Cotto balked at paying the fee,which is pretty high,but Cotto didn't have a problem paying Gennady Golovkin $800,000 to step aside in order for Cotto to fight Canelo Alvarez,so what's another 300 g's between friends?
So,had Cotto made his point to the WBC a few months ago,he could have saved himself 800,000 dollars,which is a lot for a guy that griped about the WBC and its fees as "Money I could leave to my kids".
For a fellow that has spent the last few years touting himself as a"boxing businessman",dropping the belt after paying Golovkin (in order to keep it),this doesn't exactly make him look like Warren Buffett.
The WBC said since Alvarez had complied with all of their procedures that should Alvarez defeat Cotto,he would become champion and would have to fight Golovkin next to keep it.
If Cotto wins,Golovkin (who holds one of their stupid interim belts) would be upgraded to full WBC champion.
I give the WBC credit for the decision,but they should have acted long ago.
The organization allowed Cotto to take 14 months before his first title defense and then when Cotto did put their title up against Daniel Geale,they didn't object when Cotto made Geale come in far under the middleweight limit in one of these silly catchweight bouts that are made to "even the playing field for the lighter fighter",but in reality are ways to weaken the naturally stronger fighter.
As far the lineal middleweight title (as in traces back to as far as you can go),Cotto will keep that with a win and will likely continue to tout himself as such-if you don't mind a 160 pound champ that won't allow his opponent to weigh more than 155 that is.
I've always been a proponent of titles,despite the lousy jobs that the organizations that control the titles do with them,but this catchweight thing shows why organizations in boxing are badly needed,even if they may need to be replaced themselves.
For one day,an organization made the right decision,even if it was a little late.
Better late than never....
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