Lets try to understand Cotto's point of view for a second.

they must think cotto fell off a ****ing turnip truck

 

Maybe they're having second thoughts about the fight. Cotto is the real deal at this weight. They knew his energy would be sapped at 143.
Its really plain in simple if you fight for the title you fight at the limit of the title. There is no 145 weight limited title. Thats perfectly fair. To me asking for all this stipulations leads me to believe they are having second thoughts on the fight, or trying to turn Cotto into a sapped sponge like they did ODLH.

 

Couple things you got wrong here...

First, it was Cotto who called out Pac, not the other way around.

Second, Cotto offered the 145 pound catchweight, not Pac. Pac agreed to it when Cotto said he wouldn't fight at 143.

Third, Pac is the major draw here, and no matter how you spin it, this will be by far, Cotto's biggest pay day.

Fourth, it will cost Cotto $150k to defend his title, not, $200k, $300k, $400k, or, whatever ridiculous amount I've seen spewed on this forum.

And lastly, this is just petty bull**** by Cotto. When has a titleholder of any weight class, fought in said weight class, and not defended his title? Especially, when he's fighting the p4p#1? Even if Cotto chooses not to defend, the WBO will strip him and allow Pac to fight for the vacant title. So, basically, Cotto's just letting his sore vagina get in the way of his biggest pay day, ever.

 

Hate to say it, but I agree.

 

I dont see anything wrong with the fight being at 145 no tittle and 147 tittle. Simple as that. Pacs team ****ed up by not negotiating the tittle which is kind of idiotic if you ask me.

 

What about Pac acting like he needs vagisil to stop his vagina from itching and step up to welter.

 

Look its either fight Pacquiao and put the title on the liune or fight Berto or Clottey and make 80% less, so lets see what he does.

 

Valid points.

 

Pacquaio won all his previous titles without preconditions. The 7th? one should be the same. Fight with no preconditions for the title.

 

Wrong Cotto never called out Pacquiao. Did Cotto said "I'm challenging Pacquiao to a fight." <<<<<I don't think so. Cotto was only ask if he would like to fight Pacquiao, he said sure but he said there are other options.



The catchweight stuff started with Roach/Pacquiao and you know that. Cotto said if they want a catch weight then it has to be at 145 pounds.




Pacquiao is really not a huge draw. Take away De la hoya, Hatton ppv buys and Pacquiao other ppv buys are real good but not like huge goods.
Cotto last big ppv fight he fought Margarito and that ppv buys were 450 in which is 50 percent better then Pacquiao vs Marquez rematch that did 400k.



It don't matter if it's $400, $300, $200, $150, it's still alot of money to pay sanction fees plus Cotto have to pay more then sanction fees but i guess you didn't know that.





It's not bull**** move by Cotto. He's doing a smart thing cause first the fight is at a catch weight in which Cotto don't have to put up his title. If Pacquiao wants that title so bad then he should tell Arum to do 2 things, Give Cotto 40 percent of the purse in which Cotto is the champion and is a draw in which he deserve to get 40 percent of the purse. Or have the fight at 147 pound limit. It's that simple and easy.

 

Here'a a question. Let's say Pac-Man wins the with a 145 agreed catch-weight, Does this mean that every defense, he will make his opponents also agree to a 145 limit? Of course not. The rules are 147, once he has a mandatory challenger, he'll have to let them fight at 147. If Pac wants to be a welterweight champion, he needs to fight people that are at welterweight.

 

exactly. BULL****.

 

NO.

This is what Cotto gets from this fight:
- Legacy as being the man who beats Pac
- A Huge fight with Mayweather Jr
- Massive fight with Mosley
- Massive rematch with Marg
- HUGE HUGE HUGE paydays which will make his pay for the Pac fight look like peanuts
- He becomes THE MAN
- Moves up the P4P Rankings
- Has the advantage by 5 pounds as he is the bigger man (Pac's best weight is 140) Size advantage over Pac should be about 13pounds on fight night!

This is what PAC gets from the fight (if the title is NOT on the line:
- He beats a young, prime welterweight.

So people need to F*CKING UNDERSTAND that Pac is the number 1 at the moment NOT Cotto. Pac isn't getting **** from this fight apart from hate from the haters.

 

anyone that uses the phrase "weight drained" about pacs win over DLH is obviously a hater. look, the guy started out as 108 pounds and fought at featherweight most of his career....maybe DLH shouldnt have picked on such a small guy or accepted a fight..it was DLH fault for taking a fight at that weight...same with cotto...if its a big deal...fight people your size and quit bitching about **** every 2 seconds