Cotto's plans of retirement at age 30

[-Antonio-]

This is one of the reasons why there are fighters out there that I like better than Cotto. The guy got a multimillion dollar payday to fight Michael Jennings. Often times fighters who are over paid are the most overrated. Look at Jermaine Taylor and Andre Berto. Now I think Cotto is a better fighter than both of those guys, but people get what I'm saying. Cotto has a good resume, but the way that HBO and Arum has pampered him has held him back in the hunger department.

Win or lose, there's not much more Cotto can prove past 30 anyway. When you're that financially secure it doesn't make much sense to me to keep fighting. That's why I was all for Floyd retiring.

I don't see how fighting Quintana, Judah, Mosely, Margarito, Clottey, Pacquiao is pampered anyway. He was matched tough early on too. Fought Randall Bailey before his 20th fight.

[Beater_of_ass]

Well he could definitely use the time off. If he takes a 1-2 year retirement like Mayweather I can see Cotto going till his 35 or so, at his A game anyway.

[TheSurgeonMDMPH]

now cotto and pac are cherry picking
cotto- mosley margs clottey judah
pac -marquez barrerra morales hoya and now cotto very bad example of 2 fighters that cherry pick there fights

Every top fighter has a decent resume in the beginning. But once they get a name, then we get what we are getting.

If clottey wasnt under tr would he have had the opportunity to fight cotto?

[jazluvr]

Exactly. I remember when Hopkins said he was going to retire when he turned 40 years old. And he turned 40 18 years ago

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[MANGLER]

He'll go longer than that 4 sho.