Agreed! Anyhoo great fight and one of Mayweather's best fights! Fighting at 154 made this a tougher fight and May performed like a champ! Cotto is a good fighter but Mayis just a hard draw and Cotto only won 3 rounds in my book also. Its funny when the crowd cheers against Mayweather when a fighter throws a flurry of punches but dont land anything and u hear this roar. What was hilarious was the announcer said "BOOM" during one of the flurrys and we all started laughing at how dumb he sounded like he was rooting for Cotto on the under. May also couldve knocked Cotto out in the 12th but let him off the hook. Anyway May gets major props for fighting at 154 again and handling his business. Canelo does now want none. Got Em!!
Floyd Mayweather vs Miguel Cotto, May 5th [MGM Las Vegas]
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wow you're a fag. Mayweather vs Cotto was supper competitive and everyone that thought Floyd was going to whoop cotto's ass, myself include, were dead wrong. That was the toughest fight floyd fought since Castillo. He won clear but cotto was game throughout, busted floyds face up a bit and floyd in return fought a hard ass fought, never ran and stood his ground. Props is due to both fighters who fought like warriors.
As for Canelo he is the next big hyped mexican star, that doesn't translate to american star as he still has a lot to prove. No one had crowned him as the next anything other than Oscar de la hoya. He fought well tonight though for a 21 year old kid.
As for Canelo he is the next big hyped mexican star, that doesn't translate to american star as he still has a lot to prove. No one had crowned him as the next anything other than Oscar de la hoya. He fought well tonight though for a 21 year old kid.
I give cotto an A. He exceeded all expectations. Further, he won on my scorecard 4 rounds which is more than anyone since Castillo, not too mention he busted floyd up a bit and made him bleed which no one has done legit (ortiz's headbutt doesn't count) since Augustus. Cotto faded at the end and that was his downfall, but the crazy thing is if he had stamina to fight a FULL 12 rounds (which he didn't) he may have fought himself to a draw or hell, maybe even pull it off. That's a hell of a performance for a 6-1 underdog.
The way floyd is fighting the last several fights is waaay more crowd pleasing than many of his past fights, but he's showing he's not invisible, that's for sure. Cotto showed us that tonight that floyd is vulnerable. Let's all hope pac beats bradley and the two face eacother, I honestly think it's a 50/50 fight. I would be so pleased with any outcome as both are truly the best of our generation.
The way floyd is fighting the last several fights is waaay more crowd pleasing than many of his past fights, but he's showing he's not invisible, that's for sure. Cotto showed us that tonight that floyd is vulnerable. Let's all hope pac beats bradley and the two face eacother, I honestly think it's a 50/50 fight. I would be so pleased with any outcome as both are truly the best of our generation.
Floyd Mayweather’s $32 million is record haul
Following ‘Money’ trail
Ron Borges By Ron Borges
Sunday, May 6, 2012 - Added 40 minutes ago
LAS VEGAS — One can debate all night long whether Floyd Mayweather Jr. is what he insists he is — which is the greatest fighter of all-time — but one thing can no longer be debated. As of last night, he is the best-paid boxer of all-time, at least on a one-fight basis.
Mayweather’s $32 million guarantee was not only the largest in the history of Nevada boxing but also the highest in the sport’s history, topping the $30 million Mike Tyson was guaranteed for his ear-chomping rematch with Evander Holyfield in 1997. That night Holyfield had an $11 million guarantee himself, which means that fight’s combined purses remain the highest guarantee for one match in the sport’s history because Mayweather’s opponent, WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto, received only an $8 million guaranteed, according to bout agreements filed with the Nevada State Athletic Commission. That left the bout total last night at $40 million, $1 million short of Tyson-Holyfield II.
To a guy who calls himself “Money” and who is surrounded by an entourage he calls “The Money Team” his opponent’s purse is of little consequence but that $8 million represents two sides of the boxing coin of the realm. On the one hand, it is Cotto’s largest guarantee and surely will be his biggest overall payday once all the overage from PPV sales is added.
But on the other, Cotto’s $8 million guarantee was four times less than Mayweather’s despite the fact Cotto held the WBA junior middleweight title and is considered by most boxing observers to be among the top 10 pound-for-pound fighters in the world.
Some might argue Cotto (37-2, 30 KOs) was the toughest opponent of Mayweather’s career, although others might point to Oscar De La Hoya, Shane Mosley, Juan Manuel Marquez or even Jose Luis Castillo. Regardless, Cotto brought much to the table yet left with far less than Mayweather.
“This is just a testament to Floyd’s (market) power,” said Leonard Ellerbe, Mayweather’s closest adviser and CEO of Mayweather Promotions, after the guarantees became public. “Floyd Mayweather is a one-man walking conglomerate. Over the last 12 months he is the highest-paid athlete in sports.”
One would assume so because in his last three fights (including last night’s), Mayweather has been guaranteed a total of $79.5 million. That includes $25 million for a glorified sparring session with untested Victor Ortiz and $22.5 million in 2010 for beating up Mosley as well as last night’s remarkable payday.
