposition Cotto did by the time he had reached his 20th pro fight.