he wants legacy is, let Cotto build up a huge name. Beating him now would not be enormous, it would not be Ali beating Foreman. Let Cotto fight the top of the crop, then fight him. Losing to him now would be disastrous, beating him would be great, but not special. Have Cotto woop some ass, become a big name, who everybody knows and beat guys such as De La Hoya now.
Hmm Cotto is already a pretty big name. And trust me beating DLH will not do much for Mayweathers legacy. It has not in my opinion. Just like beating Ricky Hatton did not do anything for him or Carlos Baldomir. He is in a standstill. With time just ticking on him.
You are exactly right. Cotto does the clean up duty and gets the rest of the trinkets in the ww division. Mayweather holds his belt and ring title, then the unification bout. This is the only way for things to go down as a mega fight. If the cotto mayweather fight happened in 08 or prior to a cotto clean up then it would turn into a Paul Williams type of thing where people would say Cotto got exposed etc. But if cotto beats everyone then there would be no arguement about his creditials or the magnitude of the fight. (not saying his resume isn't impressive or the fight wouldn't be huge now)
I agree - let cotto expose the rest of the guys at WW - then fight PBF in the uber mega fight we all want to see.
Ok so in other words let Mayweather do the easy work??? I can assure you if Cotto loses he will not be called a bum. Wouldnt it do more for Mayweather if HE tried to clean out WW!!!???? Of course you PBF fans would say just let Cotto do all the hard work and fight only him and DLH.
I guess the champion has to clean up the division for a challenger...:huh If PBF did that then why would he fight Cotto? He would have two more belts and a pretty solid legacy. But of course you Cotto fans would want PBF do all the hard work and have him fight Gomez and Mayorga....:-(
Yea. I'm going to have to back you up on this post 100%. History usually tells it the way you just posted it, but I guess in modern fight society they wan't Floyd taking all the risks with no reward(other than what most people think, he's significantly better than his competition - so proving it does exactly what?) Let cotto get on PBF's level - then get the fight - then watch cotto get the-1 next to his name, and everyone jump on someone else to dethrone the best of the current generation.
This thread is about his legacy right noob? Your saying that just sitting around and waiting for Cotto to clean up the WW division and then just fighting him would do more than cleaning out the WW division himself??? It would be more beneficial for his legacy to clean out WW!!!
First of all: i am as far from being a mayweather fan as possible.. Now he would ofcourse not be called a bum, but lets take for example Ali: Foreman fought and beat Joe Frazier and Ken Norton before fighting Ali. Let Cotto become an absolute superstar, not by cleaning out the WW necesarilly, but by looking good against known opponents: believe it or not, Gomez is a step in the right way. Mayorga is too. Mayweather could do the same; fight known opponents leading up to the superfight.
Hmm i dont know if you know this but the WW division is the best division in boxing. It is definately not weak. Anyone who cleans it out is an ATG in my book.
Well 'ESB Senior Member' with ALL DUE RESPECT to you being here since 07, I just want you to know that your extensive boxing knowledge is evident in your post...:-( Like other posters as well as myself have said, Cotto isn't the WW champ... He is the CHALLENGER. The fight between those two would be great right now... But take a moment and think about this:think... Mayweather is the WW champ right??? Cotto is a titlest... If Cotto cleans up the division and gets the 2 remaining straps, their fight would be a MEGA fight. On another chain of thought..IF cotto fought Hatton or DLH and lost (particularly Hatton) would Cotto find himself in a similar situation as PW??? Please oh Mighty ESB SENIOR MEMBER enlighten my newbie self...:roll: