While Floyd Mayweather is busy wrestling a 400+ pound man later tonight in a pay-per-view match, the man who Mayweather SHOULD be fighting is preparing for his fight this Saturday. Miguel Cotto (31-0 25 KO's) is the 300 pound gorilla in the room with Floyd Mayweather. He is the best welterweight after Mayweather and he has yet to lose a fight in his professional career. As much as I want a Mayweather-Cotto fight to happen, I can't blame Mayweather for taking some time off after two huge victories over Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton in 2007.Don't let Miguel Cotto's feminely sculpted eyebrows fool you, the dude can flat out fight. In his last two fights he beat Zab Judah and Sugar Shane Mosley, both very good fighters in their own right. He throws some vicious body shots and has a relentless fighting style. April 12th he will meet Alfonso Gomez (18-3-2 8 KO's), who you might notice from the boxing reality show "The Contender". Gomez recently got his best win to date, against Arturo Gatti, who was a great action fighter in the past, but in all honesty should have already retired due to his diminished skills. Gomez doesn't have the power, speed, or technical skill that Cotto has, but he can at least match Cotto in one area; toughness.
I don't think Gomez will win the fight, but he undoubtedly will show a lot of heart. It should be an entertaining match, but a win against a fighter of Gomez's class will hardly prompt Mayweather to want to fight Cotto. Hopefully, Mayweather will have a revalation while wrestling the Big Show tonight and decide that first and foremost, he is a boxer. Boxing is what gave him the money he has today and is how he made a name for himself, and therefore should strive to give boxing fans the best fight possible which would be against Miguel Cotto.
Fight Prediction: Cotto by KO in the 6th
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