Quote Originally Posted by Deanrw View Post
For what reason? It certainly is not financial as a fight with another welterweight title holder will generate a huge gate.
Nowhere near as big of a gate as a fight with Oscar. It's not like a fight against Oscar only makes Floyd a little bit more money than a fight against Cotto or Margarito.... it makes Floyd a TON more money. The other welters aren't even close to Oscar in terms of popularity and marketability.

What pisses me off, is that Floyd's fans should want a fight with someone like Cotto, instead of trying to justify why he does not need to.
Wow, this couldn't be more inaccurate. I don't know a single Floyd fan who doesn't want to see him fight Cotto. We all want to see that fight.

We're just realistic and know that it won't happen until at least 2009. No one is saying that Floyd doesn't need to fight Cotto, we're just saying he doesn't need to fight Cotto RIGHT NOW. If Cotto is as good and as dangerous as everyone thinks he is, then he should have no problem staying undefeated for another 12 months while Floyd takes care of Oscar again.