Miguel Cotto Tired of Bob Arum Lying to the Public

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  1. Slickstar

    Slickstar Crisp This Full Member

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    For the 2009 fight, Cotto's deal with Top Rank called for a guaranteed $6.5 million purse, plus a share of the pay-per-view profits. During the Sergio Martinez-Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. promotion last month, Arum told boxing reporters that he offered Cotto $13 million for the Pacquiao rematch and estimated that with strong pay-per-view sales Cotto could earn another $2 million from his share of the profits.

    Cotto vigorously disputed Arum's claim.

    "The only offer Top Rank ever made us was the same money as in 2009," Cotto told ESPN.com. "[Arum] made the same offer he made in 2009, and we found it kind of funny. That was the reason we decided not to face Pacquiao. That, and they also wanted me to go down to 150 pounds and give him the same advantage that they gave Pacquiao in 2009, a catchweight."
    Cotto said he was surprised to read that Arum said he offered him $13 million.

    "Bob said he offered us $13 million, but he never came to us with that offer," Cotto said. "He always offered us the same guarantee he offered us in 2009, with the same benefits, and that's not fair. He offered the exact same amount of money. Of course it's a business, but all we want is fair business. You can say to Bob to tell me he made that offer to me to my face, and you will see his reaction."

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    Slickstar, Oct 6, 2012
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  2. compukiller

    compukiller Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I knew it was only a matter of time before Arm started disparaging Cotto in public.

    And he wonders why everyone leaves him when they can. :patsch:patsch
     
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  3. TheHitman81

    TheHitman81 Road Warrior Full Member

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    Why do crooked promoters have a longer life span than honest people
     
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  4. doylexxx

    doylexxx Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    its okay miguel you dont have to fight him
     
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  5. What If I Lose?

    What If I Lose? Guest

    To be fair, Cotto said immediately after the Margarito rematch that "Bob Arum will always be my promotor." And then he left Arum.
     
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  6. Peter__1987

    Peter__1987 Guest

    Miguel a G, **** old Bob :deal
     
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  7. compukiller

    compukiller Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yeah, so that gives Arum the right to lie about Cotto in public to convince Pac that he really tried to make that fight.

    Good thinking, sir. :-(
     
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  8. compukiller

    compukiller Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    So it's ok for Arum to lie to the public about people?
     
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  9. What If I Lose?

    What If I Lose? Guest

    No, I'm saying that Cotto has been dishonest before.
     
    What If I Lose?, Oct 6, 2012
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  10. Knickerbocker

    Knickerbocker Active Member Full Member

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    13 million guaranteed is a bit much for a fight the public didnt want to see.

    where is the money coming from? Of course Arum must have been lying.
     
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  11. What If I Lose?

    What If I Lose? Guest

    Pressure is Cotto's Kryptonite. Manny Pacquiao is all wrong for Miguel Cotto. He doesn't want it.
     
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  12. compukiller

    compukiller Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Arum probably offered him a **** deal to resign, which he did for the Pac rematch as well.

    If Bob came up with good money, Cotto probably would have resigned. But he didnt, so there it is.
     
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  13. compukiller

    compukiller Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yeah, Pac doesnt even get $13 million dollar guarantees. :lol:
     
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  14. Auracle21

    Auracle21 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    lol Cotto made more for that mayweather fight than pac did for bradley. lol irony.
     
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  15. Blackness

    Blackness Danny Garcia Beat You... Full Member

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    Shut the **** up... You fail to grasp that MAYBE Cotto left Arum's sneaky disloyal ass because of Arum's lack of honesty and integrity. Let's face it... the man is Jewish.
     
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