Did Cotto duck Mayweather?
March 9th, 2010
By Alexander Fugate: People first became interested in a Maywether-Cotto match-up around 2005 when both fought at 140 pounds. However, most thought Cotto still needed some more experience before stepping up to someone as good as Mayweather. This was pointed out by Chris Ackerman of Doghouseboxing.com on October 16, 2005 when he reported, “…no one in the Cotto camp is foolish enough to look for it (a fight with Mayweather) anytime soon. They know, as do most analysts, that Cotto has a lot of things to work on before he is ready for the likes of Floyd Mayweather.”
A Mayweather-Cotto bout seemed inevitable in 2007 or 2008. At the end of 2006 Mayweather had unified the WBC, IBF, IBO, IBA, and Ring magazine championships and was the lineal champ. Despite all these titles, no offer came from Cotto.
Then after Mayweather defeated Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton in 2007, he was considered the number one pound for pound fighter by every credible source and one of the biggest draws in boxing history. For Cotto a fight with Mayweather would have wielded him his biggest payday and with a win, recognition as one of the best pound for pound fighters in the world, if not the best. However, Cotto never made any offer to Mayweather and instead, in January 2008, agreed to fight Alfonzo Gomez. Gomez was a journeyman who had appeared on The Contender television show, with amazingly few known opponents. This bout was scheduled on the undercard of Margarito-Cintron II. This was done to built up hype for a Cotto-Margarito showdown. Michael Swann of CBSsports.com reported, “No one expected Gomez to beat Cotto or even provide much of a challenge.” Mr. Swann went on, “Cotto needed a tune-up bout… in preparation for his July 26 meeting with the Kermit Cintron-Antonio Margarito winner.” So a month after Mayweather knocked out Ricky Hatton, Cotto had his next two bouts already planned, with neither of the opponents being named Floyd Mayweather Jr. This is an interesting move if Cotto really had any desire to face Mayweather. If Cotto was so intent on facing Mayweather why did he schedule his next two fights without attempting to get Mayweather in the ring with him first?
And as we all know, Margarito gave Cotto a gruesome beating; a beating many suspect Margarito accomplished through wrapping his hands with a plaster-like substance. Regardless of if Margarito cheated against Cotto or not, after that fight Cotto was in no condition to fight Mayweather. After beating Michael Jennings, Cotto won a controversial decision over Joshua Clottey that left most analysts with the believe that Cotto was damaged goods at best and shot at worst.
After Clottey, Cotto was quick to sign to fight Manny Pacquiao. This fight made him plenty of money, but Cotto was forced to weigh-in at 145 pounds, lighter than his normal weight. Cotto agreed to this catch-weight despite his well known history of severely struggling earlier in his career to make 140 pounds. Also, Cotto was only offered a 35% cut of the purse. Despite the big payday, Cotto suffered another beating and severely damaged his marketability.
Throughout his entire career, Miguel Cotto never made one offer to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. At 140 pounds, no one realistically thought Cotto was experienced enough for Mayweather and Cotto never fought any of the top four fighters at that weight. When Mayweather won numerous belts at 147, no offer was forthcoming from the Cotto camp. When Mayweather received a $15 million guarantee against Hatton, where was the $10-$20 million offer from Cotto? No where, instead he scheduled Gomez, and the winner of Margarito-Cintron II. If one actually looks at the facts, there is no argument to be made that Mayweather ever ducked Cotto. However, there can be a strong argument made that Cotto ducked Mayweather despite Floyd possessing numerous titles and a potential record payday for Cotto.
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Yea…the offer never came from ARUM to Cotto to fight Floyd.
What a tool, how much money did PBF give you for this article. I am tired of these toold that say cotto is done or this guy can beat cotto, fact is he isn’t scared of no one, like cotto says he let’s arum pick his fights back in the day nobody picked or duck u fought whoever tired of all these haters. Don’t hate on cotto cos he’s got balls and cotto even said it that he waited to get put in the ring with floyd but the offer never came up and said he’s not going to wait around
When Cotto beat Mosley Floyd retired.