That is only the start of it, however, because in all three fights Mayweather also had an upside on pay-per-view sales as well as a piece of many of the concessions and other revenues. It is easy to believe Mayweather has earned well over $100 million in those three fights alone, and if last night’s fight does as well as PPV operators have predicted his upside will be considerable.
Although it is difficult to believe the fight ultimately will do more business than the more than 2.4 million pay-per-view buys Mayweather did with boxing’s golden boy, De La Hoya, five years ago, the fight sold at a higher pay-per-view cost, which means added revenue. Mayweather-Cotto was selling for a remarkable $59.95. De La Hoya-Mayweather sold for $54.95.
Timing is everything in sports and in life and the record-setting guarantee to Mayweather couldn’t have come at a better time for ESPN the Magazine, whose annual “Money Issue” is now on newsstands. It reviews the estimated incomes of some of the sport’s highest paid athletes (and others among the lowest). Mayweather is the magazine’s beaming, top-to-bottom cover profile.
“Floyd is in a league of his own,” insisted Richard Schaefer, Golden Boy Promotions’ CEO and the front promoter for the event. Mayweather Promotions basically runs its own show but pays a relatively small fee to GBP to handle the day-to-day promotional issues that arise as well as some of the negotiations with HBO, the venue, sponsors and foreign television rights holders and.
On June 1, the world’s highest-paid sportsman will also probably have the biggest canteen fund in the history of the Clark County Jail. That is the day when Mayweather will take up residence for 82 days to serve out the term of one domestic violence charge to which he pled guilty in exchange for avoiding trial and being allowed to remain free until after last night’s fight.
Considering what Mayweather and Cotto were due to make, the millions they were projected to attract to Las Vegas and the taxes each will owe, a little leniency was the least the Nevada court system could show.
Following ‘Money’ trail
Ron Borges By Ron Borges
Sunday, May 6, 2012 - Added 40 minutes ago
LAS VEGAS — One can debate all night long whether Floyd Mayweather Jr. is what he insists he is — which is the greatest fighter of all-time — but one thing can no longer be debated. As of last night, he is the best-paid boxer of all-time, at least on a one-fight basis.
Mayweather’s $32 million guarantee was not only the largest in the history of Nevada boxing but also the highest in the sport’s history, topping the $30 million Mike Tyson was guaranteed for his ear-chomping rematch with Evander Holyfield in 1997. That night Holyfield had an $11 million guarantee himself, which means that fight’s combined purses remain the highest guarantee for one match in the sport’s history because Mayweather’s opponent, WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto, received only an $8 million guaranteed, according to bout agreements filed with the Nevada State Athletic Commission. That left the bout total last night at $40 million, $1 million short of Tyson-Holyfield II.
To a guy who calls himself “Money” and who is surrounded by an entourage he calls “The Money Team” his opponent’s purse is of little consequence but that $8 million represents two sides of the boxing coin of the realm. On the one hand, it is Cotto’s largest guarantee and surely will be his biggest overall payday once all the overage from PPV sales is added.
But on the other, Cotto’s $8 million guarantee was four times less than Mayweather’s despite the fact Cotto held the WBA junior middleweight title and is considered by most boxing observers to be among the top 10 pound-for-pound fighters in the world.
Some might argue Cotto (37-2, 30 KOs) was the toughest opponent of Mayweather’s career, although others might point to Oscar De La Hoya, Shane Mosley, Juan Manuel Marquez or even Jose Luis Castillo. Regardless, Cotto brought much to the table yet left with far less than Mayweather.
“This is just a testament to Floyd’s (market) power,” said Leonard Ellerbe, Mayweather’s closest adviser and CEO of Mayweather Promotions, after the guarantees became public. “Floyd Mayweather is a one-man walking conglomerate. Over the last 12 months he is the highest-paid athlete in sports.”
One would assume so because in his last three fights (including last night’s), Mayweather has been guaranteed a total of $79.5 million. That includes $25 million for a glorified sparring session with untested Victor Ortiz and $22.5 million in 2010 for beating up Mosley as well as last night’s remarkable payday.
That is only the start of it, however, because in all three fights Mayweather also had an upside on pay-per-view sales as well as a piece of many of the concessions and other revenues. It is easy to believe Mayweather has earned well over $100 million in those three fights alone, and if last night’s fight does as well as PPV operators have predicted his upside will be considerable.
Although it is difficult to believe the fight ultimately will do more business than the more than 2.4 million pay-per-view buys Mayweather did with boxing’s golden boy, De La Hoya, five years ago, the fight sold at a higher pay-per-view cost, which means added revenue. Mayweather-Cotto was selling for a remarkable $59.95. De La Hoya-Mayweather sold for $54.95.
Timing is everything in sports and in life and the record-setting guarantee to Mayweather couldn’t have come at a better time for ESPN the Magazine, whose annual “Money Issue” is now on newsstands. It reviews the estimated incomes of some of the sport’s highest paid athletes (and others among the lowest). Mayweather is the magazine’s beaming, top-to-bottom cover profile.
