Miguel Cotto refuses to be goaded into playing the mind games of his May 5 opponent, undefeated pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather. Mayweather has been known to psych his opponents out of their game plans because of his trash talking, but Cotto that he will not fall into this trap. Cotto will defend his World Boxing Association junior middleweight title against Mayweather.
Floyd Mayweather said that Cotto Puerto Rican fans will be disappointed in the result if they think that Miguel Cotto will beat him. Mayweather said the Cotto has no chance in defeating him.
“Any boxing fan knows there is a long line of champions who come from Puerto Rico, and Cotto is definitely there with the best. So I know that the fans, Puerto Ricans, will be watching on May 5th, but they will be disappointed,” Mayweather said.
But Cotto responded. “I will not play into Mayweather’s games. I’m not the type of fighter that will just fall into the games of Mayweather,” Cotto said.
He added that Mayweather wants his opponents to “behave in a certain way, responding to whatever comments he has to say.”
But Cotto is confident that he will not be psyched out by Mayweather, claiming that he is “a different fighter.”
“Come May 5th, everybody will see who, in the end, will be disappointed,” he added.
The WBA junior middleweight champion also guaranteed that he will be the first boxer to inflict a loss on Mayweather’s record.
“I feel ready, I feel great. I will defeat Floyd Mayweather. I will be victorious…I trust my preparations and I trust that, whether by knockout or by decision, I will be victorious without controversy,” Cotto said.
“Everything is running according to plan, according to schedule. We will be ready to counter anything that Mayweather brings,” he added.
“There are a couple of key weeks in preparation for the fight, a couple of weeks that are still there, and when I step into the ring with Mayweather in front of me, I will be completely ready to obtain the victory.”
The Mayweather vs Cotto fight will be on May 5th at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas, Nevada.
