Cotto asked why he chose Geale over Golovkin (VID)

1.) I don't know what you are addressing in my post with this comment.

2.) :conf Sure, we don't live in a dream world. But if you're Cotto then don't make yourself look like an idiot by saying GGG hasn't earned a shot then a week later signing to fight his roadkill.

3.) You will be very hard pressed to find an instance of me criticizing fighters for taking their mandos... I can't remember a single instance of doing this in fact... especially when they are looking to fulfill an obligation so they can free themselves up for bigger fights.

4.) Granados was a soft touch. But in his first year as champ Uchiyama took on a top 5 rated contender in Mukhils and a badass mother*****er in Miura. In Cotto's first year as champ he has sat on the belt and fought once against a guy who got KO'd by the man considered his biggest threat after saying the man himself 'hasn't done enough'.

5.) I didn't love the Monroe fight by any stretch but look at the availability of the top guys at the time and then tell me who he should have fought. If you fight 4 times a year they can't all be top 10 guys.

 

:good

Cotto had been my favorite active fighter since the Torres fight, but his diva attitude when it comes to making fights recently has really put me off. At this point, GGG has taken Cotto's spot on my favorites list and should the two meet, GGG would batter him.

 

So did Ray Robinson "run like a coward from" Charley Burley or what?

Or only when it fits your argument do you make dramatic claims and pretend to be ignorant to boxing business and history?

Sh*t happens.

 

Yeah, demands for any fighter to change divisions because the fans want or think they should is ridiculous.

 

Come on, kirk.

You act like you are new to boxing and that this hasn't been done before.

Do you hold every #1 rated titlist in every division to those standards? I think not.

And if you do, you better start speaking up equally in regards to them as you are here.

 

Direct response to you saying:

"...it's not what Cottos doing, it's what he's saying..."

 

I'm not defending anyone.

As always, my goal is to point out double standards.

In my opinion, double standards among fans are ruining the sports' reputation and this forums' worth/reputation.

 

Well I mean Cotto is significantly smaller that Golovkin

Cotto isn't a real middleweight in my opinion

 

Oh okay. Well in my opinion the examples you used are nothing like what Cotto is saying.

I don't like double standards either and if you can find examples of me applying a different standard to other fighters in a similar situation then feel free.

I have said many times that if I were Cotto there is no way in hell I'd fight GGG, I just wouldn't say the things he's said...

 

then turn in the title and fight whomever he likes.