Where does this misconception come from that Cotto has never called Floyd out?

I remember around 2007 Cotto made it very clear that he wanted to fight Mayweather even insulting Floyd on some occasion's Here are some interviews Cotto did around that time.

Caguas - El campeón mundial welter Miguel Cotto tuvo ayer una sesión de entrenamiento ordinaria...
Sus respuestas a la prensa, sin embargo, sí fueron extraordinarias, considerando que nunca le gusta hablar de potenciales oponentes, y esta vez acusó a Floyd Mayweather de estar esquivándolo, a la vez que aseguró que el también boricua y recién coronado titular de la OMB, Carlos ‘El Indio’ Quintana, no buscará una revancha contra él.
Cotto, que viene de realizar la tercera defensa de su cetro de las 147 libras y la que hasta ahora ha sido su más importante pelea, la que tuvo contra el ex monarca Sugar Shane Mosley el 11 de noviembre en el Madison Square Garden, se prepara ahora para una reyerta contra el mexicano Alfonso Gómez, un rival que no luce de mucho peligro si se compara con los retadores del boricua en el 2007.



“No tengo problemas con enfrenarme a alguno de los campeones de la división”.
Y mientras la división de las 147 libras continúa al rojo vivo, por la calidad de contendientes y la contínua mención de posibles enfrentamientos entre los distintos campeones de la categoría, que incluye a los puertorriqueños Quintana (OMB) y Kermit Cintrón (FIB), Cotto ayer lucía una vez más conforme con lo que su empresa Top Rank le pone de frente.
“Siempre nos hemos distinguido por no dejarnos llevar por el récord del rival ni por cómo haya lucido anteriormente. Siempre vamos a entrenarnos como siempre hemos hecho; bien y a conciencia, y a meterle todas las ganas posibles en el gimnasio para ir en las mejores condiciones posibles a la pelea”, dijo Cotto sobre Gómez, cuyo récord es de 18-3 con ocho nocauts.
Dejado atrás el tema, previo a su sesión de entrenamiento de ayer, en la que, entre otras cosas, guanteó cinco asaltos con el mexicano David Estrada, comenzaron los ‘asaltos fuertes’.
“La división está bien interesante pero no puedo concentrarme en la división completa. Tengo que concentrarme sólo en una carrera, que es la mía, y el resto de lo que ocurra, nos acoplamos a eso”, dijo cuando se le preguntó su opinión con todo lo que está ocurriendo en las 147 libras, y las posibilidades de chocar en peleas unificatorias, ya sea contra Mayweather, o contra el que resulte ganador entre Cintrón y su retador Antonio Margarito.
Cuando le llegó el turno de hablar sobre Mayweather, quien le dará la revancha en septiembre a Oscar de la Hoya, fue que el cagüeño con marca de 31-0 y 25 nocauts tiró sus mejores combinaciones tras las preguntas de la prensa.
“Cuando él decida pelear, sabe que estamos dispuestos a pelear. Cuando quiera enfrentarse a Miguel Cotto, sabe que Miguel está aquí y lo que tiene que hacer es dejar de poner excusas y de buscar otros tipos de combate”.
Cotto fue más lejos al recordar que tras la victoria de Mayweather sobre Ricky Hatton en diciembre, el primero evadió las preguntas que le hicieron referente al boricua.
“Luego de su pasada victoria frente a Ricky Hatton, el tema entre los comentaristas fue Miguel Cotto, y en todo momento él rehuyó los comentarios”.
Y al igual que tira sus potentes ganchos al cuerpo, así pareció tirarle a Mayweather y a De la Hoya cuando se le preguntó sobre la posibilidad que hubo de que su próxima pelea fuera contra uno de ellos en lugar de Gómez.
El peleador lleva apenas unas semanas de entrenamiento para su proyectado combate del 12 de abril en el Boardwalk Hall de Atlantic City, Nueva Jersey, la misma sede de la cartelera del 2 de diciembre del 2006, cuando se adjudicó el cetro vacante de las 147 libras al noquear técnicamente después de cinco asaltos, a su compatriota Quintana.
“Vamos a tratar de usar los ‘sparring partners’ de aquí, porque hay las personas para hacerlo. Posiblemente usemos a Henry Bruseles e Irving García. Siempre hemos tenido mano libre para eso, lo que pasa es que otras veces no hay los chatas aquí con características similares al rival de turno”, dijo por su parte Evangelista Cotto, entrenador y tío del campeón.
Ayer Cotto guanteó con Estrada, un peso welter que entrena bajo las órdenes de Evangelista y que posee récord de 21-4. Estrada se enfrentó a Cintrón en abril del 2006 en una eliminatoria, antes de que éste se coronara a finales del año. También tiene una derrota ante Mosley.

