Floyd Mayweather senior thinks Miguel Cotto will provide his son a tough fight

The undefeated American legend, Floyd Mayweather junior, a five-division world champion and the current WBC Welterweight Champion, will lock horns with Miguel Cotto for the WBA (Super) Light Middleweight title on May 5 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Mayweather, who holds an incredible record of winning all of his 42 professional fights, including 26 of them coming by the way of a knockout, will enter the ring as a red-hot favorite against Cotto. However, his father Floyd Mayweather senior, a boxing trainer, believes it will not be a cake walk for his son.

Mayweather senior recently had an exclusive interview with ‘On the Ropes Boxing Radio’, in which he discussed many topics including his son’s upcoming fight with Cotto.   

Mayweather senior said, “Well I think that Cotto will probably give little Floyd a better fight than any of the other guys in quite awhile. I’m not saying that Cotto’s going to win, but I’m just saying that he’ll probably get a better fight than he did from Shane and he’ll probably get a better fight than he got from Margarito. To tell you the truth I don’t even know too many people that Cotto fought but Shane and Margarito. They were his two biggest fights that I know of.”

In the meantime, Mayweather senior was also asked about his son’s archrival Manny Pacquiao, who is set to take on Timothy Bradley on June 9 at the same MGM Grand Garden Arena. Mayweather senior was asked about which fight he believes fans are more interested in watching.

He replied, “It’s been proven already that my son can sell more tickets than Pacquiao! It’s been proven that on a couple of different occasions that my son can sell more tickets than Pacquiao.”

Well, all said and done, Floyd Mayweather junior versus Manny Pacquiao is what everyone out there wants to see but unfortunately both fighters are still far away from taking on each other. Nevertheless, let’s hope both pugilists resolve their issues and show their fans what they anxiously want to see.

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