Top 5 reasons why Floyd won't fight Cotto

[Taeth]

Hey Chino , you are right bro....but think that Cotto will get prepare much better that it is right now , he will try to prepare with footwork too and other skills that will need for get ready to the fight and show to the whole world that each time when he entering ti the ring , comes with something new and different..........but lest see for next year bro....

I think Cotto is as good as he's going to get... You look at Mayweather and he fought Corrales he hasn't gotten a whole lot better, he's changed his style to make up for the weight gain and being slower, but his effectiveness hasn't changed substantially.

[Chino]

Because of all his abilities even fighting high level fighters, Corrales, Castillo, Oscar, Judah, Hatton look easy because he, Floyd, does everything, and does everything better than anyone else.

I am not really sure if we can say that his fight against Castillo I and ODLH were really THAT EASY.

[Deanrw]

Sometimes a fighter can just get roughed up and beat up no matter how great their technical skills are. It is just the way it is, was and always will be. There will always be someone out there who has your number, including Mayweather's. The person that does have that number is most likely a far less technical fighter than Floyd.

Cotto has shown a great ability to adapt and adjust to any situation he has ever been in. He can bang, box and take away your will to win.

The reason there are so many Floyd haters around is more to do with his fans thinking he is some unbeatable force, than Mayweather himself.

Some Fighters have a will to win that is so high, they refuse to be denied. They find a way to win. They just want it more.

Who would have thought Pavlik, as sloppy as he can look, would walk through Miranda and Taylor? Who would have thought Duran could have beaten Leonard while jumping up 12 pounds?

From what I have seen from Floyd in the past three years, is someone more and more uninterested in fighting. He has fought for paydays, but anyone who can stand there and say his heart is still in the sport are only kidding themselves.

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[Taeth]

Sometimes a fighter can just get roughed up and beat up no matter how great their technical skills are. It is just the way it is, was and always will be. There will always be someone out there who has your number, including Mayweather's. The person that does have that number is most likely a far less technical fighter than Floyd.

Cotto has shown a great ability to adapt and adjust to any situation he has ever been in. He can bang, box and take away your will to win.

The reason there are so many Floyd haters around is more to do with his fans thinking he is some unbeatable force, than Mayweather himself.

Some Fighters have a will to win that is so high, they refuse to be denied. They find a way to win. They just want it more.

Who would have thought Pavlik, as sloppy as he can look, would walk through Miranda and Taylor? Who would have thought Duran could have beaten Leonard while jumping up 12 pounds?

From what I have seen from Floyd in the past three years, is someone more and more uninterested in fighting. He has fought for paydays, but anyone who can stand there and say his heart is still in the sport are only kidding themselves.

/rant

Watch him train, look at his opposition over the last three years, look at him standing toe to toe with OScar for many parts of their bout despite having the inferior firepower, and size. He also looked more motivated against Hatton than we've seen him. Besides all that is there any reason to believe he is beatable to anyone out there? THere are only a few welterweights I would say give him a good fight and could beat him, there are fewer lightweights, and even fewer featherweights and super featherweights that I think could also do it.

Mayweather is underrated because he doesn't need to leave first gear to beat the best guys out there. SOme people don't see heart, but I see a guy who is so composed and confident in the ring that he doesn't need to risk everything for a knockout, he's never been like that, and people are mistaken themselves if they think he was against guys like Corrales. The simple truth was that they were smaller, and he hit harder p4p at those weightclasses.

[southakron314]

I see it this way with Cotto. If he can dominate Gomez he should really call out Floyd like Hatton did. Gomez is a guy who beat a ranked supermiddle weight. Gomez is used to the abuse with the heavier hands at 154 and 160. If Cotto can knock him out I will be really suprised. Gomez is all heart and a sturdy chin. He totaly took apart Gatti worse than I have ever scene him dissected including his bout with Mayweather. He fights with 100% heart and I really like him as a person and a boxer. Cotto is a force to be reckoned with. He hits guys like no one else at 147. He could probably really hurt Floyd just by punching him in the elbow and shoulders when Floyd is twisting with his chin sucked into his sternum his right hand protecting his head and his shoulder protecting the other side to the left. I think a fighter like Cotto cna really do horrible damage to a guy. This would be a great fight but Floyd says money money money. The money should be there.

[Taeth]

Because of all his abilities even fighting high level fighters, Corrales, Castillo, Oscar, Judah, Hatton look easy because he, Floyd, does everything, and does everything better than anyone else.

I am not really sure if we can say that his fight against Castillo I and ODLH were really THAT EASY.

