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WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto is not concerned with chasing after Floyd Mayweather Jr, who holds the WBC's version of the title at 147-pounds. In the opinion of Cotto, there are more than enough big names at 147-pounds to keep him busy.
“I don’t have to do it. If he doesn’t want to fight me, there are a bunch of big names at 147. I don’t need Mayweather,” Cotto told scribe Kevin Iole.
Cotto says that he will keep on fighting the best boxers at the weight and sooner or later - Mayweather will be forced to fight him. He refuses to chase Mayweather in the same fashion as Ricky Hatton, and he doesn't feel that Mayweather is the pound for pound best in the world.
"I'm in no hurry," Cotto said. "If I have to be patient to face the guy the people and the press call the best fighter in the world, I can wait. He runs from the really good boxers and chases other things. I don't know how people in boxing support him as being first in the pound-for-pound rankings."
“I don’t have to do it. If he doesn’t want to fight me, there are a bunch of big names at 147. I don’t need Mayweather,” Cotto told scribe Kevin Iole.
Cotto says that he will keep on fighting the best boxers at the weight and sooner or later - Mayweather will be forced to fight him. He refuses to chase Mayweather in the same fashion as Ricky Hatton, and he doesn't feel that Mayweather is the pound for pound best in the world.
"I'm in no hurry," Cotto said. "If I have to be patient to face the guy the people and the press call the best fighter in the world, I can wait. He runs from the really good boxers and chases other things. I don't know how people in boxing support him as being first in the pound-for-pound rankings."