Miguel Cotto has turned down Andre Berto

[boxingbantz]

Interesting.

Tried searching to see if it had been posted but couldn't find anything. According to Andre Berto on twitter, on twitter, Miguel Cotto has turned down an offer to fight Andre Berto this fall. He now says he wants Alfredo Angulo - who, ironically, I thought Cotto might have found next. Apparently, though, Cotto is going to be fighting Martirosyan next:

Stead they're trying to make Cotto vs Martirosyan happen. Sounds like some more TOP RANK bull to me.. What a shame
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Heard Cotto and his team has declined my offer to sqaure off this fall smh...

[milmascaras1]

a cotto/angulo fight would be a great, great fight, imo. but i think so would a cotto/berto fight. i think what cotto is thinking is he can make more money fighting angulo because of the large latino market and also it would add fuel to the already intense mexico/puerto rico boxing rivalry.

[boxingbantz]

a cotto/angulo fight would be a great, great fight, imo. but i think so would a cotto/berto fight. i think what cotto is thinking is he can make more money fighting angulo because of the large latino market and also it would add fuel to the already intense mexico/puerto rico boxing rivalry.

This is definitely the best option for Miguel. Although, agreed, a Cotto/Berto fight would be great but it doesn't look like it is going to be happening - this year at least.

[ElTerribleMorales]

seems like Cotto just wants to get a couple more rounds in with Steward in his corner basically to adjust a bit more, which IMO is completely understandable

[CFH]

Top Rank and it's incestuous bullshit is starting to seriously piss me off. I give it 5 years before they start producing their own title belts and essentially start functioning as a league .

[ElTerribleMorales]

Top Rank and it's incestuous bullshit is starting to seriously piss me off. I give it 5 years before they start producing their own title belts and essentially start functioning as a league .

well Bob Arum did say he was gonna take some ideas from the UFC lol

[CFH]

Top Rank and it's incestuous bullshit is starting to seriously piss me off. I give it 5 years before they start producing their own title belts and essentially start functioning as a league .

well Bob Arum did say he was gonna take some ideas from the UFC lol

Well, then maybe he should look into having the best fighters in a division actually fight one another...

[ElTerribleMorales]

Top Rank and it's incestuous bullshit is starting to seriously piss me off. I give it 5 years before they start producing their own title belts and essentially start functioning as a league .

well Bob Arum did say he was gonna take some ideas from the UFC lol

Well, then maybe he should look into having the best fighters in a division actually fight one another...

yea i'm in agreement with you on that, but i also understand why Cotto might not want to take on a marquee name right now (although IMO he beats up Berto badly), and Berto well has the habit of screwing himself out of fights, Mosley and him were in negotiations again and well they offered Berto $400,000 and well he thought he was above that and well Mosley moved on to Mora

[Onix]

Smartest move Cotto could have done. He'll make more money getting beat up by Angulo then he will by getting beat up by Berto.

[HattonTheHammer]

angulo and berto need another 3-4 solid matchups with 2nd tier opponents before the likes of miguel cotto should be considered.

I just see a raw youthful berto being taught a boxing lesson by the classier opponent

[Rantcatrat]

seems like Cotto just wants to get a couple more rounds in with Steward in his corner basically to adjust a bit more, which IMO is completely understandable

You back up every single thing Cotto does, good or bad. Clearly, IYO it would be understandable. I don't disagree, here, however, for different reasons. If you are going to be a champion at 154, fight some of the top 154 guys. Foreman and Martirosyan are top ten guys. In a way, Cotto is making his way up the ladder of competition at 154. His next fight after Martirosyan should be against tougher opposition at 154. Martinez, Angulo, Williams, Dzinziruk etc. Truthfully, a fight against Dzinziruk at 154, would be a great match-up of styles. I favor Dzinziruk, but I haven't seen enough of him to be completely confident in his abilities. At this stage, I see Angulo pulverizing Cotto. Williams outworking him with volume and Martinez outclassing him. I don't want to see a Pacquiao rematch.

