By Allan Fox: Trainer Freddie Roach says he selected the 34-year-old Daniel Geale (31-3, 16 KOs) for his fighter WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32 KOs) to fight tonight because he sees Geale as an old guy who can mainly give the 5’7” Cotto some rounds in order to get him ready for his next fight against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez.
Roach says he didn’t want to pick out a stronger/tougher fighter than Geale because Cotto has been out of the ring for a long time since his last fight a year ago against Sergio Martinez.