Hearn wants Canelo, Cotto or Khan for Brook

09/23/2016 by Boxing News

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By Scott Gilfoid: Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn says he’s still committed to matching his recently beaten fighter Kell Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) with Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, Amir Khan or Miguel Cotto in his next fight. Brook had a short operation to repair his broken right eye socket from his 5th round stoppage loss to unbeaten IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin on September 10.

Hearn says Brook won’t be able to spar for 10 to 11 weeks. Hearn says Brook will be returning to the ring in the sprint of 2017, so we’re looking at him coming back potentially in time for Canelo’s next fight in May of next year.

Miguel Cotto vs. Lamont Peterson possible for December 3

09/07/2016 by Boxing News

By Dan Ambrose: Former four division world champion Miguel Cotto and former IBF light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson are in negotiations for a fight on December 3, according to RingTV. The fight isn’t finalized but there’s a good possibility that it will be taking place. If it does get made, it’ll be the first fight for both guys in 2016.

Peterson hasn’t fought since winning a controversial 10 round majority decision over Felix Diaz last October, and Cotto has been out of the ring since his 12 round decision loss to Saul Canelo Alvarez last November.

Cotto vs. Bradley or Kirkland possible for December

08/19/2016 by Boxing News

By Dan Ambrose: Miguel Cotto (40-5, 33 KOs) is still looking to lockdown an opponent for his next fight in December. The two options that are being talked about for the 35-year-old Cotto right now is James Kirkland (32-2, 28 KOs) and Tim Bradley (32-2-1, 13 KOs).

Yuriorkis Gamboa recently revealed that he’s a possibility too for Cotto’s next fight on HBO pay-per-view, but that’s just so hard to believe that the former four division world champion would go that route in selecting a super featherweight to fight. However, Cotto has shown interest recently in fighting former featherweight Juan Manuel Marquez and former WBA lightweight champion Brand Rios.

Miguel Cotto vs. Yuriorkis Gamboa a possibility

08/15/2016 by Boxing News

By Dan Ambrose: Miguel Cotto and former IBF/WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa are reportedly close to a deal for a fight on HBO, according to Fight News. Former four division world champion Cotto (40-5, 33 KOs), who now fights at junior middleweight, has been targeting a lot of smaller fighters lately to try and setup a fight for HBO in December.

Brandon Rios and Juan Manuel Marquez are two of the names that have previously been mentioned as possible opponents for the 35-year-old Cotto, and now we’ve got 34-year-old Gamboa. If the Cotto vs. Gamboa boxing match takes place, the 5’7” Cotto would be a lot bigger than the 5’5 ½” Gamboa, and a lot heavier as well.

Margarito wants Canelo or Cotto next

08/15/201608/14/2016 by Boxing News

By Dan Ambrose: After beating Ramon “Inocente” Alvarez (23-5-2, 15 KOs) by a 10 round split decision, former IBF/WBA/WBO welterweight champion Antonio “Tijuana Tornado” Margarito (40-8, 27 KOs) called out Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Miguel Cotto for fights. Margarito, 38, feels he rates a fight against one of these two stars despite the fact that he barely beat the 30-year-old Ramon Alvarez last night in their 10 round fight at the Baja California Center in Playas de Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico.

Alvarez wants a rematch with Margarito because he feels he should have been given the decision. However, it doesn’t look like Margarito is particularly interested in giving the 5’8” Alvarez a second fight. Margarito knocked Alvarez down in the 8th round and won the fight by the scores 97-92, 97-92 for Margarito and 95-94 for Alvarez. Margarito appeared to win five to six rounds of the fight. His knockdown of Alvarez in the 8th was the clincher.

Alvarez rallied hard in the 9th and 10th rounds to make the final results close, but it wasn’t enough. The boxing fans at ringside were cheering Margarito all night long, and they seemed to be satisfied with the decision at the end of the fight.

Miguel Cotto vs. Juan Manuel Marquez fight won’t be happening

08/02/2016 by Boxing News

By Dan Ambrose: Unfortunately for 35-year-old former four division world champion Miguel Cotto (40-5, 33 KOs), he was unable to negotiate a fight against the soon to be 43-year-old Juan Manuel Marquez (56-7-1, 40 KOs) for a fight that would have taken place in December. The two fighters couldn’t agree on the weight for the fight. Cotto will now move on and look for someone else to fight.

Marquez wanted to fight at 147, but Cotto wasn’t able to do that weight, according to Dan Rafael. Cotto wanted 150lbs for a catch-weight.

Arum working hard at promoting Crawford vs. Postol

07/22/2016 by Boxing News

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By Jeff Aranow: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is hoping for success on Saturday night for his Terence Crawford vs. Viktor Postol card at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Arum’s major problem is that the Crawford-Postol fight is on HBO pay-per-view, and unfortunately neither of these guys is PPV worthy fighters.

Crawford, 28, is from a Omaha, Nebraska, a small town with a population of only 600,000. Postol is from Ukraine. The Crawford vs. Postol fight is going for $49.99 on PPV in the U.S, and that’s a lot of money to spend for a fight that really should be either on regular HBO or better yet on free television on one of the free network channels.

The reaction on the various internet boxing forums from fans about whether they will be purchasing the Crawford-Postol card on PPV has been largely negative.

Hearn says Cotto’s promoter turned down Brook fight

07/14/2016 by Boxing News

By Patrick McHugh: Roc Nation Sports, the promoters for former four-division world champion Miguel Cotto (40-5, 33 KOs), turned down a summer fight against IBF welterweight champion Kell “Special K” Brook (36-0, 25 KOs), according to his promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport.

Hearn said that the plan was for Brook and Cotto to fight this summer on HBO at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. However, Roc Nation didn’t want the fight despite HBO liking the idea.

Miguel Cotto to fight in 2016

07/12/2016 by Boxing News

By Dan Ambrose: Former four division world champion Miguel Cotto (40-5, 33 KOs) will soon be making a return to the ring in 2016 against an opponent still to be determined. It’s been eight months since the 35-year-old Cotto last fought in losing his WBC middleweight title to Saul “Canelo” Avarez by a 12 round unanimous decision in a 155lb catch-weight fight.

There’s been talk of a fight between Cotto and 42-year-old Juan Manuel Marquez. The sticking point has been the weight that the two former world champions would meet at. Cotto reportedly has been interested in fighting at a catch-weight of 150lbs, whereas Marquez wants the fight at 147.

Marquez still wants Cotto at 147

07/07/2016 by Boxing News

By Dan Ambrose: If Miguel Cotto wants the fight against 42-year-old Juan Manuel Marquez (56-7-1, 40 KOs) this year, then he’s going to need to lose some water weight and/or muscle to get down to 147, because that’s the highest the Mexican warrior is willing to go. Marquez does not want to fight Cotto above 147, and it makes sense because he’s not nearly as heavy as the Puerto Rican star.

Marquez has an advantage in getting his way, because Cotto doesn’t have many options. He can either find a way to melt down to 147, or he can bite the bullet and fight one of the quality contenders or champions at 154.

It doesn’t look like Cotto wants to do that. He would have a very hard time if he had to fight the likes of the Charlo brothers, Erislandy Lara, Austin Trout or Julian Williams. Cotto should have taken what many fans see as the weak link among the champions at 154 by taking on WBO belt holder Liam Smith.