By now I think it is quite clear judging from the post fight comments of Richard Schaefer last Saturday night, that Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will most likely pass on fighting Austin Trout for the more lucrative and arguably less risky fight against Miguel Cotto.

Cotto and his team used bad judgment the first time around in picking Trout. Therefore it is highly unlikely that they will be exercising any rematch clause that Cotto had, clearing the way for Cotto’s big PPV event against Alvarez. Trout was never going to get a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. no matter what happened last Saturday night, and why would he when Mayweather can pick from two better known and more exciting fighters who do not present the matchup problems that Trout does in Robert Guerrero and Alvarez.

If you really sit back and think about what occurred at MSG last night, I don’t believe Austin Trout’s stock went up as much as we think nor did Miguel Cotto’s go down as much as some experts would lead you to believe. It is just as unlikely today as it was yesterday that Saul “Canelo” Alvarez or Floyd Mayweather Junior are going to be lining up to fight Austin Trout anytime soon and the fact is that Miguel Cotto is still the more high profile and profitable fighter for Alvarez and Golden Boy which is why there is a greater than 50/50 chance that the fight will still get made despite last night’s result.

The fact is that Miguel Cotto took a big risk fighting a true junior middleweight that no other fighter of his caliber would have risked fighting and pressed the action against an opponent in Trout who looked almost as big as Julio Cesar Chavez Jr by the time the bell rang.

What are Austin Trout’s options?

Does Cotto’s loss to Trout really change anything?