Why Do People Get All Excited Over Fighters "Calling Out" Other Fighters?

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  1. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    If you're a big name, everyone's gonna want to fight you for the payday and exposure. People are always yapping about how Miguel Cotto needs to "call out" Floyd Mayweather, but he's already insulted him in the press several times.

    The negotiating table is where it matters, not your post-fight interview. The "calling-out" in interviews is just hype for a fight that was probably gonna happen anyway.

    People talking about "Hatton called out Mayweather, so the fight happened!"

    Nevermind that Ray Hatton later said that they'd been in negotiations with Team Mayweather for two years.
     
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  2. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    I agree, it's a complete waste of a hard on.
     
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  3. Lance_Uppercut

    Lance_Uppercut ESKIMO Full Member

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    Youthful exuberance and naiveté is my guess. Caling out is about as legit as a P4P list...
     
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  4. Thread Stealer

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    When Mayweather and Cotto start negotiating for real, with a pen and paper and legal contract with lawyers present rather than a microphone and an HBO interviewer, then I'll have a worthy erection.
     
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  5. whit

    whit Active Member Full Member

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    Calling fighters out is a waste of time. Making offers is how fights gets made.
     
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  6. Caliboxing

    Caliboxing Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Cotto should call out Mayweather but not in a disrespectful way because that will just fuel Mayweather.
     
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  7. igotJUIC3

    igotJUIC3 Boxing Junkie banned

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    tem cotto has done nothing but pass the buck to Floyd everytime u hear them they keep saying if floyd this if floyd that floyd is scared takin cheap shots....but yet they offer nothing but they are oh so fukkin confident to ink 2 fights so far.....im not sayin anyone is scared but actions speak louder than words
     
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  8. Lance_Uppercut

    Lance_Uppercut ESKIMO Full Member

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    Actions? Like claiming to RETIRE, only to come out for DLH...AGAIN?:roll:
     
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  9. igotJUIC3

    igotJUIC3 Boxing Junkie banned

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    first off he didnt say he retired after hatton he said he would break for a while...

    secondly the same thing i said up there i do recognize fits floyd as far as proving he is the best

    last but not least arum is in no rush to lose his cash cow...he knows what he is doin and so does floyd...i honestly see odlh vs floyd numbers after or if cotto beats margo.....the fight will happen
     
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  10. nervousxtian

    nervousxtian Trolljegeren Full Member

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    It doesn't really mean a damn thing, but I'm alright with it, it's just ways to hype fighters and hype fights.

    It's a way for a lesser guy to try and get noticed, and it shows the guys getting called out that they "made it". It's an important part of the sport.
     
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  11. Lance_Uppercut

    Lance_Uppercut ESKIMO Full Member

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    I doubt we will ever see Floyd vs. Mayweather. Floyd knows he's getting older, and Cotto has looked much better then FLoyd has @ 147. ****...why else would Floyd STILL SAY Cotto needs to do more or to lose Arum IF HE ALREADY TRIED TO FIGHT HIM ONCE (When Cotto has 22 fights no less...)
     
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  12. Caliboxing

    Caliboxing Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I also doubt it.:lol:
     
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  13. Spitbucket

    Spitbucket Guest

    I know floyd's fast, but come-on!
     
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  14. BewareofDawg

    BewareofDawg P4P Champ Full Member

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    :lol:
     
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  15. Relentless

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    i get a hard on every time i hear miguel cotto.
     
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