By Chris Williams: Bob Arum of Top Rank doesn’t want to put together the fight that many boxing fans want to see between WBC middleweight title holder Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32 KO’s) and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (43-1-1, 31 KO’s) this year. Instead, Arum thinks the Cotto-Canelo fight will do better if he lets it marinate until next year in May at which point he plans on sticking it on Cinco de Mayo.
It’s obviously a terrible idea, because Arum isn’t going to kick a star like Floyd Mayweather Jr off of his fight date. Mayweather hasn’t come out and put dibs on the May 2nd Cinco de Mayo holiday weekend yet, but it kind of goes without say, doesn’t it? Mayweather always fights in September and May, and he’s impossible to move off those dates due to his huge popularity.