Mayweather Sr: Floyd Jr. says he wants Cotto next if Pacquiao won’t fight him
January 12th, 2012
By Allen Fox: Floyd Mayweather Sr. says his son Floyd Mayweather Jr. told him that if he can’t get Manny Pacquiao to agree to fight him on May 5th, then he’s interested in facing WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto next rather than 21-year-old Saul Alvarez.
Cotto would be a great choice for Mayweather Jr. to fight given that Cotto is the No.3 pay per view money maker in boxing right now behind Mayweather Jr. and Pacquiao. Mayweather wants the Pacquiao fight but if by chance the fight can’t be negotiated due to one reason or another, Cotto will be an excellent substitute opponent in place of Pacquiao.
The only question is whether Bob Arum, Cotto’s promoter, will block that move by choosing Cotto to fight Pacquiao next rather than Timothy Bradley, Juan Manuel Marquez or Lamont Peterson. Arum can’t keep Cotto from taking the Mayweather fight now that Cotto is a free agent and is no longer under contract with Top Rank as of last December. They’re on a fight by fight basis now.
Cotto recently avenged his loss to Antonio Margarito from four years ago by a 9th round stoppage. Cotto has already expressed interest in fighting Mayweather, so it shouldn’t be a difficult fight to put together as long as Cotto is free to take the fight. If, however, he does get selected by Arum, then Mayweather will have no choice but to take Alvarez as his next opponent. Ideally, Pacquiao needs to take the fight but it’s still kind of iffy right now given all the things that have to be in place before the fight can happen.
Arum wants things to be perfect before he’ll agree to let his No.1 fighter Pacquiao take the fight with Mayweather. Number #1 on Arum’s list is that the fight makes as much money as possible. He’s obviously thinking of his fighter but he might be thinking about himself as well. If Pacquiao gets beaten decisively, it could mean smaller money for Arum in the future if boxing fans aren’t as eager to see the beaten Pacquiao face guys from Arum’s Top Rank stable over and over again.
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Cotto is no longer Promoted by Top Rank! Cotto will be a fool to accept a Pacquiao fight that locks him back in with Bob! Make this fight with Floyd happen because we know Manny won’t win another fight after being exposed by Marquez! Same goes for Amir Khan!
cotto is a good fight for any welterweight and if theres no pac fight why not cotto even thou I think floyd will win has floyd ever beat a better welterweight because I think mosley was already past his prime
Alll I can do is smile!, all this floyd and pac fans need a break from fairy tale movies! Lol they talk about both if like the world needs Rocky balboa to beat them! Jajajajajaja
that errol gray lookin pacman is too scared of mayweather that panty waste
Floyd is ready to face Pac point blank and Pac needs more practice becaues of the Marquez bout told a story that if Pac vs May happens on May 5 Money will defeat him.
@paclander go to youtube and type in cotto vs pacquaion. put the video on mute and watch the fight through your own eyes. pay very close attention to every hit that cotto lands on pac every hit. pay very very close attention to pacs breath in between rounds. notice how cotto lands very hard hits on pacs body and head that it bangs his head and body back. and notice that after twelve rounds with cotto pac was not tired and out of breath. it is steroids that one pac that fight and it was that fight that triggered floyd to call out pac and ask for the test cuz he knew that something was wrong. chitos punches had no affect on cotto in their rematch but a whole lot of affect against pac. pac cannot beat cotto when cotto is on his A game and it is now that cotto is better than ever. even on the juice he caonnot beat cotto just wait and see
@Hoe Theres a huge difference between Cotto and Margaro . Margaro can take way more punishment than Cotto .Margaro took huge bombs from Pacquiao and he didn’t fell. Cotto couldn’t handle Pacquiaos power he got caught by left uppercuts and right hooks . Pac vs Cotto 2 will be good but the same thing will happen again.
@paclander watch that 1 champ beat everyone who claims to be the best. ya people are sleeping on cotto i doubt that ya saw that fight against chito. that wasnt cottos best lol that was just cotto being cotto and punishing a nobody. everyone seen pac having trouble with chito getting thrown off balance and getting rained on and again cotto had no trouble wile punishing chito and that wasnt his all. i cant wait to see what people would say when cotto defeats pac and as for floyd, ima big fan of floyds but i dont see him winning against cotto although it would be the best fight
HoeLuva23
puerto ricans are the BIGGEST boxing fans in the entire world because the sport is in our blood fighting is what we are mostly known for its what won us WW1 and its what makes miguel cotto the best pund for pound boxer. after cotto comes the undefeated floyd mayweather jr with no one in his devision having the skills to beat him cotto is not in his devision so yes he has an extreme amount of a chance to beat floyd with pac having no chance. floyd should fight the puerto rican champion miguel cotto b4 pac
Posted January 13, 2012
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LMAO!Yeah thats why P-Rico has 1 champ left..