[ElTerribleMorales]

seems like Cotto just wants to get a couple more rounds in with Steward in his corner basically to adjust a bit more, which IMO is completely understandable

You back up every single thing Cotto does, good or bad. Clearly, IYO it would be understandable. I don't disagree, here, however, for different reasons. If you are going to be a champion at 154, fight some of the top 154 guys. Foreman and Martirosyan are top ten guys. In a way, Cotto is making his way up the ladder of competition at 154. His next fight after Martirosyan should be against tougher opposition at 154. Martinez, Angulo, Williams, Dzinziruk etc. Truthfully, a fight against Dzinziruk at 154, would be a great match-up of styles. I favor Dzinziruk, but I haven't seen enough of him to be completely confident in his abilities. At this stage, I see Angulo pulverizing Cotto. Williams outworking him with volume and Martinez outclassing him. I don't want to see a Pacquiao rematch.

i don't back up every sing thing Cotto does, it was reported that he was in negotiations here in PR when Mayweather came over here, and as i said i was hoping that Cotto wouldn't take the fight, apart from maybe Jennings and Gomez, name one weak fighter he's taken on since 2007 so same way as other fighters such as Bute and Pavlik deserved a break and chance to take on gimme i think Cotto should at this point, especially given how his fight with Pacquiao ended and the fact that he has a new trainer, i'm not saying he should just take on guys like Foreman and Martirosyan for the rest of his career, cause i'd love to see him take on guys like Berto, Bradley, Williams, Cintron, Dzinziruk, Martinez (at 154), Angulo (who i think Cotto would completely outbox), and even a rematch with Margarito (cause i believe that Cotto would beat the shit out of the cheat in a rematch), but he does deserve a chance to take on decent competition as he is doing while he adjusts to being with Steward, it's not like he's taking on someone like Lujan, Julio, or R. Hearns

[milmascaras1]

i agree with ONIXAA, in that cotto would get a nasty beating against alfredo angulo! if cotto thought margarito hit hard and pressured him, wait till he fights a bigger, stronger angulo who also hits alot harder than cotto. i'm sure cotto's going to build up a nice early lead but i seriously doubt he can hurt angulo. on the flip side, angulo is going to come after cotto and make him fight. i think cotto's face is going to look like raw fish after angulo gets thru with him. and this coming from a cotto fan.

[Onix]

seems like Cotto just wants to get a couple more rounds in with Steward in his corner basically to adjust a bit more, which IMO is completely understandable

You back up every single thing Cotto does, good or bad. Clearly, IYO it would be understandable. I don't disagree, here, however, for different reasons. If you are going to be a champion at 154, fight some of the top 154 guys. Foreman and Martirosyan are top ten guys. In a way, Cotto is making his way up the ladder of competition at 154. His next fight after Martirosyan should be against tougher opposition at 154. Martinez, Angulo, Williams, Dzinziruk etc. Truthfully, a fight against Dzinziruk at 154, would be a great match-up of styles. I favor Dzinziruk, but I haven't seen enough of him to be completely confident in his abilities. At this stage, I see Angulo pulverizing Cotto. Williams outworking him with volume and Martinez outclassing him. I don't want to see a Pacquiao rematch.

Haha. Truth.

[Onix]

angulo and berto need another 3-4 solid matchups with 2nd tier opponents before the likes of miguel cotto should be considered.

I just see a raw youthful berto being taught a boxing lesson by the classier opponent

Respect the opinion, however I think Berto would DESTROY, I think CRUCIFY would be a better description, Cotto. Probably a worst beating then he took from Manny Pac. Mostly because of the mileage but also Berto hits harder and is obviosuly bigger than Manny and he still has alot of speed.

As for Angulo, he doest the same as Berto but slower and he may not get the knockout but he punishes Cotto all the same.