Miguel Cotto: record, next fight and profile →
A few days ago, four division world champion Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico received boxing's biggest honor - when it was announced that he would be part of the 2022 class to enter the International Boxing Hall of Fame located in Canastota, New York.
More than a quarter-century after their pound-for-pound showdown, Roy Jones Jr. and James Toney march into the Hall of Fame together. The pair of all-time greats lead the Class of 2022 members inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Jones and Toney are joined by boxers Miguel Cotto, Holly Holm and Regina Halmich, all of whom will be honored during a stacked ceremony next June on Hall of Fame grounds in Canastota, New York.
Plans are no longer in place for a showdown between Miguel Cotto and Juan Manuel Marquez. The previously scheduled exhibition match has moved from extended postponement to outright cancellation, Promociones Miguel Cotto executive director Bryan Perez confirmed with BoxingScene.com. The bout was once due to take place June 12 and then put on hold for later in the year but with no plans to explore a new date.
The organizers of the announced exhibition fight, between four division champions Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico and Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico, have yet to finalize a concrete date for the event.
The anticipated exhibition fight between four division world champions, Miguel Cotto and Juan Manuel Marquez, will undergo a date change. The event will no longer take place on June 12 as originally announced. The organizers are looking for alternatives for July.
Juan Manuel Marquez revealed the details of his fight against fellow former four division world champion Miguel Cotto. The boxers will come out of retirement to collide in an exhibition fight on June 12, on pay-per-view, with the venue yet to be finalized.
They were unable to reach an agreement in 2016, but former four division world champions Miguel Cotto and Juan Manuel Marquez will settle their unfinished business in two months time.
The ideal of Miguel Cotto and Juan Manuel Marquez meeting in the ring extends far beyond one last hurrah for a pair of ring legends. “Legends never leave unfinished business,” Cotto revealed through his verified social media platforms on Monday, verifying a previous report from BoxingScene.com of the upcoming clash of retired former four-division titlists.
Miguel Cotto and Juan Manuel Marquez will become the latest in a growing trend of ring legends appearing on the boxing exhibition circuit. Multiple sources have informed BoxingScene.com that the pair of former four-division titlists are due to meet in an exhibition bout on June 12 from a location to be determined. Details on the event have yet to be confirmed other than that an announcement from both parties is expected in the coming days.
Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez is not ruling out the possibility of a trilogy fight with career rival, Gennadiy Golovkin. In 2017, Canelo fought Golovkin to a controversial twelve round split draw at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.