Now Arum is protecting his fighters from Mayweather ? wonder why must be scared . Arum Knows Mayweather would beat all of his fighters . Jim Lampley:and cotto takes a knee.
cotto is no match for floyd.. he lost horribly to pacquiao. just cause he won against margarito, doesnt mean he can make a comeback that big. dude is aite, but no elite fighter.
puerto ricans are the BIGGEST boxing fans in the entire world because the sport is in our blood fighting is what we are mostly known for its what won us WW1 and its what makes miguel cotto the best pund for pound boxer. after cotto comes the undefeated floyd mayweather jr with no one in his devision having the skills to beat him cotto is not in his devision so yes he has an extreme amount of a chance to beat floyd with pac having no chance. floyd should fight the puerto rican champion miguel cotto b4 pac
That’s why the scared and coward Floyd Jr is too scared to Pacman bcoz he’ll even be beaten by margarito and Cotto.If the fight Pac vs coward floyd jr will happen, just expect that coward Floyd Jr will have the same fate as ODLH, Cotto,Margarito, Diaz, Morales and perhaps Hatton and that’s it period.lol
Impeccable Brilliance says:
January 12, 2012 at 9:46 pm
@BillyD….WHY? You predjudiced?
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LOL, no my friend. Not at all. I’m just trying to make some sense.
Not buying it says:
January 12, 2012 at 6:21 pm
Here we go the smoke screen finally cleared. I knew Floyd jnr wrote all those tweets just to attract attention but never had the intention to really fight pacquiao. All his doing is create an illusion for everyone to be inticed and finally imbedd his true attention.
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Sorry Not buying it….I just had to copy your post again, so other readers can read it one more time.
When a bartender pours a beer, or makes a Margarita on Cinco De Mayo, are Mexicans the only ones that can drink or buy a fight?
@BillyD….WHY? You predjudiced?
Keep praying Pacfans…Noooooooooobody can beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. NOBODY within a division of him!!!
Impeccable Brilliance says:
January 12, 2012 at 9:32 pm
Mexicans are the biggest boxing fans in the world. Cinco De Mayo is a HUGE drinking holiday. They spend money…Mexicans buy fights…THEY LOVE THE SPORT.
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Thank you very much Impeccable Brilliance……. That is exactly my point. Floyd should fight a Mexican fighter on Cinco de Mayo. Not Cotto or Pacquiao.
impeccable half the delusional fans of pacquiao fans are already gone after being whopped from marquez, incase u havent noticed it already. u notice less delusional posts here in comparison to the number of nutcases we seen on the net, its quite a reduction cause the lost confidence after seeing what happened.
Oh..my money on cotto beating Floyd all-day Floyd is never feel that kind of power
Not buying it says:
January 12, 2012 at 6:21 pm
Here we go the smoke screen finally cleared. I knew Floyd jnr wrote all those tweets just to attract attention but never had the intention to really fight pacquiao. All his doing is create an illusion for everyone to be inticed and finally imbedd his true attention.
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Amen to that….. This is 100% true.
Mexicans are the biggest boxing fans in the world. Cinco De Mayo is a HUGE drinking holiday. They spend money…Mexicans buy fights…THEY LOVE THE SPORT.
Why would Mayweather book a fight on May 5(cinco de mayo)if he is not fighting a Mexican. That’s so dump and stupid.
Keep Praying Pac fans…
Noone, NOONE, NOBODY at 147-150 can beat Floyd Mayweather Jr.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBODY!!!!!
I can’t wait until Pacquiao fights Mayweather. A;; of the Pac fans will be GONE FOREVER!!!
this would be a very good fight a better one than pac vs floyd or pac vs cotto. both floyd and cotto are the best fighters in boxing but cotto is a smarter and more dominant fighter it wouldnt be easy but he will defeat floyd. in this kind of fight it doesnt matter whos faster or stronger its who is the smartest that would get the victory and i believe that it would be miguel cotto he would be mayweathers first lost not many pacquaio
I still don’t believe the scared and coward Floyd Jr will fight Cotto,Canelo and much more Pacman.Coward Floyd Jr love his “0-loss record” and if coward Floyd Jr fight these guys….he would surely have “3-losses” and that’s it period.Bwahahahaha!
@unca-rajah
Pac fans are blind…my friend styles makes fights…im sure. U dontsay nothing when pac decide to gave marquez a 3rd fight…oh yeah…what is marquez…mayweather leftover…is that sad?
cotto garbage? try fighting somebody with loaded gloves. see how long u will last,cotto rules,
that sad, fighting Pacman’s leftovers…you can try Clottey, Margarito, or Morales…they are easier leftovers.
