By Miguel Rivera

The meetings between former world champions and future Hall of Famers, Miguel Angel Cotto of Puerto Rico and Mexico's Juan Manuel 'Dinamita' Marquez, have always been very cordial.

The latest of these meetings took place at a restaurant in Orlando, Florida where they discussed, at the table, the possibility of an interesting clash between the two of them before the end of 2017.

But because there are so many rumors and considering the recent comments by Mexican promoter Fernando Beltrán in an interview with ESPN Deportes, about the possibility of a fight between Marquez and Cotto in December, the Puerto Rican star went straight to the point.

"If (Marquez) wants to fight, it's time to decide, say something and get things done. If it's not what he wants, it's better to keep his mouth shut," Cotto said to Carlos Narvaez.

Beltran, who works closely with Márquez, stated that he's working to make a comeback fight for the boxer in July and then a fight with Cotto for the month of December.

"Juan Manuel Marquez and I have spoken on several occasions. We met him in Orlando to talk about the fight. I spoke directly to him, without intermediaries. Juan Manuel knows what our plans are and heard them from my mouth at that restaurant in Orlando," Cotto said.

Cotto and Márquez, two former four division world champions with a great careers and who are in the closing moments of their careers, have long been out of the ring, especially the Mexican veteran.

Marquez has not fought for 37 months. Cotto will be 21 months inactive in August when he is expected to face Yoshihiro Kamegai at the StubHub Center in Carson, California, in a fight for the World Junior Boxing Organization (WBO) junior middleweight title.

Cotto, 36, has a record of 40-5 and 33 KOs. Márquez is 43 years old and has a record of 56-7-1 mark and 40 knockouts. The last time he climbed into a ring was in May 2014 when he defeated Mike Alvarado by unanimous decision to win the WBO welterweight International crown.