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Top 5
reasons Floyd Mayweather Jr., will never fight Miguel Cotto.
by Mike Cassell
(JUN 22) In case anybody is wondering, Miguel Cotto is the real deal. He
showed the world exactly what he is capable of doing against “world
class”, former title holder, Zab Judah. Last year, after Miguel Cotto
totally destroyed a fabulous fighter in Carlos Quintana, Bob Arum gave
an interview in Atlantic City, that should be played for every promoter
and fighter in the world.
Long before Mayweather and De La Hoya stepped into the ring, Arum gave
reasons why boxing is in the “doldrums’” as he phrased it, and why De La
Hoya and Mayweather, two fighters he promoted to success, won’t fight
the fighters that matter. He knew Cotto would one day be sitting where
he is now, and he knew neither of his former fighters would ever look in
Cotto’s direction. I could really care less if Oscar De La Hoya wants to
fight Miguel Cotto. There are just too many reasons why that fight is
not what people want to see. Floyd Mayweather has not faced a fighter
like Cotto, and truth be told, be probably never will. Not if he knows
what is good for him.
Arum put it beautifully, but I would like to take Bob Arums statements a
step further. Below are legitimate reasons I believe Floyd Mayweather
Jr. will do EVERYTHING possible NOT to get into the ring with Miguel
Cotto.
#5. Cotto can cut the ring off. For some reason, with all of his
teachings, and different trainers, Oscar De La Hoya has never learned to
do so. It is why he lost.
#4. Mayweather knows that fighting Cotto, is like having a few fights in
one night. It would be a bruising and devastating night, that may just
send him into a real retirement, not the one he scripted for HBO.
#3. Mayweather knows he got away with murder, and a lot of money against
De La Hoya. As long as people are stupid enough to pay to watch him run
backwards for 12 rounds, he is going to take the money. Why should he
fight a real competitive fight?
#2. The Feud. There are obviously bad feelings between he and Top Rank.
Top Rank made him a superstar, but I guess good old Bob Arum wanted him
to fight real competition. Imagine that.
#1. Cotto is stronger, and has the will of a champion. Arum put it best
when he said “Cotto will fight anybody, and I mean anybody”. Floyd
Mayweather has made the same statement, followed by the same phrase,
“pay me”. I have a feeling Miguel Cotto is fighting for something other
than money. He knows this in his heart, and Mayweather knows it to.
That’s the best reason of all he will never face Cotto.
I think Mayweather is a great boxer with tremendous skill, but Cotto’s
skill, and more importantly, his will ,would be too much for the “pretty
boy” the “golden boy” or any other fighter in his weight class. Miguel
Cotto is no boy, he is a man.
Mike Cassell
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