Miguel Cotto: record, next fight and profile →
Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya says Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (44-1-1, 31KOs) vs. Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32KOs) is the second biggest fight in the sport of boxing, only behind the highly demanded fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao.
By the end of the year, Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya is going to focus his efforts on making a highly demanded fight between Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Miguel Cotto. Canelo returns to HBO in December, likely against former welterweight champion Joshua Clottey. If he is successful, De La Hoya will sit down with the necessary parties to discuss the possibility of Canelo facing Cotto for the WBC middleweight crown on Cinco De Mayo weekend.
Former lineal middleweight champion Sergio Martinez is excited at the prospects of a showdown between Miguel Cotto, who dethroned him in June, and former junior middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez. The fight is being discussed to take place on Cinco de Mayo weekend next year. Martinez feels that the fighters are very evenly matched and that the millions of fans who will be watching worldwide will ultimately be the real winners.
A collision between Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Miguel Cotto took a very big step in the right direction when the Mexican star announced on Tuesday that he was leaving Showtime and signed a long term agreement with HBO, who presently showcase fights involving Cotto. Canelo is returning to HBO on December 6th, likely against veteran fighter Joshua Clottey.
Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya is focused on making a 2015 showdown between Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto. But another huge match for Canelo would come against his countryman, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Canelo and Chavez are currently two divisions apart. Chavez fights at 168-pounds and Canelo is a 154-pounder who may go to middleweight in the very near future. Although Chavez claims he can still make the middleweight limit of 160-pounds, there are very few who believe that he can.
Undefeated super flyweight prospect Carlos ‘Kid’ Narvaez signed a promotional agreement with Miguel Cotto’s; Cotto Promotions and H2 Entertainment. “Narvaez had a great amateur career, he has the skills and fundamentals to be successful. He is dedicated to the gym and responsible with his job”, 4 division world champion and promoter; Miguel Cotto said. “We want to have the best talented fighters in Puerto Rico and Carlos Narvaez is one of them. We are excited to give him the welcome and can wait to see him fight”, promoter and vice president; Hector Soto said.
A few days ago, Hall of Fame trainer Ignacio "Nacho" Beristain, who works with former four division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez (56-7-1, 40KOs), said he liked the idea of a super-fight with Puerto Rico's Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32KOs), who is also a four division world champion and currently holds the WBC title at 160-pounds.
NEW YORK – Promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank confirmed a recent story on BoxingScene.com, that Manny Pacquiao’s upcoming training camp impacted Miguel Cotto’s decision to postpone his return to the ring from Dec. 13 to an undetermined date early in 2015. “Freddie [Roach] is going to be in the Philippines [with Pacquiao] and Miguel decided he didn’t want to go to Asia to train,” Arum said following a news conference to promote the Pacquiao-Chris Algieri fight Nov. 22 in Macau, China. “So he’s going to postpone it until the first couple months of next year. Then he’ll have Freddie all to himself.”
Speculation ran all summer long as to who would be the lucky contestant to land a shot at lineal middleweight king Miguel Cotto. A date (December 13) and venue (Madison Square Garden in New York City) was set aside for Cotto’s return following his shockingly one-sided 9th round stoppage of Sergio Martinez this past June. All that was needed was an opponent, and means which to sufficiently prepare for the fight. The latter proved to be too big a hurdle to overcome.
Hall of Fame trainer Ignacio "Nacho" Beristain, who works with former four division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez (56-7-1, 40KOs), likes the idea of a super-fight with Puerto Rico's Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32KOs), who is also a four division world champion and currently holds the WBC title at 160-pounds. But Nacho only likes that fight if a reasonable catch-weight is agreed upon.