Pacquiao vs. Cotto: Stop with the excuses Cotto

Agreed.:good

 

Man stfu. Cotto did not beg for a Pacquiao fight. It was the other way around when Pacquiaio was the one that demand Arum to make the Cotto fighter after Cotto beat Clottey. Cotto from the beggining said the Pacquiao would interested in him but that don't mean he beg for it.

 

:good good point.. a paper title he won from michael jennings If he wants the title so bad, pac can dump it after he wins and cotto can fight jennings again for the wbo title:nut

 

how can you fight for 147lb title WITHOUT fighting at 147?

 

You don't nothing about how Hopkins vs De la hoya happen. De la hoya had said from the beginning he wouldn't fight Hopkins at 160 pounds cause it be too big for him but Hopkins was the one that said he wants to fight De la hoya. Hopkins called out De la hoya many freaking times. Also it was Hopkins idea to fight at a catch weight cause he knew Oscar will accept in which Oscar did.

 

That was EXACTLY what I was going to say. Does it make sense to fight for a weight division belt, when you are limited to fighting below the true weight limit of that division? It makes no sense. If the contract doesn't allow him to weigh in up to 147lbs, then how is this a true welterweight championship fight?

 

cotto should have dumped that WBOgus belt a long time ago..its the least credible belt out there especially when he won it against someone like jennings.

 

If losing 2 pounds to make 145 pounds is not a big deal then why not fight at 147 pounds? Cotto will still weigh around 160 pounds on fight night even if it's at 145 pounds right? So whats the problem of the fight not be at 147 pound limit?

 

If I was Cotto I would just go to the weigh ins with the belt around his waist and at 147.

 

OH? didn't cotto offered his willingness to fight PAC @145 weight in an interview after pac's win over hatton. pac just indicated to arum his willingness to square off with cotto when pac was at ringside on cott/clottey fight? Pac demanded 143 but eventually conceded to 145.

cotto weighed 146 against clottey of which i haven't heard any difficulty of him making that weight. 4 months for a young fighter to cut 1lb from his most recent weight is chicken.:rasta

So, there should be no excuses. This is fair.:happy

As regards to catchweight, this is not the first time that a title fight will happen at catchweight. Pac is not a natural welter who just wanted to challenge a prime, true welter champion and asking for just 1lb concession is more than fair as compared to 10-15 lbs that he will concede to cotto on fight night.:happy

 

that and this **** just makes it more bogus, oh well let's see what happens :thumbsup

 

I'm sure Cotto can make the weight... that shouldn't be a concern for us boxing fans. Our concern should be that the WBO is making a 147 title fight WITHOUT it being at 147.

That's like a math teacher giving you a spanish exam and giving you a grade on math...

 

:deal

 

he can gamble on the money part and just pay the excess 2 pounds (or 1 pound if we would base it on the clottey fight) and come in with as much size advantage as possible and hope to beat pac. after that, his marketability would rise and demand much higher purse.