I think mjr is better than cotto…but u cant say he have a mediocre jab…i think he has the best jab in this weight…but i prefer to see cotto vs pac…marquez destroyed pac with the counter and if you see the cotto vs marg 2…cotto counter very well in that fight…will love to see paac or may taking on cotto
Better fighter than FMJ? In what way? Cotto is slow, leads with his head and face, Suspect defense, Mediocre jab, and takes too much punishment. I like Cotto, but his is nowhere near FMJ in talent…
Yje fight to see is Cotto vs. Pacquiao at 154 lbs…
If money may wants to wins he needs to fight Alvarez not Cotto.
this would be an incredibal fight ima fan of both but at the end of the day cotto is a much better fighter than floyd
I would love to see FMJ vs. Cotto. However; I think Cotto will prove much too slow. He leads with his face. FMJ will beat the stew out of him and be out of range the entire time. And Floyd won’t ask for a Catchweight…
Cotto has change his style that should give him a good chance to win against mjr, delahoya was in the fight cause of his jab cotto has a nice jab it’ll be a good choice if bob messes up the pac fight..
Floyd Mayweather Vs. Delahoya was at 154 lbs
Manny Pacquiao vs. Delahoya was at 147 lbs. A weak drained dehydrated Delahoya was on the drip before the fight. He was almost too weak to speak to the press.
You guys are amazing…WATCH WHAT FMJ DOES TO YOUR IDOL!
impeccable, i agree, but unfortunately a lot of this idiot pac fans dont know or are in denial. floyd fought victor at 160 for godsake, thats insane. pac always put catch limits, like fight at 147 but cant be more than certain weight at fight night, they do that with bigger fighters always using the excuse that pac is a small guy putting millions of dollar penalties per lbs. roach drains em all.
@Impeccable Brilliance
That’s not true. Floyd won a controversial split decision. Unlike Manny, who destroyed and retired Oscar.
@Truth, the difference is, FMJ would fight Cotto at 154 lbs. Manny Pacquiao would NEVER do that…
Remember Delahoya? FMJ whooped his azz at 154 lbs as well.
Pacquiao needs the Catchweight…
@Counterpunch, if FMJ lost to Pacquiao, FMJ would fall, and Manny Pacquiao would be elevated to Sainthood.
The world knows that FMJ will pop Pacquiao like a dirty dishrag.
Nothing new here…
Cotto is damaged goods. He havent been the same after losing to Maragarito. And you guys forgetting, Pacquiao drained not only Cotto, and Oscar DLH to catchweight so they no POWER left to beat em. THey play dirty. Everyone know PAc is a catchweight king but that didnt work for him against MArquez, who hopped him despite having to gain all that weight to fight
Loaded Gloves-
Lol thank you… Everyone has been saying Floyd needs to fight Cotto for years. Now that he’s on Floyd’s radar, it’s all bad. Only reason this is an idea to begin with is because Pacquiao seems very unlikely to accept the fight.
@Impeccable Brilliance
Would the same hold true for Floyd Jr??
Floyd Sr and Floyd Jr don’t talk to each other, Floyd Sr just wants to be in the spot light.
I’m sorry, not Chris, I mean Allen.
Manny left overs? what about all the floyd leftovers which Manny been stealing over the years? Regardless, cotto is garbage. what is floyds out to do? Pac wont step up, cause he and his master ARUM are scared, there is not a whole lot of boxers left. Floyd should flight sergio, which pacquaio is scared s**t-les to fight.
Cotto paquiaos left overs
i agree with Impeccable
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao will be the most one sided defeat in PPV history.
Manny Pacquiao will drop waaaaay waaaay down on the P4P List.
Probably to #8 or #9.
cotto is garbage. manny pacquiao and his MASTEr Arum is scared.. but his nut huggers wont admit it.
Good promo ight but one sided beatdown.
@deg1180
You put all blame at Arum as if that old guy has raped your mother.
Here we go the smoke screen finally cleared. I knew Floyd jnr wrote all those tweets just to attract attention but never had the intent to really fight pacquiao. All his doing is create an illusion for everyone to be inticed and when the time is right then he’ll imbedd his true intention. Floyd after Pacquiao for cinco de mayo don’t make any sense. Cotto? Yup! But I’m not buying it. Floyd vs manny or forget about it.
Here we go the smoke screen finally cleared. I knew Floyd jnr wrote all those tweets just to attract attention but never had the intention to really fight pacquiao. All his doing is create an illusion for everyone to be inticed and finally imbedd his true attention.
I want to have s*x with Floyd
Cotto is way to slow for Floyd. Cotto looked fast against as SUPER SLOW Margarito. That fight wont go past 5. AND, i actually think Arum will feed Cotto to Pacquiao again. Which i wouldnt mind. Cus that will leave Canelo to fight Floyd, which would make a better fight, or at the very least expose how good Canelo really is.
