ODLH want his last fight with Cotto

[frozensolid_702]

I believe I would like to see this fight more than Mayweather.This would be even bigger a PPV than Oscar vs Mayweather.

Maybe in Puerto Rico, but a Cotto vs. Delahoya match would be lucky to get 60% of the PPV buys that a Mayweather vs. Delahoya rematch would get in the rest of the world.

Don't forget............. it was a split decision, and a few people (probably die hard Delahoya fans) thought Oscar won the fight.

[TitoFan]

PBF-Oscar II (shudder) may well be a bigger PPV event than Cotto-Oscar.... but it wouldn't be a better fight. Miguel would force Oscar to fight.

[frozensolid_702]

PBF-Oscar II (shudder) may well be a bigger PPV event than Cotto-Oscar.... but it wouldn't be a better fight. Miguel would force Oscar to fight.

Everybody is entitled to their opinion.

Mayweather vs. Delahoya 2 would be a great match up of skill and technique (again) but probably not so entertaining for the people who prefer brawls as opposed to the science of boxing.

[Julius Rain]

fwock rotten boy and pretty gay!!!!

i ain't watching anymore rotten boy fights and until pretty gay fights cotto then i'll watch him again!!!!

[mayorook]

I also think this is some kind of ploy to to fight floyd, but if they do fight delahoya still can box his ass off and i think he will be the crap out of cotto if they do.

[TitoFan]

Everybody is entitled to their opinion.

Mayweather vs. Delahoya 2 would be a great match up of skill and technique (again) but probably not so entertaining for the people who prefer brawls as opposed to the science of boxing.

Cotto-Mosley had both.... and was damn entertaining (maybe FOY candidate). Credit to PBF for taking on a naturally bigger fighter (Oscar), but Pretty Boy is more intent on fighting "low KO risk" fighters and adding to his legacy, than he is on fighting anyone who might bust up his face.

[frozensolid_702]

Cotto-Mosley had both.... and was damn entertaining (maybe FOY candidate). Credit to PBF for taking on a naturally bigger fighter (Oscar), but Pretty Boy is more intent on fighting "low KO risk" fighters and adding to his legacy, than he is on fighting anyone who might bust up his face.

Hopefully Cotto makes easy work of Gomez (I'm positive he will) and beats the winner of the Margarito vs. Cintron fight to unify the WBA and IBF titles, so that Cotto and Mayweather can fight for the unification of all of the welterweight titles. Nobody has had all of the belts at welterweight since Zab Judah.

Cotto vs. Mosley was a great fight that was very entertaining and was a FOTY canidate, but so was Mayweather vs. Hatton (don't forget that Hatton is the naturally bigger guy)

If the Delahoya vs. Mayweather 2 fight happens at 154 again, then I would bet on it being more of a chess match than a brawl, but if it's at 147 then I would pick Mayweather by a knockout real late in the fight. Floyd has no business at 154 and would be out of his mind to go in there and trade shots with Oscar. But at 147, Mayweather seems a lot more comfortable and has finally grown/adjusted to the weight.

I can't help but wonder if Cotto would have gone up to 154 to fight Delahoya, and if so, would we see the same highly aggressive Cotto that we see at 147? Or would we see a much more cautious, reserved Miguel Cotto? Personally, I would predict the latter. But who knows? Cotto has proved me wrong on more than one occasion.

[TitoFan]

I hope like hell Floyd doesn't get baited by Oscar "My way or the highway" De La Hoya to fight at 154. Make the Golden Boy get back down to 147 if he wants another go at Floyd. You're right... Floyd has no business at 154. At 147, he beats DLH easily. (By KO if I'm lucky). As for Cotto... as much as I admire him, he doesn't have the height for 154. IMO, 147 should be Cotto's highest division.

[frozensolid_702]

I hope like hell Floyd doesn't get baited by Oscar "My way or the highway" De La Hoya to fight at 154. Make the Golden Boy get back down to 147 if he wants another go at Floyd. You're right... Floyd has no business at 154. At 147, he beats DLH easily. (By KO if I'm lucky). As for Cotto... as much as I admire him, he doesn't have the height for 154. IMO, 147 should be Cotto's highest division.