Cotto only losses is to the biggest crminals in boxing margarito, and pac roid you people who are morons refuse
to believe this because you know nothing about boxing bob abrums works on poor people who have no hope that why he put pacroid as a champion thank god mayweather
expose this fraud and mosley expose that other fraud margarito yopu wont post thius because you are also a fraud
thank you fraud
@MarathonMan1 says:
March 9, 2010 at 6:55 am
Anyone defending Margarito needs to be taken out back and shot. Floyd could have faught Rito for 8 million but he chose to fight Baldomir for 12 million and a Belt. If you were in business for yourself which one would you choose? Arum is the cash cow in his stable. Everyone knows this
Thanks..you hit the nail on the head. If you really stop and think about his name Floyd “MONEY” Mayweather. He is all about the money and he will not fight someone who is going to pay him well. Its like any other sport: when you have free agents, they don’t always sign with the best team but they uaually sign with the team thats going to pay them the most.
@blanche_boy says:
March 9, 2010 at 3:45 am
this article is a crap, nonsense. during that time, mayweather ducked margarito, who cotto fought. mayweather is the ducker and cotto, if i remember it right (im trying to get the article) mentioned mayweather’s name in his wish list.
lol..Mayweather was on his wish list? huh..Firts off let me say something when you are the King of the Hill like Floyd was in 2007, he had many avenues he could have taken. Like Oscar and Hatton which had large followings and was established fighters and generated alot of Money when they fought. So, Cotto wasn’t calling any shots because he was unproven but you can’t be in control if you hadn’t proven yourself and at the time he was a bunch of hype.
PBF never ducked Cotto or Margarito. This started from an inability to make a deal with Arum.
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ESPN’s Dan Rafeal reported on this. The reason for the split between Mayweather and Top Rank was reported as follows in Rafeal’s 2006 article on ESPN.com.
“Arum said while Mayweather would have taken the $8 million to fight Margarito, he asked for a $10 million guarantee to fight opponents such as Miguel Cotto and Ricky Hatton, when Arum was only willing to guarantee $7 million.
Arum said Mayweather also asked for $20 million to fight De La Hoya, a fight Arum said he wasn’t interested in participating in.
‘That’s not in the cards,’ Arum said. ‘He wants $20 million for the De La Hoya fight? It’s not there. Sometimes, my man, you gotta know when to hold’em and when to fold’em.’”
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So, he ASKED to fight Cotto. Arum was not willing to give him anymore than $7 million to do so. This sport is about BUSINESS, first. A true fan of the sport, understands this.
As far as Margarito, shortly after $8 mil offer from Arum, along comes another promotional company, which offered him a dollar more to fight the lineal, Ring Magazine, and WBC WW Champion, Baldomir. Baldomir was the more attractive offer, obviously.
Arum started a smear campaign about Floyd ducking Cotto and Margarito, out of resentment. Yet even when Floyd was the WW lineal champion, and the 154 lb Champion, Arum did not offer up Cotto or Margarito. He instead kept the fights in-house.
As far back as 2007, Arum is quoted as saying.
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At the press conference following Miguel Cotto beating Alfonzo Gomez Arum said, “…he (Mayweather) didn’t deserve to be fighter of the year in 2007…Mayweather is not good for the sport and after seeing Antonio Margarito and Miguel Cotto tonight, that he (out of fear) has probably taken a ticket to Mars.”
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And in 2009:
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On Nov. 19 2009, Larry Fine of Reuters Canada quoted Arum saying, “… he (Mayweather) ducked (Shane) Mosley, (Antonio) Margarito, and Cotto…”
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Sounds like a bitter promoter to me, who let his biggest meal ticket get away, instead of 3 fighters who were being ducked by PBF.
Cotto has fought most of if not all of the top welterweights why would he duck mayweather out of all people.The man fears no one and has proved it while mayweather has only fought baldomir judah and hatton at 147 enough said.
Cotto never ever made Mayweather nor anybody an offer. He always waited for whom Arum picked for him. So it’s true he never made any offer to anyone.