Really hope this fight happens if the pacquiao fight falls thru which I think we all know it will, plus cotto was on awesome form last time out! Would b a great fight! Roll on may 5th!
Would be a great fight. Miguel Cotto can beat him
Floyd would stop Cotto by the 5 round….Cotto is just to slow and not sleak enough to get out of harm’s way.
Is too easy for Floyd.
Canelo is young blood and based on that and his toughness would make it tougher for Floyd.
Like i said Cotto vs Mayweather Jr on May 5th Period. Make it happen because every fighter have a bad day period. Great fighter have bad days.
Cotto got revenge and now Mayweather is the fight on May 5th for Cotto hands down.
If this fight buys Arum more time in avoiding the Pac vs Floyd fight I think he would b quite happy to feed cotto to mayweather
@Anonymous, man these guys are on that Jim Jones kool-aid he gave he gave those people in Jonestown! Sad
@Jeff41
What is your point? Manny did not dominate Marquez like Mayweather did but he still won, so what makes you think that a win by Mayweather over Cotto would be any less. Styles makes fights.
Jeff41 says:
January 12, 2012 at 4:47 pm
Floyd won’t fight Cotto. Cotto is a danger. Even if Mayweather wins by running and elbowing, he knows he can’t dominate him the way Pacman did. So he loses anyway.
Man you are funnier than Kevin Hart and Eddie Murphy when he did RAW! Man you must be part of Manny camp or something cause nobody could ingore this many facts and place it on somebody else
Jeff41, bro shut up like forreal! I can deal with the fact your a Pacman but you make no sense at all! The only I hear out your mouth is hate for Floyd like he got ya wife preg or something! Dude your a trip! LOL!! I’m to the point where I dont think MAnny fans can read at all. Maybe you just like to argue but you and Dawg or on some other stuff. Blaming Floyd when the real problem in Bob Arum. Its funny becasue its in Black and White on every sports site but your ingoring facts and what Manny peoples are saying! I could see if Floyd and his camps was saying this but this is stuff manny camp is saying! Call me when yall want to talk facts and truths not BS and myths
If Pacquiao continues to run, a Mayweather/Cotto fight would be the most anticipated fight in 2012. The only problem is that Arum will do everything in his power to prevent that from happening. Golden Boy and every other promoter out there should doing whatever it takes to sign Cotto now that he’s not in a guaranteed contract with Arum. That’s the only way to prevent Arum from manipulating boxing in 2012 like he has for the past 5 years. Even part of a year without Arum’s manipulation would be a welcome sight for boxing fans all over the world.
Boxing Fans I Need You All To Be Wise On This One! Bob Arum Is The One Stopping The Floyd And Manny Fight! Understand??
Fuc# leftovers… Look at what’s happening Bob Arum is out of the picture. Manny and Floyd will not happen as long as Arum is in the picture!
Floyd won’t fight Cotto. Cotto is a danger. Even if Mayweather wins by running and elbowing, he knows he can’t dominate him the way Pacman did. So he loses anyway.
????? Didn’t everyone say Floyd needed to fight Cotto?
@BoxingDawg
Last time I checked Manny fought three Mayweather leftovers, Delahoya, Hatton, and Mosely respectively, so your point point that Mayweather is fighting a Manny leftover is ridiculas. The only reason Mayweather is even thinking about Cotto is because Manny is a coward and his promoter Arum having promoted both men knows that Mayweather is a better fighter and is will do everything within his power to prevent the fight from happening.
This fight would have happened a long time ago if not for Bob Arum!
@aaa … what? why will Floyd negotiate with Arum for Cotto?
If Floyd does fight Cotto … Cotto is still a Manny leftover.
@ boxing dawg
Don’t be stupid cotto is top rank arum would never allow that but Manny wants that fight at a catchweight none the less but that’s ok with you Pactards.
wow … Floyd is now taking another Manny leftover.
Floyd …. you s u c k!!!!!
Take on Sergio!!!!
floyd should fight manny. but if manny doesnt step up and take this fight and stop being bob arums b~~~~. then a fight with cotto will be the next big fight for floyd and it will be a great fight.
Arum will put a stop to this, as he will offer the paq fight to cotto, and cotto will take it as he can always get a fight with mayweather again but if cotto takes mayweather fight now then he will never get a fight paq again, arum is no good for boxing,
With Cotto’s new trainer by his side and the way he looks recently against Margacheato GREAT CHOICE Floyd !
Don’t take on Manny’s leftovers. Man up and fight the real man.
This would be a good choice for Floyd. Cotto looked amazing in his last fight and I think this would be all action! Cotto’s new style could make for some frustration for Floyd and I think he would definately get hit in this fight but I don’t think Cotto can beat him in the end. Still a great fight to watch though guaranteed!