Roach: "We Don't Need To Fight Cotto For No Title"

Roach: "We dont need to fight Cotto for no title, we would rather weight drain him to a raisin."

 

You know I hate to say it but Mayweather comming in heavy was ****ed up, I mean it was wrong you agree to a weight you honor that...

However on the flip side, **** that if these small mother ****ers want to come up and challenge for world titles and fight for big money, then allow them to, but do not attempt to make it un safe and healthy for the fighter that is naturally the bigger man....

if you dont have the sack to fight a welter weight at what ever weight he decides to come in at then dont come up and **** with the big boys....

 

Agreed! And originally the weight Pac camp was asking for was 143.

 

I know its ****ing sad, I mean why didnt Roach and Manny just offer to pay Cotto to take a dive for them? may as well have......

 

cause they were going the mayweather route of trying to win against the big names

 

As much as I cant stand Floyd, he never asked any fighter bigger than him to come down in weight looking for an advantage....

Floyd comming in high against Marquez, I dont think it was for an advantage, I really think that after that lay off and father time has opend the doors to him being in his 30s now I think he had a hard time just to get under the limit.....

 

Is it true that this fight is also for that new WBC Diamond Belt?

 

YA but that belt DONT MEAN SHIIIIIIIIT.

 

YOU GOT THAT RIGHT:good

 

Did the whole Diamond Belt thing get officially passed?

any way I agree on the Mayweather point as he probably gets a fair amount of criticism for fighting not the best opposition available

but he's never gone up in weight and used a catchweight vs an opponent

**if roles were reversed and Floyd was in Pac's place moving up to fight vs Cotto at a catchweight the board would go ape s*it on Floyd being a coward etc

 

I realise it's a dead issue and the fight will be at 145

however coming from Camp Pacquiao I don't understand Freddie Roach's willingness to continuously be on the record and make public statements on the weight

besides what he's said on fighting Mosley at 142, the initial Cotto weight was rumored to be 143, which Roach comment he wanted "as low as possible"

why is the trainer of the Pound for Pound #1 fighter making himself and his fighter come across as weak?

 

If Roach wants Manny to get a welterweight belt, than the fight should fall within the regular welterweight weight limits; yes, I know, 145lbs falls within the welterweight limit, however, in order for team Roach /Pacquiao to agree to the fight, they wanted Cotto to weigh below 147lbs. It was one of the stipulations listed in the contract.

 

Yeah, they passed it back in September.