Is Cotto More To Blame Than PBF?

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Look, ive been a huge critic of PBF in the past, but I believe that I am fair in my assesments. Cotto, the champion, just defended his title against a fighter that non threatening opponent. I give him credit for fighting Mosley. That was a challenging fight. Ive critisized Floyd for ducking Cotto, BUT Cotto has been reluctant to pursue that fight himself. He is champion after all and believes he is the best just like Floyd believes he is the best. I blame them both if this fight doesnt happen. And as much as I dont like PBF, hes not entirely to blame if it never happens or happens too late. So my answer is, NO, he is not more to blame but he is equally as guilty as avoiding the fight.

You sort of have a point but right now Floyd wants nothing to do with Cotto.
Yes it would seem as though Cotto wants nothing to do with PBF because Cotto has not called out PBF either at least not with out people trying to put words into his mouth. I guess we will just have to wait and let this whole thing run it's course. Cotto has Tony in July and PBF has Oscar in Sept. PBF is looking for another Hatton fight. The bottom line here is that this call is more Floyd's than it is Cotto's. Maybe we will see them in 2009.
What good is it if Cotto calls out PBF if PBF has already said he wants nothing to do with Cotto until Cotto becomes bigger than the Beatles.

I think you both make valid points and are correct in that neither fighter right now is the top priority on the other fighter's list, and that's not how it should be. Regardless of what Floyd said, the fact of the matter is he said similar things about Hatton and immediately set the fight once Hatton dissed him. Had Hatton not made that statement about Floyd being 'boring' they still would not have stepped in the ring against each other to this day. By Cotto saying virtually nothing when cameras are in his face, he is in some way creating doubt in some people's mind that he's gung-ho about landing the fight. Likewise, I have no interest in Floyd's career from here on out until he steps in the ring with Cotto. Fortunately, I agree with Merchant in that it will most likely happen in early '09.