Next for Cotto...

[XaduBoxer]

I wish it will happen at 147. Fukk the catchweight! Lets go for the 7th title Pac!

Cotto weigh-in at 146 in his last fight against Clottey... I'm guessing Cotto can still make 144 comfortably... And they can have the belt at stake even if it's a catchweight, as long as XYZ boxing org will sanction it and all parties agree that a belt is at stake... That can be negotiated together with the fair catchweight...
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[T. LaRue]

There's not much out there for Cotto that

A) he has much chance of winning (Manny/ Floyd)

or

B) will do big numbers


Before all this talk about Marquez-Mayweather being postponed, I was going to say if Cotto wanted another fight by the year's end, and make money, he'd go up to middleweight and prolly go after Winky Wright... which would also make a Mosley - Cotto rematch even more appealing.

(and I'm assuming that 1- Mosley Pacquiao happens, and 2- Mosley wins, which i think is very possible with Nazim in his corner)

I think Clottey definitely earned a return fight, but I also think that with the way he was fighting the last 2 rounds he gave that shit away.

But I digress.


Cotto is a good fighter with occasional flashes of greatness... but in the welterweight division right now, you have a handfull of hall of famers that Cotto would only be a tune up fight for.


So ultimately he's in a bad spot.

If he's out for money, go up in weight to fight Winky Wright... then if you win that you've got the choice of going back down to fight Shane, or you can call out Paul Williams for a fight in either weight class.


Otherwise a Clottey rematch just to stay relevant is his only option.