Miguel Cotto: record, next fight and profile →
Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya will be meeting with Top Rank CEO Bob Arum in the next couple of days to hopefully finalize a fight between Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto. They have already started the discussions, which appear to be going well.
This past Saturday night, Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (44-1-1, 31KOs) was in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato to support his older brother, Ramon Alvarez, who scored a knockout victory over former champion "Vicious" Vivian Harris. There have been several reports in the United States that influential manager Al Haymon is making moves to secure WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto for a rematch with Floyd Mayweather Jr. for May of next year, and in turn it would crush any immediate plans for a Canelo-Cotto showdown.
A terrific brawler versus boxer matchup between Evgeny Gradovich and Jayson Velez ended in a three-way stalemate Saturday evening at CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Scores were 117-111 Gradovich, 115-113 Velez and 114-114 even.
Rumors have been swirling in the industry that Floyd Mayweather Jr. (47-0, 26KOs) is attempting to secure a rematch with Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32KOs) for May 2nd. The two boxers fought an exciting twelve round contest in 2012, with Mayweather winning a twelve round unanimous decision. Cotto has recovered from that loss in full force, after demolishing Sergio Martinez in June to capture the WBC middleweight title.
Matthew Macklin, 32, will look to start his latest charge at the world middleweight title with a win over Argentine's Jorge Sebastian Heiland in Dublin on Saturday, and he believes that a good performance against Heiland will put him in pole position for a fight with WBC champion Miguel Cotto. The three-time world title challenger believes, as one of the leading names in the division, he will be well and truly back into title contention for a meeting with Cotto.
It’s no secret that Miguel Cotto likely will have a pay-per-view extravaganza with Canelo Alvarez in 2015 rather than defending his lineal 160-pound championship against power-punching middleweight titleholder Gennady Golovkin. Golovkin’s team only thinks GGG would get a bout at the victor if a certain one of those fighters triumphs. “If Canelo wins, very likely. If Cotto wins, never in a million years — because Cotto knows he’d get knocked out,” trainer Abel Sanchez told BoxingScene.com on Nov. 7. “Canelo is confident because he’s young. He’s still brash. He’s still young. He still thinks he can conquer the world. But he gets knocked out in less than eight rounds.”
So how are negotiations proceeding between the camps of Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32KOs) and Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (44-1-1, 31KOs), who are primed to hook up in a blockbuster pay-per-event in 2015? "It's very preliminary, now," said Eric Gomez, the matchmaker for Golden Boy Promotions on Tuesday at the Conga Room at L.A. Live, which handles Alvarez.
Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya is expecting a very big 2015 for his company. De La Hoya has been signing up new fighters, gaining new champions to his company and he is now working with both HBO and Showtime. De La Hoya's superstar fighter, Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (44-1-1, 31KOs), was set to return in December, but suffered an ankle injury and had to withdraw. Canelo is looking to return in May of 2015, hopefully against WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32KOs). De La Hoya says there is no reason to rush the fighter's return.
The President of Golden Boy Promotions, Oscar De La Hoya, confirms that his company has already begun early discussions for a fight between Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (44-1-1, 31KOs) and WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32KOs). Both fighters were scheduled to return in separate fights in December, and both of those bouts were canceled. Cotto made a decision to push back his return to 2015 and Canelo suffered an ankle injury which forced him to withdraw from a scheduled fight with Joshua Clottey.
Matthew Macklin believes he could challenge WBC Middleweight champion Miguel Cotto next if he can see off Jorge Sebastian Heiland at The 3Arena in Dublin on November 15, live on Sky Sports. Macklin meets WBC International champion Heiland in an eliminator for Cotto’s crown as big time boxing returns to Ireland’s capital, with the winner gunning for Cotto who ripped the title from Sergio Martinez. The Irishman is focused on the dangerous Argentine he faces in Dublin, but admits that the carrot of challenging Cotto has him dreaming of a return to the Big Apple or even an outdoor spectacular in Dublin.