Castillo 1 was difficult, but people forget Mayweather tore his rotator cuff. However De La Hoya wasn't difficult, I say technically that fight was easy. I think his fight with Jesus Chavez or Demarcus Corley or even Victoriano Sosa were more difficult, and he still easily beat them.

[El Gamo]

The ONLY people that thought Hatton would beat Floyd was hardcore Hatton fans and the ODD other person. NO-ONE else gave Hatton a chance and certainly not at 140. And to think Hatton can give Floyd a tougher fight than Cotto is laughable,especially at 147.There's a HUGE gulf in class between Cotto and Hatton.

I'm going to rep Taeth because even though he's a blind nuthugger and acts like he knows Floyd or something,he also makes alot of valid points and I respect that bro.

[ICB]

Because of all his abilities even fighting high level fighters, Corrales, Castillo, Oscar, Judah, Hatton look easy because he, Floyd, does everything, and does everything better than anyone else.

I am not really sure if we can say that his fight against Castillo I and ODLH were really THAT EASY.

Mayweather had a torn rotator cuff going into 1st Castillo fight plus that was years ago Mayweather has improved as a fighter. As that showed when he beat Castillo convincing in the rematch, and as for ODLH vs Mayweather no it wasn't easy but Mayweather still did win pretty comfortably 7-4-1 on my scorecard.

[Chino]

Because of all his abilities even fighting high level fighters, Corrales, Castillo, Oscar, Judah, Hatton look easy because he, Floyd, does everything, and does everything better than anyone else.

I am not really sure if we can say that his fight against Castillo I and ODLH were really THAT EASY.

Mayweather had a torn his rotator cuff going into 1st Castillo fight plus that was years ago Mayweather has improved as a fighter. As they showed when he beat Castillo convincing in the rematch, and as for ODLH vs Mayweather no it wasn't easy but Mayweather still did win pretty comfortably 7-4-1 on my scorecard.

Against Castillo 1, of course "something happened"! Can we really expect Floyd to say "Oh, Castillo 1 has been on of the most challenging fights I ever had. I just didn't have it that night"? Yeah right. If he didn't get that gift decision I can imagine he would be 100% fine.

[ICB]

I am not really sure if we can say that his fight against Castillo I and ODLH were really THAT EASY.

Mayweather had a torn his rotator cuff going into 1st Castillo fight plus that was years ago Mayweather has improved as a fighter. As they showed when he beat Castillo convincing in the rematch, and as for ODLH vs Mayweather no it wasn't easy but Mayweather still did win pretty comfortably 7-4-1 on my scorecard.

Against Castillo 1, of course "something happened"! Can we really expect Floyd to say "Oh, Castillo 1 has been on of the most challenging fights I ever had. I just didn't have it that night"? Yeah right. If he didn't get that gift decision I can imagine he would be 100% fine.

Thats a fact he had a torn rotator cuff injury he said that before they even fought.

[Deanrw]

Mayweather had a torn his rotator cuff going into 1st Castillo fight plus that was years ago Mayweather has improved as a fighter. As they showed when he beat Castillo convincing in the rematch, and as for ODLH vs Mayweather no it wasn't easy but Mayweather still did win pretty comfortably 7-4-1 on my scorecard.

Against Castillo 1, of course "something happened"! Can we really expect Floyd to say "Oh, Castillo 1 has been on of the most challenging fights I ever had. I just didn't have it that night"? Yeah right. If he didn't get that gift decision I can imagine he would be 100% fine.

Thats a fact he had a torn rotator cuff injury he said that before they even fought.

I would bet my money that he suffered it during the fight, or that the injury was not bad at all going in and he made it worse. He would not risk even greater injury taking a fight with a bad injury like that. If it was fully torn, the fight would have been postponed.

[ICB]

Against Castillo 1, of course "something happened"! Can we really expect Floyd to say "Oh, Castillo 1 has been on of the most challenging fights I ever had. I just didn't have it that night"? Yeah right. If he didn't get that gift decision I can imagine he would be 100% fine.

Thats a fact he had a torn rotator cuff injury he said that before they even fought.

I would bet my money that he suffered it during the fight, or that the injury was not bad at all going in and he made it worse. He would not risk even greater injury taking a fight with a bad injury like that. If it was fully torn, the fight would have been postponed.

Well whatever it was he still beat Castillo convincing in the rematch, and Mayweather has improved since Castillo vs Mayweather 1, so i think its pointless bringing that fight up it was years ago and Mayweather won the rematch comfortably on points.