How exactly is Cotto holding the Belt hostage?

The belt is hostage because Cotto essentially refuses to fight the next guy in line. He also refuses to fight at the traditional weight limit for the class, 160 lbs. This puts every poor fighter out there that needs money, in a position where they have to squeeze below their natural limit just to face Cotto, which should not happen. If he wants to fight fighters at 154 lbs, let him, but he has to do it at 154 weight class. You can't hold a belt at 160 and force your MW opponents to kill themselves making 155-157

 

Canelo will retire Cotto. Roc Nation made a huge mistake in signing Cotto for so much money.

 

All 3 of his fights being at a catchweight below 160 (159, 157, now 155) is a legitimate complaint.

Him "not fighting the next guy in line" is less so. Those who spew that off at the mouth haven't studied up on their history and likely praise many great fighters without acknowledging their similar guilt of this scenario. I always wish the two best fighters in every division face each other every time out. But usually each division sees years-long gaps between such occurrences. It is what it is.

 

Flomos always excuse ducking, it's like they don't really want to see the best fights.

 

Ward(fighting catchweight tune ups) and Lara(fights on PBC) aren't at MW.
Cotto holds the MW title. GGG is Cotto's mandatory. See the difference?
After Canelo knocks Cotto out, he will be a MW as long as he has that belt. GGG will be his mandatory.
Are you going to be one of those people who say it's not a duck if Canelo doesn't fight GGG next?

 

There's another thing with this. Of course it doesn't happen much that the #1 and 2 fight eachother, but in this case the #1 is actually his MANDATORY.
And Cotto already made it clear that he's not planning to hoor the WBC rules in that matter.

 

he beat martinez and got the title, GREAT well done

he took a lesser skilled opponent in geale, good test and a bit of a warm up opponent after his big win SURE, FINE

but the way he talks about a possible fight with GGG just shows he has NO INTENTIONS of fighting him.

im not to upset because we are getting canelo v cotto instead which i think is alot more competitive and entertaining, which will likely lead to canelo v ggg (give canelo credit the **** does not run from anyone)

 

lol@"*****s always excuse ducking"....what about ggg and ward? oh wait thats right ya cant duck a guy not in your division...silly me...i musta forgot

 

Ward is fighting catchweight tune ups.

 

Martinez, Geale and Canelo is a good run of fights.

Martinez was the champ, Geale was arguably Golovkin's best victory, Canelo is arguably the toughest fight out there for him.

People want Golovkin to get a title shot but Cotto isn't holding the belt hostage, he's been a worthy champ.

Well, there's the catch weight thing as well...

 

He's clearly ducking Golovkin just like Martinez did or at the very least putting the fight off until he has milked the title for as much as he can against Canelo.

Golovkin is the clear number 1 and has been for quite some time now and it's not like it's a fight fans do not want. Fans on both sides want this fight, the WBC wants this fight but Cotto does not just yet. I get why he's chosen Canelo first, it makes far more financial sense. But once this fight is over with the pressure for the winner to face Golovkin will be huge, especially if Golovkin's PPV does well, because then the excuse that Golovkin isn't a big enough draw will no longer be valid.

 

By facing Geale AFTER Golovkin smashed him and then saying that Golovkin "isn't deserving".

By not facing the man who THE WHOLE PLANET agrees on is the No.1 MW ON EARTH.

 

Martinez wasn't even half the guy he was for the Murray fight and ould have been beat off any good fighter that night, Mayweather would have stopped him easily and he isn't even aggressive these days, props to Cotto for having the ***** to go up but he had no choice to stick around the lower weights unless he wanted to fight Trout again (which he was obviously unmotivated for first time around). Geale was visibly drained and focused wholly on losing that extra weight, but he wasn't exactly a De La Hoya scarecrow and it was an impressive stoppage even if GGG had already done it. Canelo I can accept because it's a massive money spinner and a surefire entertaining duel. Cotto has a middleweight belt and is above 154 therefore he can stop whining how he's not a middleweight, he is expected to fight Golovkin, Mayweather has never been above 154 and Golovkin has never been below middleweight therefore there is no ducking rule for him or Pacquiao or whoever isn't above that.

 

Well, to be fair, this is all Sergio Martinez's fault. He completely ducked Golovkin for years. Yet, Martinez fans come up with the excuse that Golovkin wasn't relevant. You can thank them.