To me fighters dont need to call out for any body the best fights the best and that is it.Some places calling out are left over for chicken early in the morning.And then they make chicken soups.
damn guess cotto did duck money. . . . guess MONEY aint a ducker after all, cant believe people accuse him of ducking when he hasnt fought a fighter at a catchweight. he has not really fought a shot fighter and i really dont see how he has been cherry picking fighters. COTTO never really made an offer so how could he have ducked him. and MOSLEY only wanted him after MONEY beat DE LA HOYA, but before that MONEY had been calling out MOSLEY for years. ANd MARGARITO, well he made more money fighting Baldomir. So all those calling MONEY a DUCKER shout shut the F*CK up.
i dont know who ducked who but i do think mayweather would beat cotto because cotto is an inacurate puncher and against amyweather he would use his defense to counter cottos punches and have a unanimous decision winning most of the rounds
cotto ducking mayweather? hahaha.. what? cause cotto dont run his mouth or call fighters out that’s considered ducking? it’s a bunch of B.S.!!! not to bash money may but go on youtube and look up mayweather the ducker, and see who ducked who. the proof is in the pudding. later!
@ Pointezact…
If you look at that fight again Margarito stayed on Cotto and Emmanuel Steward kept on saying Cotto’s boxing beautiful but what happens as the fight goes on. And whether Margarito gloves were loaded for that fight are not, what was Cotto’s excuse for not knocking Margarito out. Margarito was literally jogging towards Cotto after taking brutal combos, the fight changed in round 7 when Cotto couldn’t run anymore and Margarito start landing left hooks to the body
keep in mind that Cotto was given margarito a boxing lesson and humiliating him until the cement goves kicked in.
That isn’t the bottom line. Cotto & Margarito would never happen with Arum and why should Floyd have fought Margarito instead of Baldomir when he was offered more money to fight Baldomir and Baldomir was just as well known as Margarito at the time AND he had a title.
If Mayweather fights Margarito at that time then he is accused of ducking Baldomir. Margarito made his name around the time that Mayweather fights DLH and gets paid over $20 million.
I will admit right now that he probably did duck Williams, but I don’t blame anyone for that. Williams is a freak when it comes to body size and is too tall to be fighting at 147. He is a weird match-up and needs to move up. I don’t hold it against any WW or smaller for not fighting Williams.
The bottom line is, pbf retired when marg, cotto, mosley, williams, were at their prime, never fought them, didn’t wanna fight them
now after they beat each other up, he is coming out to suck up the blood sweat and tears others have shed while he is recovering and training with peds during that 18 months sham retirement
It is easy to see if you shake off the chaffs of fugate’s twisted propaganda and lies
I am so glad to see that people see the real problem here, BOB ARUM. I do not think for a second that Cotto ducked Mayweather, but I do think that Arum never gave him the opportunity. There is NO WAY that Arum will EVER let one of his prize possessions fight Mayweather. He hates Mayweather even more than Mayweather hates him and it bothers him to no end that Mayweather is thriving without him. Arum does not want Mayweather to destroy any of his big money guys and even he knew that Cotto’s strengths walked right into Mayweathers wheel house. Arum knew that a Mayweather/Cotto fight would have been a lot like the Pac/Cotto fight went. Cotto just isn’t good enough to beat Mayweather. He is a VERY good fighter, but he isn’t in Mayweathers class.
So why would ARUM ever send Cotto up against Mayweather? There would not be enough money for HIM in it first of all and second one of his top fighters would LOSE to Mayweather.
It is also 100% correct that BOB ARUM stopped the Mayweather/Pac fight from happening. I can lay it out again if I need to, but all you have to do is look at the timeline and the interviews and you see BOB ARUM as the problem.
The thing I hate the most about people that reply to blogs on this site is that if someone makes a valid point the next comment never addresses it. 12345 sent a message at 11:58 and no one even validated it. Just a bunch of jibberish about Cotto ducking Floyd. If someone is retired he can’t be called out. Has Floyd ever called out the best boxer out there like Paul Williams. I don’t think so. Floyd has some blind followers that disrespect real fight fans that want to see the best fights.
