All you people hating on cotto....

I'm a Cotto fan, but he's holding up progress and the natural evolution of the division, period. I've no problem with him picking and choosing opponents, however he should relinquish the title.

 

alot of people have a blood lust for cotto...i dont get it....oh well

 

its like people expect cotto to make decisions based on whats best for ggg....

cotto got the martinez fight...is he supposed to feel bad cuz ggg couldnt? he won so now hes doing whats best for him....and ive long echoed the same sentiment the op has...hes earned it...i have no problem with him holding that belt right now....if after geale he holds it without fighting ggg, floyd, or canelo...then ya ill have an issue with it and call for him to drop it....but not right now....cotto is doing whats best for himself...not ggg and his fanboys....they want cotto to curtail to a 33 year old without a signature win...and they want cotto to be that signature win...which is sad

 

If he were fighting Canelo this month instead of Geale, I think a lot of the Golovkin noise would have been muffled. No one (other than Golovkin fanatics) thinks career wise it would've been smarter to fight Golovkin than Canelo. However, this is not the case. He is fighting a guy Golovkin easily dispatched. A guy that isn't even top 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 in his respective division. Canelo is # 1 in his division. A champion a division above fighting the # 1 guy from the division below is perfectly acceptable. What Cotto is doing just isnt. There isn't any other way to spin it.

 

if he fights canelo like planned, i dont see a problem. yeah i wanna see ggg versus cotto but miguel isnt the same fighter any more. wishful thinking. let him fight canelo whatever happens after that so be it

 

Cotto earned his spot and won his title winning a fight very few gave him a chance in. He certainly didn't become a big name begging for paydays against fighters two weight divisions below him while devouring bums as a 200/1 favorite. He went in there and took serious risks fighting the fights fans demanded him to. He has every right to pick his fights willingly for a big payday at the end of his career.

 

Other than your incessant shots taken at GGG for wanting to get ANY big name in the ring with him from 154-168, I agree with your post.

Cotto always wanted to fight the best and he usually won. He does deserve the right to call the shots as he nears retirement but holding the middleweight title hostage for any longer is not right and he should know that.

 

Golovkin should come to a press meet with a bandage around his knee. Then you'll see.