Miguel Cotto: record, next fight and profile →
Bob Arum, CEO of Top Rank, has traveled to Puerto Rico to conduct a press conference on Tuesday at 11am at the Ritz Carlton in Isla Verde. Arum plans to announce the signing of undefeated junior lightweight Luis "El Artesano" Cruz, who is currently promoted by Miguel Cotto's company, Miguel Cotto Promotions. Cotto, the WBA 154-pound champion, is also promoted by Top Rank.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum has advised BoxingScene.com that a deal is close to being finalized for a December 3 rematch between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito. The fight will either take place in Las Vegas or New York's Madison Square Garden. Arum met with Margarito on Thursday in Los Angeles and finalized his portion of the deal. The veteran promoter expects to finalize Cotto's side of the deal next week.
It may be hard to fathom but Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is now a champion following his gritty victory over Sebastian Zbik earlier this month in Los Angeles at the Staples Center. Recently in Mexico City the 25-year old from Sinaloa officially received his WBC belt from WBC president Jose Sulaiman and spoke about the importance of his new crown.
WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. wants the big names and the fights. The 25-year-old Mexican star approached his promoter, Bob Arum of Top Rank, and discussed his urge to fight the best out there - including Marco Antonio Rubio, Miguel Cotto and Sergio Martinez. There are negotiations for Chavez to face Peter Manfredo Jr. in September and then a possible fight with Cotto in the first half of 2012.
WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto says there is nothing to discuss in relation to a possible rematch with Antonio Margarito on December 3 at New York's Madison Square Garden. Margarito gave Cotto his first professional loss with a TKO in eleven in 2008. Cotto doesn't expect anything to take place until he sits down with his promoter, Top Rank, and reviews the terms for the rematch, and the two sides reach an agreement. Top Rank has set aside December 3 for the rematch and Margarito has verbally agreed to the fight.
Antonio Margarito is ready for a December 3 rematch in New York City with Miguel Cotto, the WBA champion at junior middleweight, according to one of his co-managers, Francisco Espinoza, who states that his boxer has already received the backing of doctors and already training to get himself into shape. The bout is tentative to take place at Madison Square Garden. Margarito stopped Cotto in eleven rounds in 2008.
WBC light-middleweight title challenger Ryan Rhodes is hoping to have some huge bouts in the twilight of his career as he prepares to take on belt holder Saul Alvarez in Mexico on Saturday night. The 34 year-old, who burst onto the scene in 1995 and acquired the nickname ‘The Spice Boy’, attempts to claim a full world title for the second time, fourteen years after his tight points loss to Otis Griffin.
BoxingScene.com caught up to Top Rank Promotions CEO, Bob Arum, to discuss the future of WBA junior middleweight titlist Miguel Cotto. Arum said that he is targeting the 30-year-old Cotto (36-2, 29 KOs) for a rematch with 33-year-old ex-titlist Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KOs), who dethroned Cotto as WBA welterweight champion with an 11th-round knockout in July of 2008.
According to reports in Puerto Rico, former welterweight champion Kermit Cintron (32-3-1, 28KOs) could possibly face WBA 154-pound champion Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29KOs) on December 3. The frontrunner to face Cotto on the December date is Mexico's Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27KOs). The Mexican boxer is still recovering from injuries that he suffered in last November's loss to Manny Pacquiao. If Margarito is not physically recovered to face Cotto by the December date, then Cintron has a very good shot of stepping in. Cintron has a very tough fight ahead, against Carlos Molina on July 9 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.
Top Rank's CEO, Bob Arum, advised BoxingScene.com that he will not go through with a rumored bout matching promotional stablemates WBA junior middleweight king Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KOs), who is 30, and newly-crowned, 25-year-old WBC middleeweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (43-0-1, 30 KOs).