We’re a little over two weeks away from the start of the latest HBO 24/7, this time covering the anticipated May 5 showdown between Floyd Mayweather and Miguel Cotto. At this stage, some are wondering what else about Mayweather can be covered. Mayweather himself was even critical of the show during his last countdown to facing Victor Ortiz. Mayweather’s pending jail sentence, and the details behind that situation, should be addressed. Mayweather has never really given his side of the allegations or how the jail sentence weighs on him.
There should also be a lot of detail on how both men had several previous chances to fight and speculate on who’s to blame for it not happening. Mayweather told me out his own mouth back in 2009 that he tried to fight Cotto before leaving Top Rank and was blocked. Although Cotto is playing nice now, he also told me preceding his November 2009 fight with Manny Pacquiao that he wanted the Mayweather fight and didn’t care about the issues Floyd had with his then promoter Bob Arum. Add in the aftermath of Cotto’s success against Antonio Margarito in December, and you should have a decent series at the very least.
The first episode of 24/7 Mayweather vs. Cotto airs on April 14.
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