@ Jake…
Finish the rest of the story as to why Mayweather turned down the 8 million don’t stop half way… And correction Mayweather didn’t split he bought out his contract from Top Rank. For those Cotto fans, ya’ll keep yapping about Cotto isn’t the type to call someone out. But what ya’ll aren’t talking about is the dude has no business sense. After the Clottey fight Cotto had one fight left on his deal with Top Rank, there were rumors of him leaving to go to Golden Boy promotions. What happens next he gets Manny Pacquaio at a catchweight of 145 and he has to fight in Las Vegas the only place he’s ever been defeated and knocked out. If Cotto was the champ why is it the terms were all in Pacquaio’s favor, oh thats right he leaves all business deals to his promoter, LMAO. Bob Arum punished Cotto for not resigning earlier on and now look at Cotto, he’s about to be an after thought.
Even if cotto did call floyd out like i said earlier he would have looked a b*tch if hes calling every1 out but floyd….dont mean he wants to fight him or even that he could win….
or if that dont make sense, let me kick the freestyle…Kell brook said that he wanted to fight mayweather and pacman buthe would say that cause hes a welterweight but does any1 think he could win??? not a chance…
is it pbf fault that bob arum did not want coto to fight pbf? remember it was arum who said that coto was too green to fight pbf. and now we blame pbf. pbf was going to fight margarito only if he could get coto after the fight, but bob arum only wanted to give him 8 million, with only 4 mill gurenteed. now we have pbf with a signed contract to fight pacroid and guess who backed out??? pac roid, is that called ducking??? you pac fools say pbf ducked margarito with NO signed contract right. well what do you call a guy who has a signed contract to fight pac roid , and pac refused to fight is that called ducking, i think so …..
More Cotto news:
“Diez meses pasan volando, así que una, quizás dos peleas más, y me retiraré por completo del boxeo”
“…fuera por mi familia, por mis hijos, me hubiese retirado hace años. No es fácil que me vean recibiendo castigo, pero es el trabajo que escogí, es mi manera de brindar estabilidad económica a mi familia y ellos han aprendido a respetar mi decisión” -Miguel Cotto (Primera Hora)
Summary: Miguel Cotto plans on completely retiring from boxing after about two more bouts…
He says it’s not easy for his family to see him taking punishment, but it’s what he chose to do for a living and it’s how he makes ends for his family…they’ve been (his family) learning to respect his decision.
Arent we seeing a pattern here? Cotto doesnt fight Mayweather. Now Pac doesnt fight Mayweather. Its all Bob Arum.
Bob Arum was quoted as saying before or after the Cotto fight, “if it were up to me, Manny wouldnt fight Mayweather.” Its quite obvious that Arum doesnt want to do business with Mayweather.
Two reasons. He doesnt want to give any money to Mayweather. Two, he knew that Cotto would have lost, and he knows Pac will probably lose and stock would decline. Hopefully Manny will get out of Top Rank when his contract ends in 2011.
I agree with this article one hundred percent. People should be seeing a pattern here. Bob Arum does not want to do business with Mayweather, period. Arum was quoted as saying before the Cotto fight, “if it were up to me, Manny wouldnt fight Mayweather.”
Two reasons I believe you dont see this. One, Arum doesnt want to give Mayweather any money. Two, he knows that Cotto would have lost, and now he knows Manny would lose. And there stocks would decline. Bob Arum is an a, and I hope for Manny’s sake, that when his contract with Top Rank ends in 2011, he leaves..just as Mayweather did.
I gotta say man I’m a huge Mayweather fan First off the only official belts Floyd had were IBF and WBC and never unified he simply vacated the IBF. The IBO n IBA mean nothing they aren’t recognized belts (same reason Manny isnt an actual 7 time champ but only a 5 time champ bcuz Ring isnt an official belt either)….Bob Arum n Floyd both said Cotto was too green to fight him prior to the Shane fight, thats true. But you gotta remember, after Floyd beat Hatton n Cotto beat Shane that fight was seriously being looked at but it wasn’t Cotto that “ducked”…Floyd had stated even before Cotto beat Mosley that he needs to retire or take 2 yrs off after the Hatton fight cuz his body needed a rest n he didn’t love the sport. He did exactly that n didn’t leave an option of fighting Cotto on the line…Cotto can’t be ducking a fight against a retired fighter who isn’t willing to fight.
