By Dan Ambrose: A fight between WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez and WBA champion Miguel Cotto is reportedly being negotiated according to Ringtv. This runs counter to whats being reported about Manny Pacquiao’s wife, Jinkee, saying that Pacquiao will be fighting Cotto next. But you know how rumors go.
This is interesting news because Alvarez was thought to be the leading candidate for WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr’s next fight on May 5th. If this fight were to come off, it would mean that Mayweather will be fighting someone not prevision mentioned unless Manny Pacquiao and his promoter Bob Arum want to take the fight with Mayweather next. Robert Guerrero has already been ruled out by Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer as a potential opponent for Mayweather Jr.
Cotto is also one of the candidates for a fight with Manny Pacquiao in his next fight in May or June. However, it could be that Cotto isn’t happy just waiting around and is actively looking for a fight. He’s a free agent now and only fights with Top Rank in a fight by fight basis. In the past, Arum has been open to the idea of seeing Cotto fight the 21-year-old Alvarez, even though he’s promoted by Golden Boy.
Alvarez would be a very dangerous opponent for Cotto because he’s got heavy hands, excellent boxing skills and can defend himself. At 5’9″, Alvarez is a slightly taller than the 5’7″ Cotto, but doesn’t balloon up as much as after he weighs in for his fights. Alvarez could have too much youth and power for Cotto and we could see Cotto take another beating. I would be surprised if he took this fight because Cotto hasn’t fought a really dangerous without some kind of physical affliction and/or old age since his fight with Manny Pacquiao in 2009.
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