This is for all the Floyd fanboys...who's ducking who? In a rare moment, Cotto decides to let the world know how he feels about PBF ducking a possible match between the 2.

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Cotto: "Mayweather Always Makes Excuses"

WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (31-0, 25KOs) is not going to wait around for his WBC counterpart, Floyd Mayweather Jr (39-0, 25KOs), to make a decision as to whether or not he will fight him. Cotto says he is tired of hearing excuses on why Mayweather won't take the fight.

"He always runs [from me], makes excuses on why he shouldn’t fight Miguel Cotto. I'm here for the big names. If he doesn't want to fight me than I can do something else. I don't know," Cotto said.

A lot of opponents have worked on the perfect strategy to beat Mayweather, but Cotto is confident he got the goods to pull of the upset.

"To beat Maywetaher, you have to put pressure on him, cut off the ring and be ready to throw a lot of punches, real punches - for all twelve rounds," Cotto said.

 

Miguel Cotto: "That's [something] he [Mayweather] has done his whole career," Cotto said. "He runs from the really good boxers and chases other things. I don't know how people in boxing support him as being first in the pound-for-pound [rankings]."

Mayweather, who's 31, argues that a fight with Cotto isn't worth his time right now. He believes Cotto needs to build himself into a pay-per-view attraction and then step forward for a lucrative matchup.

"I'm only going by credentials," Mayweather said. "Now I pick and chose who I want to fight. He [Cotto] is with Bob Arum; he has a boss. Once he goes out and becomes an entrepreneur and makes it worth my while, we can talk."

 

Cotto: "Mayweather, Stop Making Excuses"

At his training camp in Puerto Rico, WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (31-0, 25KOs) issued a challenge to Floyd Mayweather Jr (39-0, 25KOs), the WBC titleholder. Speaking with Primera Hora, Cotto told Mayweather to stop making excuses and to give the boxing fans the fight they want most.

"When he decides to fight, he knows that we are ready, that Miguel Cotto is here. He has to stop making excuses and looking for other fights. He knows this is the fight that people want to see," Cotto said.

 

I’m not going to let boxing retire me, I will retire from boxing, when asked by Larry Merchant on HBO after the Hatton win if he will fight Cotto.

 

Leonard Ellerbe said to the New York Post: “I think Cotto is a good fighter who’s definitely improving. His promotional company has done a good job in getting the right type of fights to increase his visibility. But he’s still not there yet. The numbers don’t lie. If nobody’s watching him as evidenced by the ratings, what makes him important? I’m not saying he’s a bad fighter. He’s a good fighter. But he’s obviously not on Floyd’s level because nobody’s watching.”
Ellerbe said. “When Floyd steps into the ring, it’s going to be about legacy and economics. He’s in control of what’s going on and if those two things aren’t happening, Floyd’s not going to be part of that.”

 

Roger Mayweather interview..

Who do you believe would pose the most formidable threat to Floyd Mayweather?

“The guy who I figure would give Floyd the most…[long pause]…I’m looking…I’m looking at Cotto [pause]. Probably Cotto I guess. He’s pretty much one-handed but I think he’s a disciplined fighter and if there was a guy who would give Floyd a problem I think it would be Cotto more than any other guy.”

 

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WBC welterweight champ Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25KOs) is not interested in a potential fight with WBA champ Miguel Cotto (31-0, 25KOs) of Puerto Rico, at least for now. In a recent interview with Franklin McNeil of the New Jersey Star-Ledger, Mayweather gave his thoughts on Cotto trying to lure him into a fight by revealing his strategy to win. Mayweather, as one can expect, does not agree with Cotto's fight plan. More important than that, he doesn't feel the fight makes any financial sense at the moment.

"I'm not going to disrespect Miguel Cotto. He's one of us; he's part of the family, the HBO family," Mayweather said. "As a businessman, I'm not going to put him down. That wouldn't be a smart thing to do. I want him to do well, keep winning and building his fan base. But the truth be told, he knows he can't beat me. He knows. Cotto's remedy to beat me is pressure, pressure, pressure. That's not the remedy to beat me."

Mayweather told McNeil that he's going to use 2008 to focus on his company, Mayweather Promotions, by staging boxing events and taking part in the music and television industry. Currently, Mayweather is overseeing the tour for popular R&B star Chris Brown, and he plans to work with Mary J. Blige on her 2008 concert tour. Mayweather's company is also in negotiations to produce two motion pictures, and a book deal is on the way.