
Originally Posted by
Beanflicker
This fight will happen. There's no way Floyd is going to turn up fighting a guy he already beat for the LINEAR middleweight championship and his 6th weight division title.
They'll say that Cotto is a "new man" and completely "reinvented" under Freddie Roach. They'll play up the fact that Cotto was able to do more damage than Mayweather is used to taking. They'll sell the whole "revenge" angle, with Freddie Roach looking for that elusive win over Mayweather. This is the fight both guys have planned. Floyd had to get by Pac and Cotto took a fight against a credible but beatable 160lber to show that he is a "legit" middleweight.
Who else is there to fight besides Cotto and Khan? Cotto is an easier opponent and gives him the most reward for beating. Floyd's not going to fight a young lion like Brook, Porter or Thurman and there's no one worth fighting at 154 other than Canelo, and nobody is going to buy that rematch.
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