Cotto is not a MW Champ

[Beanz]

Cotto is the middleweight champion, he took the risk of being brutalised by Sergio when others did not. I bet the others are regretting that now.

That is not strictly true. I am sure there was a pretty long line of middleweights willing to fight Martinez but Sergio chose to fight Cotto. Murray would certainly have rematched Martinez, Golovkin would have loved the chance to fight Martinez, Geale would have fought Martinez but Cotto brought the Dollar, and Martinez fought him.

[Master]

Cotto is the middleweight champion, he took the risk of being brutalised by Sergio when others did not. I bet the others are regretting that now.

That is not strictly true. I am sure there was a pretty long line of middleweights willing to fight Martinez but Sergio chose to fight Cotto. Murray would certainly have rematched Martinez, Golovkin would have loved the chance to fight Martinez, Geale would have fought Martinez but Cotto brought the Dollar, and Martinez fought him.

True but Murray had his chance and did not take it, Geale lost his title to Barker, GGG is beating the rest.

[Spicoli]

As much as I hate to see it and woke up wishing it was a bad trip, Martinez was the Champion and respected...by most, but clearly not all ...and was beat soundly by Cotto. Had Alvarez, Mayweather, Golovkin, come in and dusted him they would merit and more easily receive the respect of doing so,

The man got beat. Cotto beat the man and himself was just talking retirement and off beatings a fight removed. Cotto deserves respect and people need to just get over it.

[cyclone]

As much as I hate to see it and woke up wishing it was a bad trip, Martinez was the Champion and respected...by most, but clearly not all ...and was beat soundly by Cotto. Had Alvarez, Mayweather, Golovkin, come in and dusted him they would merit and more easily receive the respect of doing so,

The man got beat. Cotto beat the man and himself was just talking retirement and off beatings a fight removed. Cotto deserves respect and people need to just get over it.

Agreed

You best believe if GG did that to Sergio they'd be comparing him to Hagler.

Cotto just pee'd in everybody's Koolaid.

[johnsebastianmiran]

The amount of injuries and lumps these guys took brought them to Saturday night with the evil talk false bravado and you cant wear the brace by the New York State Athletic commission aka the fly in the ointment. The game is called prize fighting and Cotto like a young lion waiting for the old lion to miss a step bared his teeth and got the pride, the reward, the purse. Legacies had nothing to do with it and being a lineal champ doesn't mean you are the best and the promoters, the suits with the money also helped steer away viable opponents. These are the same criminals that almost destroyed boxing. Remember when all this was on network television? Do you remember the Tuesday night fights, a highly rated program in that time frame being cancelled by men who I am embarrassed to recognize as my gender? A little while ago I read that titles don't mean squat and they don't. Every division is cracked with so many alphabet soup titles and if we are not careful anyone can start an organization and declare himself champion or beat up Tijuana cab drivers to pad their record. Cotto is the champ who beat the lineal champ and now he has to present the burden of truth, fight the number one contender or vacate. I like Cotto and yes he is entitled to a hefty purse but if fighting a non middleweight when you are the champion and you play that shitty game of catch weights then we have to go to the dictionary and I don't want to read the dullest book in the history of mankind next to the New York phone book to tell me what I already know, you have to win fights with the best to be called. Champion

[Abelardus]

Ive been watching videos of Martinez training for cotto and he moves around fine maybe he had a bad knee but if someone can train for months on a bad knee I don't see how the day of the fight it all goes wrong. Maybe it was his knee but he did get hurt and dropped three times in the first round then said he never recovered and that's why he lost. If it was his knee bothering him I think he would've admitted it or at least said something about it but he said nothing about it at all and was moving the whole fight. Congrats to cotto and I hope Freddie can get the best out of him cuz he is in the best shape I've seen him since his 140/ early 147 days.

[Beanz]

Cotto is the middleweight champion, he took the risk of being brutalised by Sergio when others did not. I bet the others are regretting that now.

That is not strictly true. I am sure there was a pretty long line of middleweights willing to fight Martinez but Sergio chose to fight Cotto. Murray would certainly have rematched Martinez, Golovkin would have loved the chance to fight Martinez, Geale would have fought Martinez but Cotto brought the Dollar, and Martinez fought him.

True but Murray had his chance and did not take it, Geale lost his title to Barker, GGG is beating the rest.

Yes I know what you mean and I am not saying that Cotto did not take his chance as any fighter would, but there are quite a few middleweights who have fought most of their career at that weight, who would have given anything to have the opportunity to fight the man (Sergio)at middle. It's not Cottos fault but for them and us as fans it sucks.