Two words:
Bob Arum
Cotto should have left Top Rank and signed with Golden Boy when he had the chance. I think if he had signed with Golden Boy, he would have fought Mayweather by now.
Since he re-signed with Top Rank, the only fights he’s had are against other Top Rank fighters and that’s in no way a coincidence.
Dam why do people that dnt knw about boxing get to give out there stupid opinions! Cotto has never been then dude that talks bad about his opponent and he never calls out people because he isn’t that type of dude his promoters are the ones that make the fights and he has ALWALYS agreed to whoever they have put in front of him! Now I will say this about cotto his footwork isn’t the best and floyds is really good but I dnt see mayweather witht the same heart as cotto. The only thing I say bad about cotto is that he needs a new trainer which he is gonna get and that when it comes to the big fights (margarito , clottey , PAC ) he just couldn’t beat them yeah he beat clottey but it was a contraversial lost but yes he had a HUGE cut. So idk about cotto he needs to work on some stuff so he can finish and actually win the big one because this guy is so nice and skilled he deserves it and his time is running out.
Tell me what y’all think
Cotto is too humble to call anyone out. But the guy does fight anybody his promotional team put in front off him, Top rank chooses the opponents, why don’t you think Pacquaios been but in with mosley,williams,margarito yet. He wants to fight them but his promotional company dont wanna lose money you see. Cotto would take Floyd, everyone know Floyd has always ducked cotto. at 140, cotto was learning his craft yu dumb fck, Mayweather was a superstar. And wtf about bruseles, Cotto is elite. All yu Cotto haters. suk mi DiK
the authors revising history
cotto is a very good fighter and i like him,but ive said it before he didnt beat the best at 140..but it was not cotto who ducked it was bob arum who managed them both and knew what mayweather would have done to him at that stage..mayweather offered to fight him then but arum refused.
none the less if it wasnt for margarito he prob would have faced mayweather still think he would have lost but may have been interesting.
i personally think he would fight any1 but like alot of fighters he lets someone else take control of his career(ie arum) who let 2 possible cheaters that are also his fighters beat on him,he was almost a sacrificial lamb
At James, when has Cotto ever called Mayweather out?
this is crazy!!! man get ur facts str8! its a privlage to have to job u have and u suck at it!!!! fire this guy and hire me!!! arum is the guy who pick cotto challengers!!! not cotto!! he had not control of who he fought! jus like pacman! they ask him if mayweather was next and all he kept saying was am on vacation and i had a hard fight against cotto!! under contract these guys cant call out fighters!!! its againts the rules!!! who ever arum wants those guys to fight is he they gona have to fight! they have no choice. but u dont knw that couse u aint no fighter!!! and everyone that realy respects boxing doesnt have to like cotto to know that guy will fight anyone infront of him and his a real 147 worrior!! like him or not thats the truth! if said diffrent they your just a hater!!!
this ducking story it all lead to floyd mayweather he is the one who invented ducking in boxing. before everybody was willing to take risk because they want to be the best. but now someone is claiming he is the best but without taking the risk. so its all lead to floyd. the king of ducking. quak quak quak.
everybody know floyd is the ducking king in boxing, so please don’t even try to change peoples mind.
Yes, Cotto ducked PBF at 140 but, PBF ducked Cotto at 147. “It’s a matchup I would love to see. But I don’t think Mayweather will ever fight him.” that was Emmanuel Steward in February 26, 2008 when they asked him about a potential fight betwwen PBF and Cotto. This was Cotto about the excuses or cherry picking of PBF: “That’s the thing he does for his entire career. He run from the really good boxer kind, he choose the others. I don’t know how the people who know about boxing put him in the first place in the pound-for-pound champion”. But for me it was more than obvious that none of them wanted to meet in the ring at 147, it was just to much talk.
From a business aspect why would Bob Arum have one of his fighters risk fighting Mayweather when he can pin them against each other all while getting 26% of both their purses, makes more sense to keep it in house.