From what I hear, Delahoya is fighting Steve Forbes (a super lightweight) at a catch-weight of 150 pounds. Hopefully he's working his way back down to 147 for the Mayweather fight.

I can't think of any other reason that Oscar would be fighting a 140 pound guy at 150 pounds unless he plans on fighting Mayweather at 147.

[The Fightfan]

Maybe in Puerto Rico, but a Cotto vs. Delahoya match would be lucky to get 60% of the PPV buys that a Mayweather vs. Delahoya rematch would get in the rest of the world.

Don't forget............. it was a split decision, and a few people (probably die hard Delahoya fans) thought Oscar won the fight.

Like me. I still think De La Hoya won.When hearing a crowd of about 13,000 shouting BULLSHIT,something has to come to mind that Oscar was robbed.

[Macho]

Like me. I still think De La Hoya won.When hearing a crowd of about 13,000 shouting BULLSHIT,something has to come to mind that Oscar was robbed.

That was funny Fightfan CC

[Taeth]

Like me. I still think De La Hoya won.When hearing a crowd of about 13,000 shouting BULLSHIT,something has to come to mind that Oscar was robbed.

THere is a difference between diehard, and brain dead... die hard fans though Dela Hoya made a good showing of himself, brain dead fans thought Dela Hoya won... Half the people in the crowd didn't even realize they were fighting for Oscar's 154 pound belt which goes to show the overall knowledge of the people at the fihgt... As for the truth of it, at most he won half as many rounds as Mayweather.

[Poom]

THere is a difference between diehard, and brain dead... die hard fans though Dela Hoya made a good showing of himself, brain dead fans thought Dela Hoya won... Half the people in the crowd didn't even realize they were fighting for Oscar's 154 pound belt which goes to show the overall knowledge of the people at the fihgt... As for the truth of it, at most he won half as many rounds as Mayweather.

I like both Brawls and technical boxing matches.

Thing was in this fight.. what was there for even a technical fan to appreciate ?

Floyds amazing defence ? -he was so far away from all the punches most the time that it wasn't fun to watch at all. It wasn't like in e.g. the nDou or Corley fights where he has that amazing crab defence type thing, ducking and blocking everything. Or even in the Baldomir fight where the slipping etc was just so fast it was amazing , the way he used the elbows etc, I love to watch that,

De la Hoyas attacks ? - Yea , great to watch the 8 or so times this happened, I was very excited when he was throwing those flurrys at Floyd on the ropes, but it happened not frequently enough to make a good viewing

[The Fightfan]

THere is a difference between diehard, and brain dead... die hard fans though Dela Hoya made a good showing of himself, brain dead fans thought Dela Hoya won... Half the people in the crowd didn't even realize they were fighting for Oscar's 154 pound belt which goes to show the overall knowledge of the people at the fihgt... As for the truth of it, at most he won half as many rounds as Mayweather.

Bit harsh don't ya think.Anyway the 50 or so people I've seen it with at the bar in Philly.All thought Oscar won.So I guess all of us were brain dead.Most people I talked to said the same thing."When you have to fight the champion you go and get the belt not pot shot him and run away".Are point's were very similiar but everyone in the boards here and around all thought it was a landslide for Mayweather something I just couldn't grasp.

[Taeth]

Belts don't mean champion in my book... IMO and in most people's opinions Oscar was fighting Mayweather for his supremacy over the sport, not some meaningless bauble. As for Mayweather winning in a landslide, how does hitting your opponent when you want, and not getting hit in return not result in a landslide? Dela Hoya wasn't to able to do anything effectively, when he started using his jab, Floyd started countering him with the right hand until Oscar stopped trying to come after the jab, and the almost the whole end of the fight Mayweather controlled... I am not saying Oscar didn't come close in a few rounds, but most of them he was outboxed, outlanded, and outsped.