By Mark Vester
Last week, promoter Lou DiBella told BoxingScene.com that he would love to match his new fighter, Kermit Cintron, against Miguel Cotto. DiBella told BoxingScene that such a fight would produce a lot of fireworks and makes a lot of sense since both fighters want to fight again in the fall, both are coming off knockout defeats at the hands of Antonio Margarito, and both are former welterweight champions from Puerto Rico.
Cotto has answered the call and says that it would be a pleasure to square off with his countryman Cintron, but as usual, it depends on who his promoter, Top Rank, places in front of him. His plan is to return before the end of the year, either in November or December. DiBella plans to get Cintron back in the ring by November. Cotto says that a fight with a guy like Cintorn, and of course a win, would place him back in the mix among the top welterweight players.
"I am going to work my way back to the top," Cotto told El Nuevo Dia. "In three weeks to a month, I will be speaking with my promoter (about a return). Right now, I don't have a preference on who I will fight. It would be a pleasure for me to face Kermit Cintron, a former champion like myself, and (at the same time) pick my career back up again."
Cotto also said that at some point down the line, he wants a rematch with Margarito.
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