Quote Originally Posted by The Rookie Fan
It's going to be a great card and I am sure Gomez Cotto will be a good fight.

I might be wrong but I get the feeling Gomez is in it for the money and he knows he won't be big time so he will milk his semi-celebrity status from the Contender until it runs dry and he will continue to go in the ring with whoever he can untill he is no longer marketable.

I could be way off though... But I don't think his handlers did him any favors by putting him in the ring with Cotto at this stage in his career.
All the Contenders from season one seem to have been rushed but I think Manfredo Jr is more to blame than anyone else, since it was he that biatched and moaned about getting an undeserved title shot which in turn, put pressure on the rest of the Contenders and it's handlers. Peter was one of the most experienced fighters coming into the show with 21-0.
Alfonso came in with 13-2 and Sergio Mora came on the show with only 11-0 record. I said it before and I will say it again, Peter did not have the experiece to face someone such as Calzaghe. Mora doesnt have the experience for Taylor and Alfonso does not have the experience for Cotto.

Peter was put to shame by Calzaghe.
Taylor would have beat the noise out of Mora. (Wise decision not fighting him)
And Cotto is going to put a vicious hurting on Gomez.

Contender people don't know how to manage a fighters career and that is an obvious fact. Sure they have the pull to get title fights but what good is getting a title fight if their fighters are not ready and chances are they wont win? I know some of you are thinking these guys aren't championship material and that it would not matter what the Contender people did.

Oh and like PRIDE OF BOSTON mentioned? LMAO @ Miranda vs Banks. Now here is a fighter (Banks) with very little experience. I think I read that he has no amateur background. Talk about throwing your fighters to the wolves



One more thing I think we should mention here is that Alfonso Gomez has never gone 12 rounds