Floyd fought a weak WW champ and never had the intention of fighting Tony,Tony will fight Paul and Tony is fighting a more dangerous and proven fighter in Cotto first. As for Estrada,he needs to shut his mouth and take the fight,a 10 rounder with Tony is better than anything I have seen his name mentioned with. And Shane deserves credit for fighting Collazo to an extent....his first choice was Baldo(wtf I know!),second was Cintron AND THEN Collazo.

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Remember, Margarito is not playing anything safe. He is choosing to fight Cotto ( a very dangerous opponent and a champion) and unify two belts as opposed to fighting a top contender (Williams) who has fought very few well known names and has no belt. And what is the WBO belt anyway? Does anyone take it seriously?
He won't be unifying though. He will just be fighting for a different title. At this point, Williams is as big of a name as he's gonna get, his proposed match with Cotto isn't until June, why not fight before then?

Cotto has the draw to call the shots now.
He's not fighting before then because he has injured his wrist and ankle and does not want to make them worse,so by fighting a 10 rounder in March,he is checking the injuries and keeping any rust away,and I'm sure the winner of Tony Cotto will fight Williams and Im even more sure that Tony will fight Paul somewhere down the line.

Most of the he's ducking Paul is from PBF fans/guys who dislike Tony,the fact is Tony has never asked,who is Paul,who has he beat etc etc. He has a shot at the biggest fight of his career against a better fighter,Williams isn't going anywhere either. Trust me on this, Tony will fight Paul. Name me one reason he would duck Paul yet fight Cotto?!It's circumstance!In hindsight,I wish he had not fought Clottey and fought Paul instead at that time.