Cotto is delusional

from boxingscene
By Jhonny Gonzalez

Last Saturday in New York's Madison Square Garden, WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30KOs) avenged his 2008 TKO loss to Antonio Margarito. After a great display of boxing, Cotto stopped Margarito in the tenth round. The Mexican boxer's right eye was swollen shut and the ringside doctors would not allow him to continue. There is one more defeat that Cotto wants to avenge - a November 2009 TKO loss to Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38KOs).

Cotto credits his new team, which includes Cuban trainer Pedro Diaz, as being the difference in his style and the building blocks to rebuilding his career. The star of Puerto Rico has a firm belief that Pacquiao would lose a rematch. When they clashed in 2009, Cotto was dropped twice and took a beating before he was stopped in the twelfth round.

"I have no doubt about it [that I would beat Pacquiao in a rematch]. With the right encouragement and with the people that are now in my team, we have no doubt that," Cotto told Esteban Pagan.


My take: Either cotto is plain delusional or boxingscene is making up shit.

Cotto just wants money

i wouldnt put it past arum to make the fight

I have thought this rematch was possible but it needs just a little more sizzle to it. Cotto could've faced Cintron to become lineal but he didn't. I really don't know if he can beat Canelo but I would welcome a Cotto-Pac rematch at 154 for the lineal title if he did.

powerpuncher wrote:i wouldnt put it past arum to make the fight

doubt it, it would be a hard sale

If Pac can't land the Mayweather fight he might take this one. Cotto as well as Mayweather may have seen something in Pac's last two fights that they think they can exploit. I know most here think Pac has lost something as well. Cotto did rupture Pacquiao's ear drum the last time around but got knocked the fuck out in the process. If they fight I would pick a Pac victory again but if Pac can't land the Mayweather or the Marquez rematch (I think I'm the only on that wants to see that) this fight this one would be his best money option.

gomez1012 wrote:

powerpuncher wrote:i wouldnt put it past arum to make the fight

doubt it, it would be a hard sale

i dont think so. with cotto avenging the margo loss i think that the casual fans might think that cotto has a chance so it would sell.

how much blowback is there going to be against Pac and Mayweather if they don't fight each other. I enjoy watching them fight but the time for watching either in PPVs that aren't against each other has passed. The fight has to happen.

Cotto is a decent option for Pac or Mayweather, but it just won't be the same.

"I didn't think that Manny was using PEDS. But then I saw these [points to iPad]. He is not a congressman, he is a criminal. This time I have no doubt I will beat him."

-Miguel Cotto (HBO Face-off)