Cotto said that Mayweather is avoiding him

[No Contest]

Why would he do that? The Cotto fight will be worth more money after the Oscar fight than it would be before the Oscar fight.

Your assuming he wins. Why? Because time is money also my friend, he's running out of his prime years. This is the smart move if he's planning on retiring soon.

[Puya]

Cotto has never called anyone. Arum makes fights and he keeps wining. in fact a lot of people want it Cotto. I remember at 140 Hatton want it no part of Cotto.

So since Cotto is so reserved this is his way of saying it.!!!

check out where it says " I WILL FIGHT ANY BIG NAME" meaning the ones that were left Floyd and Oscar

[Puya]

OH and if Oscar want to go with a bang, Go ahead fight Mosley and try to do half of what Cotto did to him.

[Macho]

Cotto has never called anyone. Arum makes fights and he keeps wining. in fact a lot of people want it Cotto. I remember at 140 Hatton want it no part of Cotto.

So since Cotto is so reserved this is his way of saying it.!!!

check out where it says " I WILL FIGHT ANY BIG NAME" meaning the ones that were left Floyd and Oscar

Hatton was another one , thats why he went to 147 pnd. and fought with Collazo , good point Puya......

[Pugilistic]

to be honest he is right, he is one of the best at welterweight and people have asked mayweather about him fighting cotto but mayweather just makes excuses, instead he takes a rematch with de la hoya which basically no one wants to see. hopefully and i believe it will happen next year mayweather vs cotto happens

[RozzySean]

This is just Cotto playing the game. Cotto's no dummy. He knows that he and Floyd both have a role to play over the next year or so.

Cotto's going to call Floyd out now for ducking him... and Floyd's going to blow him off... and more and more people will feel like the fight needs to happen.

Then Cotto will beat Gomez... and after the fight he'll call out FLoyd... and the HBO commentators will call out Floyd... and more and more people will want to see the fight happen.

Then Cotto will beat Margarito... and after the fight he'll call out Floyd... and the HBO guys will call out Floyd... and more and more people will want to see the fight.

And then Floyd will beat Oscar.... and the HBO guys will say over and over that he needs to fight Cotto... and more and more people will be itching to see the fight.

And then, Floyd and Cotto will sign on the dotted line, and people will have been waiting so long to see it and be so anxious, that they'll jump at the chance to pay $54.95 to watch it on PPV, and Floyd and Cotto will both make themselves a big pile of money.

That's how it's done.

It can't be said any better than this. This is exactly what will happen if Cotto stays focused and beats the guys he should beat. Even though it's not really in his natural Cotto will need to run his mouth a little to help build pressure and hype. That's the business end of the sport.

[Rican]

This is just Cotto playing the game. Cotto's no dummy. He knows that he and Floyd both have a role to play over the next year or so.

Cotto's going to call Floyd out now for ducking him... and Floyd's going to blow him off... and more and more people will feel like the fight needs to happen.

Then Cotto will beat Gomez... and after the fight he'll call out FLoyd... and the HBO commentators will call out Floyd... and more and more people will want to see the fight happen.

Then Cotto will beat Margarito... and after the fight he'll call out Floyd... and the HBO guys will call out Floyd... and more and more people will want to see the fight.

And then Floyd will beat Oscar.... and the HBO guys will say over and over that he needs to fight Cotto... and more and more people will be itching to see the fight.

And then, Floyd and Cotto will sign on the dotted line, and people will have been waiting so long to see it and be so anxious, that they'll jump at the chance to pay $54.95 to watch it on PPV, and Floyd and Cotto will both make themselves a big pile of money.

That's how it's done.

I pretty much agree with all you are saying. I would also add that Floyd probably hopes someone like Margarito will defeat Cotto so that Floyd will say "I told you so..." I don't have a problem with waiting, as you indicate in your post, but I almost feel like I am being cheated in some way by a second fight between Floyd and Oscar.

[RozzySean]

I pretty much agree with all you are saying. I would also add that Floyd probably hopes someone like Margarito will defeat Cotto so that Floyd will say "I told you so..." I don't have a problem with waiting, as you indicate in your post, but I almost feel like I am being cheated in some way by a second fight between Floyd and Oscar.

You have a point with that. Floyd only has so many fights left, and it sucks to see him waste one on a pointless rematch. It makes $$$$ to him, but it screws over the hardcore fans.

I would rather see him fight Cotto, now, too, but it is what it is. We had to wait for the Hatton fight to build and now we'll need to wait for the Cotto fight.

[leftylee]

If Mayweather retires without facing Cotto there's no way he can go down an ATG.

[ono]

Why every time this topip emerge you always say stuff like how Great floyd is since you already know that Cotto has been more dominating at 147 that Floyd. Mayweather is a great champ but in my eyes since he is calling himself the BEST 147 (notice the Bold words) in many eyes he is not. surely the best 140 and below. So if he wants to be the best 147 he has to beat the man at 147 that is Cotto.

My question for you is.... Would you like this fight to happen or not?

I don't think he was saying how great Floyd is.....

Think he was just explaining the situation....and i agree with him.

I think being best p4p in the world does automatically make you the best in whichever division you fight in.....regardless of who you have or haven't fought.

But in answer to your question, i'd definately love to see the fight. It would be interesting to say the least.