@ Vendetta and NEL…
You both are missing the key point, fighters don’t dictate who they fight it’s up to their mangement and promoters. When Floyd Mayweather gave Bob Arum the big f you, he hasn’t fought any of his fighters since. All the guys you name are promoted by Top Rank Pacquaio, Clottey, Margarito and Cotto. Bob Arum wasn’t going to let Mayweather slap him in the face twice so this is why he never fought any of those guys. When did Cotto, Margarito or Clottey call out Mayweather? Larry Merchant damn near was pushing Cotto to say he wanted Mayweather and what did he say, I leave that to my team and promoter.
THE ONLY FIGHTER THAT HAS THE LUXURY OF DUCKING FIGHTER IS FLOYD.A LOST WITH FLOYD WOULD NOT HURT ONE BIT NOT FISICALY OR ECONOCAL.WOW CLOTTEY,MARGARITO,MOSLEY ALL FIGHTERS THAT NOBODY WANTS TO FIGHT BUT COTTO FOUGHT THEM INCLUTING PACQUIAO.HOW COULD YOU EVEN RIGHT SOME STUPID ASS ARTICLE LIKE IF FLOYD FOUGHT WHO HATTON,OSCAR,MARQUEZ IN THE LAST 3 YEARS.THE BOY RETIRE BECAUSE THISE GUYS WHERE ALL AROUND HIM SO COTTO CANT DUCK YOU IF YOU ARE NOT IN THE GAME.
dude this guy (cotto)just need a good,experience trainer thats it….
Cotto was sitting ringside when Mayweather knocked out the late Arturo Gatti and Mayweather pointed his glove at Cotto and Cotto’s facial expression was a small grin, but nothing ever came from it. This was back when Floyd left the Top Rank umbrella so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Bob Arum didn’t want to give Mayweather a bigger chunk of the pie just to beat up one of his guys he’d make more money having them fight one another, which he continues to do now.
When cotto beat mosley ,and mayweather beat hatton it was suppose to set up a match between them.What was mayweather’s response when larry merchant asked mayweather after the hatton fight on fighting cotto that he was gonna take some time off.Mayweather picked mosley to beat cotto by ko didn’t happen so who ducked who the answer is simple.Mayweather also said he would love to fight cotto in an espn interview ,but said cotto needs to get his own fanbase and be a ceo what does being a ceo have to do with getting paid alot of money to fight a top guy.
let’s be clear people. it was the cotto camp who swerved floyd and i’ll tell you why. henry bruseles was meant to be the pretext to cotto. cotto was apparently mimicking floyd during sparring and was an integral part of the training camp. bruseles had a similar size and height to cotto. he also adopted the traditional puerto-rican fighting style ie weight on front foot and religious body-punching! after floyd destroyed bruseles, cotto backed off! he was at the fight and was certain bruseles would challenge floyd. bruseles wasn’t even close to landing on floyd. hatton was also at that fight. he also backed off. cotto never called out anybody in his life. he always claimed that putting together fights was the job of his promoter. just like pac… i personally think that floyd got to a stage in his career, where he realized there were certain fighters he just couldn’t be bothered to deal with…
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To my knowledge…. and I surf the net everday for news of boxing… Arum never offered Cotto a fight with Mayweather.
Also… if there is a fighter that is willing to fight everyone… is Cotto!
The title should be inverse….. did Mayweather avoided a fight with Cotto?
I bet you that Mayweather would be more tha willing to fight Cotto now!!!!!
I don’t belive that at any time Cotto ducked
Mayweather. Cotto is not a boxer that you hear
calling other fighters out. He fights whoever
his promoters and advisers decide is the next
worthy opponent.Antonio Margarito at the time
was THE MOST FEARED and avoided boxer and it
was Cotto not Mayweather who stepped up.
Anyone defending Margarito needs to be taken out back and shot. Floyd could have faught Rito for 8 million but he chose to fight Baldomir for 12 million and a Belt. If you were in business for yourself which one would you choose? Arum is the cash cow in his stable. Everyone knows this.
where was floyds offer 2 fight cotto?
Cotto has never ducked anyone. Cotto was the main event in Atlantic city, not m-c ii. The writer also shows a fundamental lack of understanding of the economics of boxing. It’s called risk vs reward. $15mil to fight hatton above his fighting weight or $10mil to fight an up until that point invincible cotto? Writer also seems to forget that after the hatton fight all mayweather was talking about was a de la hoya rematch but then he retired.