“Floyd is in a league of his own,” insisted Richard Schaefer, Golden Boy Promotions’ CEO and the front promoter for the event. Mayweather Promotions basically runs its own show but pays a relatively small fee to GBP to handle the day-to-day promotional issues that arise as well as some of the negotiations with HBO, the venue, sponsors and foreign television rights holders and.
On June 1, the world’s highest-paid sportsman will also probably have the biggest canteen fund in the history of the Clark County Jail. That is the day when Mayweather will take up residence for 82 days to serve out the term of one domestic violence charge to which he pled guilty in exchange for avoiding trial and being allowed to remain free until after last night’s fight.
Considering what Mayweather and Cotto were due to make, the millions they were projected to attract to Las Vegas and the taxes each will owe, a little leniency was the least the Nevada court system could show.
I told you guys not to count Cotto out and he fought a good fight. However, he couldn't get the job done. Floyd is the best fighter of this generation, future hall of famer and I don't see him being beaten by any of the fighters out there. Berto, that idiot Ortiz, Alvarez and Bradley. I don't see anyone getting it done against the guy. However, there is no way that was a 117-111 fight and there are some chinks in Floyds armor. Watch the fight again and watch what happens when Cotto is able to stop Floyd from moving to his right and when he goes to Floyds body. Like Brown said, and like I've been saying since I started posting in this forum, that philly shell defense is useless against a good southpaw, and you'll see Floyd adjusts when he fights southpaws. But again, he's able to adjust and thats a sign of a true champion and you can't take nothing away from the guy. Strip away all the bad mouthing, all the issues with pac, all the shit with his baby momma, the contradictions (which he really does need to stop) and all of that. Just look at the mans skill. I'd say if he wasn't the P4P before he is now.
ETA: Cotto let up off the gas in round 9. That was his downfall. If he had kept the pressure on in 9 it would have been an even closer fight.
ETA: Cotto let up off the gas in round 9. That was his downfall. If he had kept the pressure on in 9 it would have been an even closer fight.
Mayweather Had Left Hand Injury, Fought Cotto at 147
By Rick Reeno
MGM Grand, Las Vegas - According to Floyd Mayweather Jr. (43-0, 26KOs), he may have weighed 151-pounds at Friday's weigh-in, but when he came to ring on Saturday night for his scheduled fight with WBA 154-pound champion Miguel Cotto (37-3, 30KOs) - he only weighed 147-pounds. And despite the weight loss, Mayweather won a twelve round unanimous decision in a toe-to-toe war to capture Cotto's title.
Mayweather revealed that he suffered an injury to his left hand during training camp and rather than withdraw from the Cotto fight, he moved forward and continued to train at full force but he also took precautions.
"Training camp was tremendous, I was just mad that I couldn't box the last week because I was kind of sick and my hand was hurting. The last week my hand was hurting bad. I was letting my hand heal, I was icing my hand for the last week every day. Things happen like that in the sport. I sucked it up and went out there and did what I had to do," Mayweather said.
"I probably got it from sparring, hitting these guys. Even with it hurt, I still boxed with it. Even with it hurt I said I don't care, that's a part of my job. I'm here to impress everyone. You can't cry or complain or nothing like that. You just suck it up like a true champion and go out there and be a warrior,."
By Rick Reeno
MGM Grand, Las Vegas - According to Floyd Mayweather Jr. (43-0, 26KOs), he may have weighed 151-pounds at Friday's weigh-in, but when he came to ring on Saturday night for his scheduled fight with WBA 154-pound champion Miguel Cotto (37-3, 30KOs) - he only weighed 147-pounds. And despite the weight loss, Mayweather won a twelve round unanimous decision in a toe-to-toe war to capture Cotto's title.
Mayweather revealed that he suffered an injury to his left hand during training camp and rather than withdraw from the Cotto fight, he moved forward and continued to train at full force but he also took precautions.
"Training camp was tremendous, I was just mad that I couldn't box the last week because I was kind of sick and my hand was hurting. The last week my hand was hurting bad. I was letting my hand heal, I was icing my hand for the last week every day. Things happen like that in the sport. I sucked it up and went out there and did what I had to do," Mayweather said.
"I probably got it from sparring, hitting these guys. Even with it hurt, I still boxed with it. Even with it hurt I said I don't care, that's a part of my job. I'm here to impress everyone. You can't cry or complain or nothing like that. You just suck it up like a true champion and go out there and be a warrior,."
Cotto made me eat my words about him being damaged goods. Cotto fought like he wanted to take Mayweather '0', and both fighters took some bombs. He did the right thing by manning up and saying sorry to hater ass Larry Merchant too. I'm glad he's putting the pressure on Top Rank and Bob Arum to try and make the Manny fight happen. Mayweather's inside fighting last night was a work of art. Cotto should've went to the body hard from round 1 till the end.