Right now Miguel Cotto is getting a lot of credit for having given Floyd Mayweather Jr. his hardest fight in many, many years on May 5th in a losing effort by Cotto at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The fight brought in a huge 1.5 million pay-per-view buys, and Cotto must have made a ton of money on the PPV upside cash to go along with his guaranteed $8 million for the fight. He doesn’t need to ever work again, but of course he’s going to continue fighting.
However, that puts more pressure on Cotto to make sure he maximizes his paydays with each fight. He’s not going to make a ton of money unless he faces Floyd Mayweather or Manny Pacquiao again. The other options for him bring just as much danger of him losing yet again but without the big cash that he hauled in for the Mayweather and Pacquiao fights.
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LAS VEGAS — Floyd Mayweather Jr.improved to 43-0 with a unanimous decision over Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto (37-3) on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Mayweather, who is 35 and facing a June 1 jail sentence on a domestic violence case, remains in line for a super-fight against Manny Pacquiao after serving his time.
Cotto was trying to revitalize himself following the hard-handed loss to Antonio Margarito in 2008, a knockout loss to Pacquiao in 2009 and the death of his father, Miguel Sr., in 2010. He avenged the loss to Margarito in December, but could not overcome his unbeaten opponent on Saturday.
The scoring by the judges: Robert Hoyle, 118-110; Patricia Morse Jarmon, 117-111; Dave Moretti, 117-111.
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With just a day left for the much anticipated Cotto vs. Mayweather, fight fans are already psyched up with the match. But before we get down to business here is the Tale Of The Tape between two professionally skilled boxers.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42 Wins, 0 Loses), who is 34 years of age with a 5’8” ft in height and a 72” reach will be facing a younger opponent. Miguel Cotto (37 Wins, 2 Loses), who stands at 5’7” ft, 67 reach and 31 at age is younger than Mayweather.
Cotto Deserves To Win
Cotto, with only two loses from his career coming from Pacquiao and Margarito, has a great chance that he could win this fight. Cotto is prime in his career as he is a four-time world champion in three different weight divisions.
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As the Cotto vs Mayweather fight draws near, it seems that Cotto is already pumped and psyched for his upcoming fight. Representing the whole region of Puerto Rico, Miguel Cotto is a fighter on his own accord.
This weekend, boxing fans will be treated to yet another fight between two masters of boxing, Floyd Mayweather, and Miguerl Cotto. Cotto who thinks himself as a third distant fighters who can’t pack a huge stadium in the U.S box offices is still miles ahead of the boxer he is going to fight.
Cotto in an interview said that he is not afraid of Floyd Mayweather and plans on bringing havoc .
“I’m not afraid of anything that Floyd MAyweather brings to the table,” Cotto said. “I worked very hard for 11 weeks to get this victory”
It goes to say that this weekend will be another boxing milestone for Mayweather or Cotto if he could make an upset taking the undefeated champ by surprise.
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This coming Saturday night May 5th, the Cotto vs Mayweather fight will soon unveil who among the two boxers is the greatest of them all. The sports and entertainment industries are all set and pumped up for the action.
Without only days left for the fight to happen, Cotto is already wrapping up with his training in hopes that he will be the first boxer to defeat Floyd Mayweather. In order for Cotto to clean with his shots he needs to get back on his roots and begin with fierce body punches. Cotto must also not to afford to experiment Floyd and only throw punches that will surely hit the mark. Cotto has gotten a long way with his exaggerated jab in the past few fights as he always lift his lead foot in doing so.
When anyone fights Floyd it seems that he always give his first few rounds to his opponents to lure them on his bad habits and flaws. Once his opponent has taken the bait, Floyd makes this opportunity to rip his opponent apart. Cotto should not take every advantage that Floyd makes as this could be a trap that Mayweather wanted Cotto do to.
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