Team Cotto Won't Reveal Frontrunner For June 6th

By Miguel Rivera

WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32KOs) is still on target to return on June 6th in New York and his training camp will begin shortly, but his team is not revealing any details as to his upcoming opponent.

Several names have been thrown around in the last few weeks. The first was IBF junior middleweight champion Cornelius 'K9' Bundrade. K9 may not be heading into a fight with Timothy Bradley in June. Then there was WBC #1 ranked Sebastian Heiland of Argentina. Heiland and Cotto are both handled by legal adviser Gabriel Penagaricano.

The latest name first reported on BoxingScene.com, and said to be the frontrunner to land the fight, is former champion Daniel Geale, who is sixth in the WBC; seventh in the WBA; eighth in the IBF and fourth under the WBO.

The CEO of Cotto Promotions, says all of them are in play but wouldn't reveal which is the likely candidate.

"They are all options. We are seeing which is the best," said Bryan Perez, CEO of the company Miguel Cotto Promotions, to El Vocero. "On Thursday Miguel will officially go to Los Angeles to began his preparation with [trainer] Freddie [Roach]."