Cotto-Foreman could be announced soon
February 6th, 2010
By Chris Williams: According to Boxing Fanhouse, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is near to reaching a deal between World Boxing Association light middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-0, 6 KO’s) and former WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s) for a fight that will be taking place on June 12th, at the Madison Square Garden, New York, New York. Apparently, this is a fight that both Cotto and Foreman want. It’s hard to imagine what Cotto, 29, sees in this fight.
If Cotto beats the little known Foreman and picks up the WBA light middleweight title, it could have zero meaning other than Cotto winning a paper title over an obscure fighter. This isn’t a fight that matches two well known stars. Cotto is the star here, and Foreman appears to be along for the ride and the one who will benefit by getting a name for himself regardless of what happens in the fight.
Cotto might be better off scraping this fight and going after a well known welterweight like World Boxing Council champion Andre Berto or after the IBF welterweight champion Jan Zaveck. At least those fights would be in Cotto’s weight class. Cotto is considered small for a welterweight at 5’7”, and for him to be considering moving up in weight to face a much bigger fighter like the 5’11” Foreman, it seems like Cotto isn’t thinking things through clearly.
Foreman is someone that Cotto will get little credit for if he beats, and the title won’t mean much even if Cotto does win it. The talent in thin in the light middleweight division, but there’s few stars for Cotto to fight there, and there’s a real chance that Cotto will take a beating if he takes on some of the bigger light middleweights like Alfredo Angulo and Kermit Cintron.
However, besides those fighters, this is a division that is mostly awful and Cotto could probably hold onto the WBA title for a couple of years without too many problems as long as he avoids Angulo and Cintron. However, I don’t see the point in going after Foreman’s title because few boxing fans will care and there’s a real chance that Foreman will beat Cotto.
Foreman is a fighter that is hard to hit because he moves a lot. The fight will take place on his terms because of his reach and in and out style of fighting. It’s a bad match-up for Cotto no matter how you look at it, and I can’t see the helping him any in the long run. It will help Foreman and make him more valuable to Top Rank, his promotional company, but I see it as a bad choice for Cotto.
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@ shut up, Man u sound like your in love. easy it up on the pacman loving.
I would like to see Cotto fight Alfredo Angulo!
man i really wish cotto will get back on his feet…he is a great fighter…my favorite…but he really needs to do some soul searching and clear his mind before he fights again …
p.s. he only 29 …he young.
@ GIO
Clottey an easy KO!!!! Dude stop smoking that sh***!!! Clottey has an iron chin with an airtight defense. If Pac ko’s Clottey he will make a huge statement and put even more fear in the heart of the fighter who’s avoiding him so please Pac don’t ko Clottey and let him hit you a few times so you seem vulnerable so Mayweather would actually consider fighting you.
this is not a good fight for cotto. hes to small for that division he should fight at that when hes ready to retire wich is not that far away alot has happend too losing to manny and losing his father. he should fight berto or the winner of mosley mayweather even do cotto is not the same he still could fight..
Cotto is/was a great warrior he doesnt quit or disapoint,but he has taken 2 terible beatings, he needs to find another hobby for his and his familys sake
@lex
“It was a gimmick to try to and get out of fighting Mayweather”? well that awfully put together bro!, I would suggest you to see the facts before commenting something like this.
Clottey is much….much bigger than Pacquiao and most of the people that saw the Clottey vs Cotto fight , they think that Clottey won the game. Mayweather doesn’t even step on the ring with those opponents of Mosley that he had lost with!
A damaged Cotto would still beat Kermit Cintron at 154lb.
@lex fugitive Well yeah, I agree with you man. I’m beginning to believet that the pac team is dodging fighters at welterweight levels by choosing to fight clottey for a sure ko. The only person they didnt dodge was cotto. And whats this thing bout mosley being soo good? we just saw him in one fight a year ago. For all we know this guy might just be finished and doing the mayweather fight for a final big payday. Well, only time will tell. A true challenge for pac would be mayweather, berto, bradley, and williams if he desides to come back down to 147.
But yeah that was off topic. I hope cotto wins he has all my respect for being such a warrior. AND SCREW what anyone says, this fight will mean something cuz he’s going up in weight to challenge bigger and tougher fighters. Everyones a critic, cant u just support this guy who has given soo much blood and entertainment for us?
if foreman doesn’t use plaster or steroids, cotto will do fine.
Cotto is going to get beaten up. Foreman will use his reach and stick-and-move all night; and he will give Cotto basically no target to hit.
Foreman on all three cards…something like 117-111.
What’s Miguel going to do with the 154 belt even if he does win? Some of the 154 guys are huge bangers with solid chins, a la Margarito (just minus the wraps of doom). This is just more of Arum’s antics, matching two more Top Rank fighters against each other, so he can skim off the top of both guys. I don’t even know why Miguel stays with Arum. Top Rank didn’t even have his back after Plasterito thumped on him, and now Arum’s trying to put Plasterito on the Pacquiao-Clottey undercard, Pacquiao being another guy that Arum made Cotto a sacrifical lamb for.
easy fight for cotto another belt
only criminals beat cotto like
margarito and pacman fighters that dont cheat dont have a chance
Cotto is taking this because if he wins he gets a rematch with Manny at another catch-weight, Probably 148. That way Manny can win another paper title while avoiding Mosley, Mayweather, and Williams. Manny doesn’t want to fight Mayweather or Mosley. Freddie Roach said Mosley was too good, thats the reason Roach gave for not fighting him. That is Roach’s word. Mayweather agreed to 6 of Manny’s demands, while Manny wouldn’t budge and needed all 7 of his demands met. Clottey is known for having trouble making weight, but no crazy penalty in that fight. That just proves it was a gimmick to try and get out of fighting Mayweather.