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The World Boxing Council has mandated the winners of the upcoming high profile middleweight fights to face each other. On October 17th at New York's Madison Square Garden, WBA/IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin will face IBF champion David Lemieux in a unification bout. On November 21 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Miguel Cotto will defend the WBC middleweight title against Saul "Canelo" Alvarez.
Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya has denied the information which is circulating about the agreed upon purses for the Miguel Cotto vs. Saul "Canelo" Alvarez showdown are "not even close to accurate." De La Hoya, who promotes Canelo, says there is no truth in the published reports which state his boxer is only getting $10 million to Cotto's published guarantee of $30 million.
Freddie Roach, trainer of eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao (57-6-2, 38KOs), would rather see his fighter take on Danny Garcia (31-0, 18KOs) instead of Amir Khan (31-3, 19KOs). Khan is looking to face Pacquiao in 2016, and there is some interest from the Filipino star's promoter, Bob Arum of Top Rank.
Trainer Freddie Roach had a good laugh when the subject of Manny Pacquiao's rehabilitation was discussed. Pacquiao is recovering from a right shoulder injury, which happened during the fourth round of his twelve round decision loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 2nd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Despite the surgery, a lot of critics are skeptical about the seriousness of the injury due to conflicting information from Pacquiao and his team members.
Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya disagrees with the declarations being made by WBC/WBA welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. - who is calling himself 'The Best Ever.' During a recent appearance on ESPN Deportes, Mayweather ranked himself as the 'Best Fighter of All-Time' - ahead of many other legendary greats as Mayweather put together his list of the 'top five' fighters of all-time.
Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya has high expectations for the fight between Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto, taking place on November 21st at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. De La Hoya feels the Cotto-Canelo HBO Pay-Per-View is capable of doing outstanding numbers - exceeding De La Hoya's 1999 pay-per-view with Felix Trinidad [1.4 million buys], and Canelo's 2013 pay-per-view with Floyd Mayweather Jr. [2.2 million buys and third largest PPV buyrate].
Saul "Canelo" Alvarez is gearing up to face WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto on November 21st at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. For Canelo, it won't be the first Cotto that he faces. Back in 2010, Canelo made his HBO Pay-Per-View debut against Miguel's older brother, Jose Miguel Cotto. The fight was held on the Floyd Mayweather vs. Shane Mosley undercard on Cinco De Mayo weekend.
The fight is less than three weeks away. Andre Berto (30-3, 23KOs) will challenger WBC/WBA welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (48-0, 26KOs) on September 12th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Showtime Pay-Per-View will carry the card. Berto is a sizeable underdog in the contest. Some bettering circles have Mayweather as high as an 80-1 favorite. Berto is 3-3 in his last six fights and his biggest win in the last few years has been Josesito Lopez. In an ironic twist, the usually inactive Mayweather has actually been more active than Berto, who is averaging one fight per year since 2012. Mayweather fought twice in 2013, twice in 2014 and the fight with Berto will be his second of 2015.
Future hall of famer, former champion and Golden Boy Promotions stakeholder, Bernard Hopkins, has no problem with Floyd Mayweather Jr. (48-0, 26KOs) selecting Andre Berto as the final opponent of his pro career. Mayweather has been attacked by the fans, and most writers, for picking Berto - viewed as a humongous underdog. Berto, although a former WBC/IBF welterweight champion, is 3-3 in his last six fights, and two of the opponents who defeated him - Robert Guerrero and Victor Ortiz - were already soundly beaten by Mayweather.
Promoter Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions explained to BoxingScene.com as to why his star fighter, WBA/IBO middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (33-0, 30KOs), will not accept a catch-weight for a potential unification with WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (40-4, 33KOs). Cotto has received a lot of heat from boxing fans and pundits, because his middleweight run has been built on the back of catch-weight fights.