Miguel Cotto: record, next fight and profile →
According to Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach, who handles former four division world champion Miguel Cotto, the Puerto Rican star will not be returning on the planned date of June 18 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV - BoxingScene.com and other members of the media caught up with Mexican legend Juan Manuel Marquez as soon as his weekly show on ESPN Deportes wrapped up taping.
MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV - Four-division champion and Manny Pacquiao conqueror Juan Manuel Marquez (56-7-1, 40KOs) was in Las Vegas to witness Manny Pacquiao's 12 round unanimous decision victory over Timothy Bradley. The fight and "No Trump" undercard was distributed by HBO pay-per-view.
MGM Grand, Las Vegas - According to Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, former four division world champion Miguel Cotto rejected a potential fight with current WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas.
Later tonight at the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (35-0, 24KOs) will make a mandatory defense of his world title against challenger Kevin Bizier of Canada.
On March 5th Jessie Vargas (27-1) became a two-division champion with an impressive knockout out victory over the previously unbeaten Sadam Ali (22-1). At stake was the WBO welterweight title that was vacated by Timothy Bradley.
Earlier this month, Jessie Vargas has claimed the vacant WBO world welterweight title after an impressive ninth-round stoppage of Sadam Ali in Washington. And the 26-year-old American could now be in line to again face one of the top names in the division. Vargas lost his previous fight on points to Timothy Bradley but felt he was denied a chance to stop his opponent in the closing stages because the bout was accidentally stopped slightly early.
This much is clear, former four division world champion Miguel Cotto (40-5, 33KOs) and his promoter Roc Nation Sports have the Barclays Center on hold for June 18th. But just who will the Puerto Rican star be facing that night? The latest name to emerge is James Kirkland (32-2, 28KOs).
Juan Manuel "Dinamita" Marquez (56-7-1, 40KOs) has no interest in a future fight with WBO junior welterweight champion Terence Crawford, according to the Mexican star's promoter Fernando Beltran of Zanfer Promotions.
Bob Arum of Top Rank had a big star in Miguel Cotto, promoting him from his earliest days as a prospect and growing him from contender into a multi-division world titleholder and a headliner who drew huge crowds at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Arum no longer has Cotto, who’s now with Roc Nation Sports, but Top Rank does have lightweight contender Felix Verdejo. And Verdejo, who is still a few months shy of his 23rd birthday and is 19-0 with 14 KOs, is already an attraction in the Puerto Rican community.