Miguel Cotto: record, next fight and profile →
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 came during a meeting between the two at an exclusive 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.
In the past, former four division world champion Miguel Angel Cotto had stated in several interviews that 2017 would be his final year in the sport. But given the current landscape and the circumstances which caused his career to stall out. Cotto has been out of the ring since November 2015, when he lost a twelve round unanimous decision to Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. He was scheduled to return in February, to face James Kirkland in the main event of an HBO Pay-Per-View. The fight was cancelled after Kirkland withdrew with injury.
Japanese boxer Yoshihiro Kamegai has the chance to grab the world junior middleweight title left behind by Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, but blocking his path is former world champion Miguel Cotto. Promoters announced Wednesday that Kamegai will face Cotto on August 26 at Los Angeles for the vacant World Boxing Organization junior middleweight crown.
Saturday was a strong night for boxing programming on basic cable, too. Matched head-to-head with an HBO doubleheader on premium cable, the Premier Boxing Champions doubleheader on FS1 peaked at 580,000 viewers and drew an average audience of 364,000, according to information from Nielsen Media Research. Those were the highest ratings for a PBC on FS1 show to date
Miguel Cotto (40-5, 33 KOs), the only four-division world champion in the rich boxing history of Puerto Rico, will return to the ring on Saturday, August 26 to take on the always-exciting Yoshihiro "El Maestrito" Kamegai (27-3-2, 24 KOs) in a 12-round match for the vacant WBO Junior Middleweight World Championship from the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. Cotto will attempt to secure a sixth world championship in four weight classes as he makes his 23rd appearance on HBO.
Mexican promoter Fernando Beltran, who works closely with four-division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez, is hoping to finalize a fight with Miguel Angel Cotto, also a four division champion, for the month of December. Beltran announced that Marquez would return to the ring, tentatively this coming July 29th.
Former four division world champion Miguel Angel Cotto will be working in partnership with Golden Boy Promotions for his bout with Japanese junior middleweight contender Yoshihiro Kamegai, according to Miguel Cotto Promotions Executive Hector Soto. As reported a few days ago, Cotto parted ways with his promoter of the last few years, Roc Nation Sports. Cotto signed a three fight agreement with them in early 2015, and there was one fight remaining on the deal - with Kamegai.
As reported earlier on BoxingScene.com, former four division world champion Miguel Angel Cotto has parted ways with promoter Roc Nation Sport. The two sides were unable to reach an agreement for Cotto's planned return for June 24th, against Japanese junior middleweight contender Yoshihiro Kamegai.
Miguel Cotto and Jay Z’s Roc Nation Sports have agreed to part ways, according to a report posted by ESPN.com on Thursday. The contract reportedly was supposed to pay Cotto a total of $50 million for three fights had he completed it. Cotto left Bob Arum’s Top Rank Inc., his longtime promoter, to sign with Roc Nation Sports in March 2015, but has fought just twice for the company.
Based on the recent information from Puerto Rico, the return of four division world champion Miguel Angel Cotto could very well get pushed back to a date in early July. Cotto has already resumed his training camp in Los Angeles for a fight with Japan's Yoshihiro Kamegai. The fight was being targeted for June 24, possibly at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, but the date is now a little over a month away.