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The announcement of Miguel Cotto next facing Daniel Geale didn’t exactly overwhelm the boxing public, other than the fact that the June 6 clash will mark Cotto’s return to New York. Even more unsettling was the accompanying news that the middleweight championship bout will take place at a maximum catchweight of 157 lbs., three pounds below the division limit.
Cotto demanded—and was granted—a catchweight in place for last year’s challenge of the middleweight crown for his eventual 10th round stoppage of long-reigning lineal king Sergio Martinez. The maximum limit was 159 lbs., inconsequential in the grand scheme of things since Martinez—a career welterweight and junior middleweight before moving up for good in 2009—has only weighed heavier than that twice in his entire career, both times less than a pound above that mark.
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Cotto demanded—and was granted—a catchweight in place for last year’s challenge of the middleweight crown for his eventual 10th round stoppage of long-reigning lineal king Sergio Martinez. The maximum limit was 159 lbs., inconsequential in the grand scheme of things since Martinez—a career welterweight and junior middleweight before moving up for good in 2009—has only weighed heavier than that twice in his entire career, both times less than a pound above that mark.
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