@Vinny
It may seem that im always on floyds side because sometimes i see the most ridiculous posts and its just like “are you kidding me”. I just call it like i see it bro. And when were talking Margarito and Cotto, comparing them to Mayweather its not even close.
@Vinny
I am a Boxing fan first. Ive been watching my whole life. As a matter of fact the first fight i ever watched was Hagler vs Leonard. I was very very young and been watching ever since. But, anyway sorry about the throwback memories but that was a very exciting night. But to answer your question i dont blame Mosley for not fighting Floyd back then and going after the big money. What bothers me is when he claims floyd has been ducking him all these years. And trust me, i know there other great boxers out there. However, personally ive always thought Margarito was a BUM. Just as Cotto is and has always been a BUM in my eyes. Im very impressed with Edwin Valero, Andre Berto, Tim Bradley jr, etc…
if you look in the crowd at the mayweather vs gatti fight you can tell cotto knows that he can’t beat floyd
PAUL WILLIAMS KILLED MARGARITO MOST AVOIDED 147 – 160 REAL TALK..
Blanche boy
just because someone is mentioned in a wish list doesnt mean he really wants to fight him?? he had to mention mayweathers name because if he didnt it he would look like a b*tch…smoke and mirrors…
this article is a crap, nonsense. during that time, mayweather ducked margarito, who cotto fought. mayweather is the ducker and cotto, if i remember it right (im trying to get the article) mentioned mayweather’s name in his wish list.
@Haku: Are you really a boxing fan or are you just a Floyd fan? I enjoy PBF as a boxer, but also know who other boxers are. Margarito was known to most boxing fans who weren’t just casual fans and as I recall Margarito had been trying to fight Mayweather. I’ve seen your posts and all you do is support PBF and put everyone else down. Why don’t you open your eyes and realize that there are other boxers out there brother. Not everything revolves around PBF.
You said why would PBF fight a nobody at the time? You are probably the same person who would say Sugar should have fought PBF 10 years ago when he called him out, but PBF wasn’t a big name then De La Hoya was. Sure PBF had skills then and it would have been a great fight, but he wasn’t popular so why should Mosley have fought him then?
Could not really give a s about cotto or Mayweather ducking fights and Boxing politics. Seems theres to much talk about Boxing politics on here rather than actual fights itself and alot if not most of these debates contain Mayweathers name. Seems to me someone is selling the Boxing public short of fights but loading us all up on controversy and feeble debate.
@Vinny
Why in the hell would Floyd fight Margarito back then? He was a NOBODY bro! He was barely known and had a very small fanbase even after he beat Cotto. Margarito was and is a BUM! Always has been! Lil Giant is the only person who seems to get it. BOB ARUM is calling the shots at TOP RANK, not his fighters! And KAM shut up! Stop lying! Post the the youtube link where floyd said he doesnt want to fight Cotto. As i recall Floyd said that all cotto had to do was call him out. And to add on to that, why in the hell would Floyd fight Cotto back then when he had Big Name/Big Money fights with Dela Hoya, Gatti, and Hatton in his view. Lets stop the foolishness and keep it 100. And if you dont know what 100 means, it means keep it Real, Factual, Realistic, etc…
With everyone ducking everyone else, this sport should be called duckxing don’t you think? lame duck writer
I don’t remember seeing an offer from Floyd.
Your knowledge is poor Cotto has never ducked anybody from what I remember it was mayweather who was reluctant to fight cotto. There’s actually an interview on youtube where mayweather say’s he doesnt want to fight cotto this was abt 3years ago when cotto was at his peak. It was mayweather who instead went for dala hoya and hatton and it was cotto who fought mosely and margarto these are the men floyd ducked. And by the way Tszyu never fought Gatti, show’s how much u really know.
@ vinny: i totally agree with u man!.. Can’t wait to see Mosley beating the hell out of Mayweather…
It may be true that Cotto ducked Floyd, but he fought Margarito which an argument can be made that Floyd ducked Margarito. Everyone was scared of Margarito at the time and he was considered the most avoided WW by many.