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Trainer Freddie Roach is not worried in the least, as WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (40-4, 33KOs) gears up for his very anticipated title defense against Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (45-1-1, 32KOs) on November 21 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Canelo is younger, some believe to be bigger and growing in stature. Cotto is feeling a career turnaround after hooking up with Roach in early 2013.
Trainer Freddie Roach is hoping five division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (49-0, 26KOs) continues to fight. Mayweather announced his retirement following the September 12th twelve round decision victory over Andre Berto at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Roach admits to having selfish reasons for wanting Mayweather to stick around - because Roach wants WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto to get a second shot at Mayweather's undefeated record.
Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach is getting ready for the most anticipated fight of the fall, when one of his star boxers, WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (40-4, 33KOs) of Puerto Rico, will defend his world title against Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez on November 21 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The World Boxing Council has already ordered the Cotto-Canelo winner to make a mandatory defense against the winner of next month's unification between WBA/IBO champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (33-0, 30KOs) and IBF champion David Lemieux.
Freddie Roach, trainer of WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (40-4, 33KOs), is paying no attention to odds that have Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (45-1-1, 32KOs) as the betting favorite to beat his fighter on November 21 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Roach is very confident that his fighter will turn away the younger man. How confident? He plans to stake both of his homes on a Cotto victory at 3-1 odds.
This past June, former world champion Antonio Margarito (38-8, 27KOs) revealed that he was back in training for a comeback after 42 months of retirement. He said he was planning to make a final run at glory either at junior middleweight or middleweight. He was forced to retire due to an injury to his right eye, which was severely damaged during his decision loss to Manny Pacquiao in 2010. His last fight, which took place a year later, saw him get stopped by Miguel Cotto. In that rematch, the injured eye began to swell up within a few rounds and forced the ringside physician to pull him from the fight in the ninth round.
Eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao advised his promoter, Bob Arum of Top Rank, that his injured right shoulder is "completely healed." Pacquiao (57-6-2, 38KOs) suffered the injury during the fourth round of his May decision loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. He had surgery a few days later.
Top Rank's CEO, Bob Arum, has brushed off reports which suggest that he's in charge of selecting the next opponent for eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao (57-6, 38KOs). Pacquiao has been out of the ring since May 2nd, when he lost a twelve round unanimous decision to Floyd Mayweather Jr. He injured his right shoulder during the fourth round of the contest and had surgery a few days later. Pacquiao wants to return to the ring no later than April of next year.
The controversy continues regarding Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s use of an IV in the aftermath of his weighin for the May 2nd mega-fight with Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. After the weighin, Mayweather, used an IV to inject himself with vitamins and minerals. The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), who had an official present when Mayweather took the IV, says the boxer did nothing wrong. There are several issues being debated between veteran writer Thomas Hauser and USADA officials, on whether Mayweather and USADA acted within the boundaries of the WADA and/or Nevada State rules.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who promotes Manny Pacquiao (57-6-2, 38KOs), is confident that Amir Khan's involvement with manager/adviser Al Haymon will not be an obstacle in finalizing a fight between the two boxers. Pacquiao and Khan (31-3, 19KOs) are former sparring partners and shared the services of trainer Freddie Roach for several years. Khan left Roach in 2012 and hired Virgil Hunter.
Former four division world champion Roy Jones Jr. has no issues with Saturday's Showtime Pay-Per-View headliner, which is going to feature Floyd Mayweather Jr. defending his WBC/WBA welterweight titles against Andre Berto at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Berto is viewed as a huge underdog in the contest. Going 3-3 in his last six fights and coming back a year ago from major shoulder surgery, very few people - if anyone - is picking him to pull off an upset.