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For most on hand at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, the day was about Miguel Cotto and Daniel Geale formally announcing their June 6 clash. A press conference was held on the grounds Thursday afternoon to present the upcoming middleweight title fight, which will be fought at a maximum catchweight of 157 lbs.
The bout will mark Cotto’s first defense of his World middleweight crown, which he won in an upset and surprisingly one-sided 10th round knockout of Sergio Martinez.
The historic feat—Cotto became the first ever fighter from Puerto Rico to capture titles in four weight divisions with the win—took place last June. In fact exactly 52 weeks from fight night once he steps into the ring to face Geale, a former middleweight titlist who rebounded from a crushing knockout loss to unbeaten middleweight knockout artist Gennady Golovkin with a 12-round win over countryman Jarrod Fletcher last December.
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The bout will mark Cotto’s first defense of his World middleweight crown, which he won in an upset and surprisingly one-sided 10th round knockout of Sergio Martinez.
The historic feat—Cotto became the first ever fighter from Puerto Rico to capture titles in four weight divisions with the win—took place last June. In fact exactly 52 weeks from fight night once he steps into the ring to face Geale, a former middleweight titlist who rebounded from a crushing knockout loss to unbeaten middleweight knockout artist Gennady Golovkin with a 12-round win over countryman Jarrod Fletcher last December.
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